Fisherman's Pie - Cod & Spinach Casserole topped with Potato Crust 

So good, I've made this twice, second time I chunked the Cod, and added some scallops and shrimp; triple yum 😋

"plop before you spread." Wise words from chef John

Johns recipes are great, he has a very mellow voice, he could make a living doing audio books, or those relaxing tapes that people with insomnia listen to.

Watching this many years later. Looks absolutely delicious! Cod is my favorite fish. I'll try this tonight! Thank you!

Down here.. ( Southwest UK ) it's quite common to put curls of bacon ( streaky rashers scraped thin so they cook ) on top of a fish pie. Helps solve the lunar landscape problem, and tastes good, too.

After a long hard day on the high seas, catching fish, a fisherman is looking forward to poke-poke and tapa-tapa some pie for sure.

i'm gonna make this for my dad's birthday next week, he was a commercial fisherman, and loves fishing, and fish, and i'm excited(:

My mother made this. Not exactly this but very similar. I have improved it in a couple of ways. I always put some dry vermouth in the white sauce, and also shrimps, scallops, and crab if I can afford it with the cod or other one syllable white fish. This dish always impresses. It is so damn delicious.

I love Chef John he is truly the best!

I had no idea what I was going to have for dinner tomorrow till about six minutes ago. Yum! Thanks Chef John.

I just love the way he narrated so carefree need more you tubers who sound high

After a long day of studying and watching Food Wishes, I just started to read a paper about polyhedral silsesquioxane with the voice of Chef John in my head. And this makes it so much better!

One other thing, a nice mix of about 70% potatoes & 30% peeled and diced turnips boiled with the potatoes and mashed gives this dish a little change of pace if you get tired of the same ol', same ol', it gives the dish the slightest of a bitter taste, but is delicious. We don't cook with turnips nearly enough, so let's help support the turnip farmers, they sell more of the turnip greens than the actual turnips, plus to get your potatoes or potato/turnip mixture very dry, once you strain them, put the pot on the stove at medium heat, and put them back in for about 30-45 seconds and stir them and they will get real dry because any water , even on their surface, will evaporate

I watched this recipe last night and guess what was in promotion at my local supermarket this morning? -spinach and cod. The recipe turned out great!! -thanks for sharing.

Looks lovely. In Sweden we add dill and prawns, sometimes mussels as well 🙂

Dear chef john.. I am extremely drunk right now.. and I wouldn't say this otherwise... but me looking at your videos when i'm THIS drunk just means like OMG MARRY ME! you are so amazing... cook for me... i'll cook for you if you cook for me... even though i can't cook... what i'm trying to say is that you're passionate about cooking and that's great.. I LOVE CAYENNE we're so made for eachother!

I've got something very similar in the oven right now - it's a salmon pie with sockeye salmon, potatoes, sour cream and dill. I love recipes like this and look forward to trying yours. It looks just beautiful.

I love this guy’s sense of humor and his straightforward presentation.

I’m not much for casseroles especially those with seafood but I’ll watch anything you cook! I love watching your videos! Thank you for teaching us your methods and your reasons.

That pie is one of the best fish pies I have ever tried making and it is super easy to make as well. I enjoy watching your videos and the honesty of it all (mentioning the failed designs) makes it quite entertaining :P I am making it again tonight!

This looks great. Funny, but I’ve NEVER seen or heard of something like this, fish dish! I’m from Minnesota and grew up fishing and eating fresh fish from the then pristine “Lake Minnetonka”in my backyard. Mostly Bass, Sunfish, Crappie and Walleye. We wanted fish tonight, but I wanted to prepare it DIFFERENTLY!! YOUR RECIPE LOOKS MAGNIFICENT AND I CAN’T WAIT TO MAKE IT!🙏💕 Has anyone ever used WILD RICE, Croutons instead of potatoes and also a great brand of New England Clam Chowder? I’m really excited to experiment and create because I have some REAL INSPIRATIONS from watching this Very, VERY GOOD VIDEO!! Thanks 😊 so VERY VERY MUCH!❤️💕👍🥰

"one sibyl fish"! One of the finest series of videos on the RU-vid. Thank you Chef!!!

This is like the reverse of the other dish with the cod and potatoes with a cream sauce on top, in my opinion, both spectacular!

Me, too. Nearly all the French, in all the main country, have a couscous meal yearly, and a "couscous royale" for special occasions. These are always for lunch, never in the evening, and the rest of the day is a write-off, as everyone is groggy and content. It's a succession of meat items such as from a giant stuffing, roasting celebratory feast, and takes 1-3 hours to consume. I love it and real mint tea is a must, with all the ritual, too, of mixing harissa in the spoon for the vegetables.

Most people don't realize how brilliant this is, but....... I DO !!

Best chef around, best cooking channel around. So glad I found this.

