The Best Fish Marinade

This is seriously the best fish marinade. It’s loaded with fresh herbs and has a little pop of creaminess with the Greek yogurt. It’s simple, it’s healthy, and it’s something to have in your back pocket when you want to jazz up your fish.

❤️ Why You’ll Love This Fish Marinade

• Fresh: What I love so much about this fish marinade is how fresh it is with all the herbs. This is a great recipe to use up herbs in your garden in the summer
• Versatile: Honestly use this marinade on any kind of protein. It’s so good and can be great on things like chicken

🍲 Ingredients

Greek Yogurt – Greek yogurt should be a staple in your fridge. It can be used in so many ways. It can make recipes creamy, and it’s great on its own, in smoothies, in dressings, and marinades. It can be a healthier, protein-packed swap for things like mayo or sour cream.

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Fresh Herbs – What makes this recipe so tasty is the fresh herbs. I used mint, basil, and parsley in this recipe. You can always swap for whatever combination of herbs you have on hand or prefer.

👩‍🍳 How to Make Fish Marinade

1. Make the marinade by whisking together Greek yogurt, mint, parsley, basil, salt, pepper, olive oil, garlic and minced onion flakes. Use to marinate your favourite fish like salmon or trout or a mild white fish like cod or halibut.
2. Spread the marinade over the fish in a shallow baking dish or zip top bag, marinate for an hour in the fridge and then bake on a baking sheet according to the right temperature for the fish chosen. For salmon or trout, we like to cook at 350-375F until cooked to desired doneness.
3. Make the marinade ahead of time and store in the fridge for up to 1 day.

🪄 Tips and Tricks

• This marinade is great on any kind of fish or seafood such as shrimp
• Use this marinade on other things like chicken, or plant-based proteins like tofu

🗒 Substitutions

• Greek Yogurt: You can make this fish marinade without Greek yogurt. Use sour cream instead
• Fresh Herbs: Use whatever combination of herbs you like. This can be good with cilantro as well or just use one, two, or all three of the herbs mentioned below

🗒 Best served with

• BBQ Salmon Kebabs (use this marinade instead of the one in the recipe)
• Oven Baked Fish (swap the herb sauce with this marinade)

👝 How to Store Leftovers

You can store this marinade in a jar in your fridge for up to 3 days. However, the olive oil may solidify in the fridge so take it out of the fridge and leave on the counter for about 15 minutes before using.

🤔 Common Questions

The Best Fish Marinade

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This amazing fish marinade is one of my go-to recipes to have in my back pocket when I need something quick to make a flavorful dish. 🐟

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Prep Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 5 minutes mins

Course Sauce

Cuisine Greek-Inspired

Servings 1 for 1 – 1 1/2 lbs of fish

Calories 399 kcal

Ingredients

  

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• 1/2 cup plain greek yogurt
• 2 tbsp minced fresh mint
• 2 tbsp minced fresh parsley
• 2 tbsp minced fresh basil
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 tsp pepper
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 2 garlic cloves, pressed or grated
• 1 tsp minced onion flakes

Instructions

 

• Make the marinade by whisking together greek yogurt, mint, parsley, basil, salt, pepper, olive oil, garlic and minced onion flakes. Use to marinate your favourite fish like salmon or trout or a mild white fish like like cod or halibut.
• Spread the marinade over the fish in a shallow baking dish or zip top bag, marinate for an hour in the fridge and then bake on a baking sheet according to the right temperature for the fish chosen.

  For salmon or trout, we like to cook at 350-375F until cooked to desired doneness.
• Make the marinade ahead of time and store in the fridge for up to 1 day.

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Notes

• If you like this marinade, you’ll like our Greek Chicken Marinade
• Make the salmon skewers in this recipe but use the yogurt marinade above before grilling.

Nutrition

Calories: 399kcal | Carbohydrates: 10.3g | Protein: 13.7g | Fat: 35.3g | Saturated Fat: 7.4g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 3.7g | Monounsaturated Fat: 23.1g | Cholesterol: 18.5mg | Sodium: 2381.3mg | Fiber: 0.9g | Sugar: 6.5g

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