DollopWhat to make with white fish: 51 easy dinners
Every dinner here is built on white fish, easiest first. The quickest is Microwave chraime (spicy North African fish in tomato sauce), on the table in 18 minutes, and the cheapest is Air fryer fish nuggets at $1.63 a serving. 11 of them are simple enough for a first try.
Air fryer cod
$4.83 a serving
20 min
Air fryer tilapia
$2.38 a serving
20 min
Air fryer catfish
$2.82 a serving
25 min
Air fryer frozen fish fillets
$2.21 a serving
25 min
Baked tilapia
$2.37 a serving
25 min
Parmesan crusted tilapia
$2.49 a serving
25 min
Baked cod
$4.53 a serving
30 min
Air fryer fish nuggets
$1.63 a serving
35 min
Cajun shrimp and tilapia foil packets
$4.29 a serving
35 min
Mediterranean baked cod with tomatoes and olives
$7.27 a serving
35 min
Sheet pan lemon pepper fish and green beans
$2.31 a serving
35 min
Microwave chraime (spicy North African fish in tomato sauce)
$2.49 a serving
18 min
Microwave lemon pepper fish with couscous
$2.49 a serving
20 min
Cod with white beans and spinach
$7.59 a serving
30 min
Steamed fish with ginger and scallions
$2.95 a serving
30 min
Sweet chili tilapia
$3.01 a serving
30 min
Microwave Vietnamese caramel fish
$2.00 a serving
32 min
Air fryer fish sandwiches
$1.99 a serving
35 min
Baked cod and shrimp
$5.18 a serving
35 min
Blackened tilapia with cilantro lime rice
$2.49 a serving
35 min
Fish in salsa verde (pescado en salsa verde)
$2.34 a serving
35 min
Tilapia florentine
$4.33 a serving
35 min
Air fryer fish katsu
$2.91 a serving
40 min
Crispy fish tacos with cabbage slaw
$3.85 a serving
40 min
Fish burrito bowls
$2.27 a serving
40 min
Fish Veracruz (pescado a la veracruzana)
$2.65 a serving
40 min
Saengseon jeon (Korean pan-fried fish)
$2.03 a serving
40 min
Brazilian fish stew (moqueca)
$3.99 a serving
45 min
Cha ca (Vietnamese turmeric fish with dill)
$3.57 a serving
45 min
Fish curry
$2.32 a serving
45 min
Fish sarciado (Filipino fish in tomato and egg sauce)
$2.47 a serving
45 min
Lemon oregano tilapia with Greek lemon rice
$3.35 a serving
45 min
Mahi mahi with mango salsa and coconut rice
$6.27 a serving
45 min
Sheet pan tilapia and potatoes
$3.41 a serving
45 min
Oven fish and chips with lemony tartar sauce
$6.34 a serving
50 min
Ryba po grecku (Polish fish with carrots and tomato)
$1.95 a serving
55 min
Smoky sheet pan cod and potatoes
$5.99 a serving
55 min
Tilapia piccata
$3.41 a serving
30 min
Golden tilapia bowls with coconut rice and mango salsa
$3.78 a serving
40 min
Escovitch fish
$2.22 a serving
45 min
Lemon butter cod with crispy potatoes
$6.40 a serving
45 min
One-pan cod and rice
$5.58 a serving
45 min
Sweet and sour fish
$2.99 a serving
50 min
Vietnamese caramel catfish (cá kho)
$2.30 a serving
50 min
Cod with chimichurri
$5.91 a serving
55 min
Seafood chowder
$5.38 a serving
55 min
Cioppino (San Francisco seafood stew)
$6.51 a serving
60 min
Sayadieh (Lebanese spiced fish and rice)
$2.37 a serving
60 min
Fish cakes
$2.28 a serving
75 min
Fish pie
$2.33 a serving
80 min
Thieboudienne (Senegalese fish and rice)
$2.22 a serving
100 min
Costs are estimates for one serving at typical US grocery prices, counting only what each recipe uses.
Dinners from what you already have
Dollop looks at what’s in your fridge and cupboards, plans a week of dinners around it, and writes a grocery list with only what you still need.