Air fryer fish recipe no breading! This air fryer cod has crispy skin, tender and flaky inside. It's easy to make, quick, and ready in less than 10 minutes. Learn how to make fish in the air fryer with haddock, halibut, pollock, or any white fish.
This air fryer white fish comes out flavorful, flaky, and delicious on its own or topped with garlic butter sauce, herb butter or lemon butter.
It makes a perfect meal served with Parmentier potatoes, or air fryer roast potatoes with some healthy air fryer vegetables for a delicious dinner.
Air Fryer Fish Recipe
What's not to love about this healthy air fryer fish recipe that is low carb, Keto, and guilt-free without breading. A simple fish dinner that cooks in 12 minutes or less.
Cooking fish in the air fryer is as simple as season, cook, and eat. It's way easier and faster than baking, roasting, or deep-fried.
It requires minimal prepping and cleaning after is also easy especially when you use parchment paper. No splatter, nor splash, unlike frying. There's also less risk of burns.
You can use this air fried fish recipe to cook all types of fish in the air fryer from salmon, pollock, cod, haddock, hake, tilapia, catfish be it fillets, loins, or whole!
My air fryer is the Probreeze XL 5.5 quart and fits in 4 fillets nicely. Similar brands are Cosori, Ninja, Phillips, Power Xl.
Air Fryer Haddock
Haddock is from the cod family and one of the most popular fish used in fish and chips. It's a clean white fish with firm fillet, It is flavorful, fresh, and flaky.
When making this recipe, I like to season with simple salt and pepper, and after cooking drizzle with garlic butter sauce, lemon butter, or herb butter. You can however add additional ingredients to season. Paprika, parsley, dill, thyme, garlic, onion powder are some others that go well with seafood and you can use to season.
Air Fryer Cod
Cod is simple and easy to cook. When cooked right you get a crispy outer with tender and flaky inside.
Air frying is one of the best ways to cook cod fillets or loins with skin on or off, Pacific cod or Atlantic Cod. You get fried fish without the grease and calories of deep frying.
You will love this because it's tasty, quick and you can get it ready in less than 12 minutes.
Few ingredients are all you need and you have the perfect air fryer cod fish with no breading that tastes absolutely delicious. Add garlic butter sauce, lemon butter, or herb butter to take it up a notch.
Serve with chips, vegetables or any side of choice.
OTHER FISH YOU CAN COOK IN AIR FRYER
Flounder
Pollock
Hake
Catfish
Halibut
Bass
Sole
Ingredients
The detailed ingredients, measurements, and directions are in the recipe card at the bottom of this post.
Fish fillets or Loins- Haddock, Cod, Hake, Pollock, Whiting or any of choice.
Pepper
Olive oil or Butter
Salt
Lemon juice
Garlic butter sauce
How to Cook Fish in Air Fryer
Pat the fish fillets dry with a kitchen towel.
Brush with lemon juice then season with salt and pepper.
Then brush one side with olive oil then arrange in air fryer basket with the oiled part to the basket. Brush the top of the fillets with olive oil then close the AF.
Set air fryer to 180C/356F and air fry fish for 6-10 minutes or until cooked through and flaky.
It's ready when it flakes with a fork.
Bring out and serve.
If using garlic butter sauce, add immediately.
Air Fryer Frozen Fish
You can cook frozen fish in the air fryer. If it's store-bought frozen breaded fillets, cook from frozen without thawing. Just arrange them in a single layer in the AF basket and cook at a temperature of 175C for 10-15 minutes. Add additional time if need be depending on the thickness of fillets or loins and model of the air fryer.
For the unseasoned and unbreaded, thaw first before cooking. You can quickly thaw by running the fish under water. When it's defrosted, drain the water, and pat dry before seasoning.
To check if fish is cooked, you can use an instant thermometer to check the internal temperature. It's safe to eat if the temperature is 145F/62C.
What to Serve with White Fish
Some suggestions on what to serve with are listed below :
Chips (fries)
How to Store
With any food you want to store in the refrigerator, let it cool completely before putting it in airtight container or a Ziploc then place it in the fridge where you can store it for up to 4 days.
In the freezer, it will last for 3 months.
To reheat - Reheat from frozen in the air fryer, microwave or oven. To reheat in the air fryer, place the fillets in the AF basket and reheat at a temperature of 170C for 3 minutes adding additional time in 2 minutes till it's heated through. Be careful not to dry out the fish.
Tips
- Use fresh fish fillets or loins. If using frozen make sure they are fully defrosted /thawed.
- Pat fish dry before seasoning.
- Season fish generously if not topping with sauce.
- Substitute olive oil with unsalted butter.
- Don't overcrowd the basket as this will affect cooking time and crispness.
- Place fillets in a single layer and not on top of each other.
- If your fryer basket has the problem of sticking, spray with oil or use air fryer parchment paper (comes with perforated holes).
- Preheat air fryer
- Don't overcook so it doesn't dry out and become rubbery.
- Use lemon wedges if available
- Adjust cooking time based on the thickness of the fish and brand of AF used.
- Use instant read thermometer to check if it's done. The temperature should be 145F/62C.
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Air Fryer Fish Recipe (Air fryer Cod, Haddock, White fish)
Equipment
- Air Fryer
Ingredients
- 4 Fish fillets Cod, Haddock, Halibut, or any white fish.
- ½ teaspoon Black pepper
- Salt to taste
- 1 tablespoon Lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon Olive
- Garlic butter sauce Optional check post for recipe.
Instructions
- Pat fish fillets dry with a kitchen towel.Brush with lemon juice then season with salt and pepper.
- Then brush one side with olive oil then arrange in air fryer basket with the oiled part to the basket. Brush the top with olive oil then close the AF.
- Set air fryer to 180C/360F and air fry fish for 6-10 minutes or untill cooked through and flaky.It's ready when it flakes with a fork.
- Bring out and serve. If using garlic butter sauce, top immediately.
Notes
- Use fresh fish fillets or loins. If using frozen make sure they are fully defrosted /thawed.
- Pat fish dry before seasoning.
- Season fish generously if not topping with sauce.
- Substitute olive oil with unsalted butter.
- Don't overcrowd the basket as this will affect cooking time and crispness.
- Place fillets in a single layer and not on top of each other.
- If your fryer basket has the problem of sticking, spray with oil or use air fryer parchment paper (comes with perforated holes).
- Preheat air fryer.
- Don't overcook so it doesn't dry out and become rubbery. As timing depends on thickness, check from 6 minutes so you don't overcook.
- Use lemon wedges as garnish if available.
- Adjust cooking time based on the thickness of the fish and brand of AF used.
- Use instant read thermometer to check if it's done. The temperature should be 145F/62C.
These are very good recipes. Hope they work just as well in the air fryer oven.