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!
PrintMahi 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
Joe says
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
Heather Love says
Hi Joe!
I’m so happy to hear that you enjoyed it! Thanks for sharing!
-Heather