Easy Baked Swordfish

Easy Baked Swordfish comes out flaky, juicy, and delicious tasting every time!  This quick and easy seafood dinner is perfect for busy weeknights.  The secret to this flavorful baked swordfish is in our 5-ingredient marinade, which makes this swordfish amazingly juicy and the best tasting! 

Easy Baked Swordfish

A delicious dinner, this recipe for easy-baked swordfish is practically effortless. It takes as little as 5 minutes to prep, then pop it into the oven for about 18 to 22 minutes, depending on the oven you use. After one bite, you will fall in love with its moist and tender texture!

We love swordfish occasionally. Some of our favorites include a more tomato-based sauce, like our Baked Swordfish Livornese, and don’t miss our Swordfish Oreganata.

Tell Us About the Marinade for Easy Baked Swordfish

Our marinade is made up of 5 ingredients. It includes lemon juice, extra virgin olive oil, white wine, garlic powder, and green onions.  It takes only five simple ingredients to make this swordfish amazingly juicy and the best tasting – every time! And it is FANTASTIC!

How To Make Our Easy Baked Swordfish?

Let’s go over the ingredients you will need for our baked swordfish.

Ingredients overview for this recipe:

• Swordfish Steak: Choose a fresh cut of swordfish steak from you local seafood store. For this recipe we use one steak, about 1/2 pound.
• Olive Oil: Choose extra virgin olive oil, and you will need about 2 tablespoons, plus extra.
• Garlic Powder: For this recipe, we prefer to use ground garlic powder. It makes the prep work that much easier.
• Lemons: You will need at least 2 lemons to make the marinade, which will become the sauce, and a few slices to garnish.
• Green Onions: Choose long, thin, green onions; these are also known as scallions. You will only need about 2 to 4 of them.
• White Wine: Choose a good quality drinking wine for the marinade. And, you will only need a few tablespoons of it.
• Seasonings: You will only need some sea salt to season the fish.

How to Make Easy Baked Swordfish?

Our full printable recipe card is located at the bottom. But first, let’s go over the steps before you start. There are only 2 easy steps to making our easy-baked swordfish:

1. First Step: Marinate the swordfish for at least 15 minutes or more before baking.

2. Step 2: Bake, uncovered, in a preheated oven for about 18 to 22 minutes, until the swordfish flakes off with a fork.

When you bake swordfish with this simple marinade, it turns out flavorful.

You will be delighted and surprised after you take your first bite!  A wonderful dish even for children because swordfish don’t have any bones.

What to look for when buying Swordfish?

There are a few things you should know when buying swordfish for the first time. And they are:

• Swordfish steaks should be at least 1 +1/4-inch thick or more.
• Raw swordfish steaks should be firm to the touch.
• They should also have a tight swirled flesh to them.
• Make sure there’s No fishy smell to it.  It should smell like the sea.
• No dull or discolored skin.
• And the meat color can vary from white, and ivory to a pinkish color.
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What Sides To Serve It With?

Now your swordfish is ready to serve with any of these great sides. Try serving it with any of these delicious sides for a complete dinner:

• Cooked Rice
• Best Creamy Mashed Potatoes
• Roasted Parmesan Zucchini
• Creamy Mashed Cauliflower

WATCH VIDEO: How to Make our Easy Baked Swordfish? (1-Minute)

Quick Notes and Tips…

• You can use frozen swordfish. Be sure to allow it to fully thaw before marinating and baking it.
• Keep in mind, that you will need to keep an eye on it before its finishes baking time. You don’t want to over-bake swordfish or it will turn out dry.
• All ovens vary, so the baking time will vary as well.
• Also, the thinner the swordfish steak is, the quicker it will bake, and in less time than required.
• If you plan to bake more than 1 swordfish steak, it’s a good idea to double the ingredients for the marinade.

Bake and Serve!

Baked swordfish steaks are one of the easiest seafood dishes you can make.

And, it’s enjoyable to eat with any delicious side you choose to serve it with. A great dish to serve family and friends!  Try this recipe, you’ll be glad you did!

ENJOY!!

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Happy Baking!   🙂

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xo anna and liz