With this recipe for air-fried cod, you can host your own Friday night fish fry! For a guilt-free dinner, tender cod is coated in homemade breading and fried in an air fryer. This goes well with homemade sweet and sour coleslaw, roasted potatoes, and tartar sauce.
| Prep Time: | 10 mins |
| Cook Time: | 15 mins |
| Total Time: | 25 mins |
| Servings: | 4 |
Ingredients
- olive oil cooking spray
- 1 pound cod, about 1-inch thick, cut into 4 pieces
- ¼ cup polenta
- ¼ cup all-purpose flour
- 1 ½ teaspoons seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay)
- 1 ½ teaspoons garlic salt
- 1 teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper
- ½ teaspoon paprika
Instructions
- Preheat an air fryer to 380 degrees F (195 degrees C). Grease the air fryer basket with olive oil cooking spray.
- Pat cod pieces dry with paper towels,
- Combine polenta, flour, seafood seasoning, garlic salt, onion powder, pepper, and paprika in a shallow dish. Press cod pieces into polenta mixture to evenly coat.
- Arrange coated cod pieces in the prepared air fryer basket, leaving space between them so air can circulate. Spray the tops with cooking spray.
- Cook in the preheated air fryer for 8 minutes. Turn each piece and mist with cooking spray. Continue cooking for 4 minutes more.
- You can substitute cornmeal for polenta if desired.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 171 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 15 g |
| Cholesterol | 42 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 23 g |
| Saturated Fat | 0 g |
| Sodium | 1057 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 2 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
I went a lot heavier on the seasoning as i was using ling cod. for a litter fish like dover sole less would be good. It was not too crispy but it was a good topping Maybe add a little baking powder All in all, a pretty good recipe
I used this mostly for the time and temperature. I used Italian flavored bread crumbs and onion/garlic powder as recommended to taste. No additional salt but used some lemon pepper. We have an 8 qt Instant Pot with a Mealthy CrispLid. I always have to up the recommended temperature so did this at the recommended time of 8 +4 but at 400F. Turning the fish was an issue. I don’t think it’s necessary with the air fryer circulation. That said it turned out great. But next time I’ll dial back the temperature a bit and do 12 minutes w/o turning. Very simple, very tasty. Hint, silicon pads for the air fryer are the bomb. Ditch the cooking spray.
This turned out better than I expected, I used cornmeal instead of polenta, I did add about two TBS of sesame seeds to the coating mix for extra crunch.
A waste of a good package of cod. Too spicy, simply terrible! I followed the recipe to the letter….terrible!
This came out great! I reduced time to 7 minutes and 3 minutes because my cod fillets were on the thin side. Quick, easy, crispy and delicious.
This is the first recipe I chose to make in my new air fryer and it was so easy! Made exactly as written and it was delicious. We’ve never had a cornmeal type coating on our fish before (we’re used to doing beer batter or breadcrumbs), but there was a perfect balance of flavors in this recipe and the coating adhered perfectly to our fish. Nice and crispy whereas if I baked these in the oven they probably would not be crisp at all. I used rockfish and lingcod fillets and my cook time was a little longer (16 min total)). Served with a chipotle seasoned tartar sauce I made and tater tots. Delish! Thanks for the recipe, Kim!
No changes, will not make again.