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I love eating fish and I always get excited when a friend introduces me to a new way of cooking up a fish dish! This Citrus and Sweet Potato Crusted Haddock Recipe is full of exciting flavor combinations and is sure to please your family when it comes around to dinnertime!

Citrus and Sweet Potato Crusted Haddock Recipe

This has got to be one of the most unique recipes I have made in a long time! Whoever though to add clementines, sweet potato and avocado together with Haddock is an absolute GENIUS! At first, I was a bit thrown off when I saw the list of ingredients. I thought to myself  “Oh boy, this will be interesting” (que the sarcasm). But let me tell you, your taste buds will thank you later! 

Haddock is a very light, flaky fish that is not too fishy in flavor. This is one reason why I love that Haddock was used in this recipe. It didn’t overpower all the other flavors, instead the other ingredients brought out the flavor of the fish. This recipe was super quick to cook, between preparation time and cooking time, only about 18 minutes TOTAL! I decided to serve it with fresh corn on the cob to add extra texture, and corn always goes well with fish as it has that New England flare to it. Typically most entrees with fish are served with lemon, which is another reason why I love this recipe! Using the clementines adds that citrus that is needed, but also adds a bit of sweetness to the meal along with the sweet potato chips! You can either use olive oil or avocado, I chose to use avocado because I had one in the fridge that was already ripe and I wanted a creamier consistency. However, olive oil is just as good to use and offers that nice earthy note. I served this meal with a nice mimosa to bring out the sweetness of the clementine and well, because I LOVE MIMOSAS! I like to serve recipes with fish fresh and not save any for leftovers, so I thought who will I invite over this time? I decided to ask my girl friend over as we normally go out each week to dinner for girl talk, but she called saying she was getting off work late and wasn’t sure if she could make it to dinner on time. PERFECT opportunity to cook this delicious recipe and have her over for a quiet night. Besides, we both love fish, and this was so much cheaper then dining out! 

Before I plated our meals, I served her with a nice mimosa to start the evening off.  She has a very stressful job and a mimosa was much needed I am sure. We sat down to eat, and the very first bite had me at HELLO! It was super light and flaky and the sweet potato chips added just the right crunch to it. The sweetness of the clementines was just enough and paired soo well with this recipe! The fish was so moist and practically fell apart it was so tender. The salt and pepper was just the right spices, it didn’t need a whole lot of different spices to make this recipe come to life. The corn of the cob was also very sweet and was a nice added touch to this recipe, but you can chose whatever side you would like to add to it. My friend really loved it! I am glad I had more to serve her as it was just the two of us. And no, we didn’t save room for dessert! Please share this recipe with your friends, co workers and family the next time they are pondering what to cook for dinner. It is most definitely a share worthy recipe! 

Citrus and Sweet Potato Crusted Haddock Recipe

Citrus and Sweet Potato Crusted Haddock Recipe Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh haddock
• 2-4 clementines
• ½ to ¾ cup crushed sweet potato crackers or chips
• 2 tablespoons avocado or olive oil
• sprinkle of Himalayan salt and pepper
• optional, we served this with fresh corn off the cob

Citrus and Sweet Potato Crusted Haddock Recipe Directions

Pour the oil into the bottom of your oven safe pan. Place the pieces of fish in the pan, coat with oil on both sides.

Add the crushed cracker to the top of the fish.

Zest one (washed) clementine on top of the fish, then cut in half and squeeze  the juice on top of everything.

Peel and divide the other clementines and place around the fish.

Cook at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes or until the fish is completely white and the thicker parts of the fish just barely start to flake apart on their own.

Please keep in mind that the final cook time will completely depend on the size and thickens of the fish along with how your oven works.  The fish should be done when it easily breaks apart when you check it with a fork.

We enjoyed this with some fresh steamed corn that we cut off the cob.

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Citrus and Sweet Potato Crusted Haddock Recipe

Ingredients

• 1 pound fresh haddock
• 2-4 clementines
• ½ to ¾ cup crushed sweet potato crackers or chips
• 2 tablespoons avocado or olive oil
• sprinkle of Himalayan salt and pepper
• optional we served this with fresh corn off the cob

Instructions

1. Pour the oil into the bottom of your oven safe pan.
2. Place the pieces of fish in the pan, coat with oil on both sides.
3. Add the crushed cracker to the top of the fish.
4. Zest one (washeclementine on top of the fish, then cut in half and squeeze  the juice on top of everything.
5. Peel and divide the other clementines and place around the fish.
6. Cook at 400 degrees for about 12 minutes or until the fish is completely white and the thicker parts of the fish just barely start to flake apart on their own.  Please keep in mind that the final cook time will completely depend on the size and thickens of the fish along with how your oven works.  The fish should be done when it easily breaks apart when you check it with a fork.
7. We enjoyed this with some fresh steamed corn that we cut off the cob.

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