I love pasta. I love fish, so I really love this mahi lemon garlic pasta.
And the best part, my boys love it too. If my boys love a dinner I’ve made, then I tend to make it on repeat, weekly!
This is one of those weekly meals. I love how easy it is to make, plus healthy.
Don’t have mahi? I’ve also made with cod and halibut.
To make:
Bring your favorite healthy pasta to a boil; cook, drain and set aside.
I use this pasta, but there are so many great ones to choose! We also love chickpea, rice, bean, and einkorn noodles.
Next, In a medium skillet, bring the avocado oil to medium/high, then add fish.
Cook for about 7 minutes, flipping once and slowly chopping the fish while cooking with a metal spatula until small chunks remain and are no longer pink.
Once cooked, add olive oil and garlic to another medium pan and cook on low/medium until garlic turns a golden brown, about 5-8 minutes.
Add salt, lemon juice, + 1/4 cup pasta water to garlic mixture.
Once cooked, add fish and olive oil mixture over noodles.
Stir and serve topped with lemon zest, parsley and parmesan cheese.
Enjoy! I hope your family loves this pasta as much as we do, let me know in the comments below!
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Mahi Lemon Garlic Pasta
- Total Time: 35 mins
- Yield: 3-4 servings 1x
Ingredients
- 2 filets flaky white fish (like wild mahi or cod)
- 2 tbsp avocado oil
- your preferred noodles (I like chickpea, rice, or corn/quinoa noodles)
Sauce (adapted from The Food Network)
- 3 garlic cloves, finely chopped
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp salt
- fresh parsley, chopped or 2 tbsp dry
- 1/2 lemon, juiced + zest
- sprinkle of parmesan (optional)
Instructions
- Bring your favorite heatlhy pasta to a boil; cook, drain and set aside.
- Next, In a medium skillet, bring the avocado oil to medium/high, then add mahi.
- Cook for about 7 minutes, flipping once and slowly chopping the fish while cooking with a metal spatula until small chunks remain and are no longer pink.
- Once cooked, add olive oil and garlic to another medium pan and cook on low/medium until garlic turns a golden brown, about 5-8 minutes.
- Add salt, lemon juice, + 1/4 cup pasta water to garlic mixture.
- Once cooked, add fish and olive oil mixture over noodles.
- Stir and serve topped with lemon zest, parsley and parmesan cheese.
- Prep Time: 10 mins
- Cook Time: 25 mins
- Category: Dinner
Thank you Heather! I made this tonight and it was excellent! I had some fresh caught Mahi, broke out my Pasta Queen and made fresh fettuccine, and followed your recipe to the tee, with one exception: I used fresh cilantro rather than parsley, because that’s what I had on hand. Result was very tasty indeed and fun to make. Thanks for sharing! Joe
★★★★
Hi Joe!
I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!
-Heather