I love Chef John. I don't have time to watch cooking shows and much prefer Chef John to give me the 5 minute break down in demonstrating the technique. From there I usually have my mom's old cookbook from the 1950's where everything is made from scratch. He's given me confidence in cooking. So long Campbell's.

I made this pie again last night and it is still super delicious :) SO satisfying my belly is happy.

Your Fish Pie, is very much like the recipe that my Grandmother passed on to me. Living in Miami, alot of good seafood. Good Eat's Brother, Thanks again.

looks so good 😩 why do I make the choice to watch when I'm hungry

Loved my first attempt at this fisherman's pie, so I made it again on Christmas Day...a very Merry Christmas!

I must cook this for my growing kids & my husband winter food is the best

this is my favourite foodwishes recipe.

I fish for cod all the time - Bodega bay Ca. Fish fry is fine but this & your brandad which I prepped this morning both look & sound so very very good. Thank you. Pork belly is next.

Chef John, it is like you went to the culinary school of cooking in Ireland. Easy graduate program, this is the only recipe they teach as it is all you will need,lol, I can say that, I'm Irish

Looks amazing. I love cod, spinach and mashed potatoes. I will make this very soon.

My Scottish grandmama would make the same with salmon and served with Worcestershire. Simply to die for!

I do parallel curving lines with a fork and it comes out looking great. Great dish!

I made this for supper tonight! Oh, it was wonderful! That delightful hint of garlic and lemon - the creamy white sauce - OMG! it was so good! Even my picky hubby loved it. Thanks, Chef John!

I made this dish and I loved it! I did one side sweet potato, the other half russet. I preferred the sweet potato side so I'll be making it with sweet potato from now on. I also added a bit of cheese before it went under the broiler. Delicious! Thanks :)

What a lovely straight forward and simple recipe.. Thankyou 👍♥️

This came out GREAT my first try, using trout filet & thinly sliced zucchini -- and it's easy, too!! Thanks!

THE OLD TAPPA TAPPA AND HE HIT IT WITH CAYANNE, CLASSIC CHEF JOHN, I LOVE THIS CHANNEL!!!

Made this for my family but I substituted spinach with mushrooms. They absolutely loved it! Thanks Chef John!

It's nice to see such a homely dish featuring. It's not the sort of thing you're likely to find in a high-end restaurant, but you might find it in a pub, but mostly it's a home-cooked dish that is greater than its individual parts. There are no real rules for making fish pie other than fish and potato. It does generally benefit from having at least two types of fish (but not oily fish), one of which could be smoked.

This is one of my staples. It's delicious!!!

Your commentary is addictive.

Darn it! These videos are so addictive. I see one that I really need to see, then another one pops up that looks good, and after that, I get into the “just one more” phase, and can’t stop. Thank goodness there’s lots of them!

i love this man's voice as much as I love his cooking! :D

Man i love fishermen pie: its the one thing off the freezer section that 1. A uni student can afford 2. Easy to microwave 3. Actually taste ok And now i can make my own!!! Thanks Chef!

A Fisherman's Fresh Cod Filet Spinach and Mashed Potatoes Pie Looks Delicious! It Makes Food Wishes Come True...

I love reading comments of all those besserwisser types. My mom is a chef, so watching everyone trying to correct you is hillarious. What you're doing is great. Granted, some of the things you do are not procedure. But this isn't a fancy show. This is an everyday guide, for everyday people. Chef John shows the easiest and best way to do it. Nobody has 5 hours to prepare pasta.

As another reviewer mentioned, this would be perfect for a fish dish on Christmas eve.

you are my hero of the day, chef john!

i actually like this guy he's very humerous

i cooked this last night and it was AMAAAAZING. Thank you!

cant wait to make this. my husband is a spear fisher here in florida. hes going to love this!!! thank you for the post!!!

Looks delicious. Definitely going to try it I love cod and I love spinach it doesn't even look that difficult. That's real important to me

Omg this is delicious! Super savory buttery flavor! This one is definitely going on the regular rotation!

Also, anyone interested, you can buy cod loins instead of the fillets for a dollar more a pound, and you will basically have a good even height layer because they are all almost the same size, and do not taper off at one end like a beef or pork tenderloin, and the taste is even better, the texture of the fish is better in the loin also.

Chef John you did it again...

I made this last night, and followed the recipe exactly. I don't think it's fair for anyone to leave any kind of message unless they have made it and tried it, as is! This is a simple delicious recipe. Of-course next time I may tweak it here and there, to our taste. I might say though, that I prefer to leave the mashed potato topping, craggy, just place all the potato on top using a small spoon, and don't smooth it out. All those peaks will crisp and turn and nice golden brown, and the broiler bit is not necessary.

Excellent! I added a packet of surimi to do a "Jesus" and feed more people economically and it was superb! Thank you! 💙💙💙

Nice recipe! In Sweden 🇸🇪 we would add prawns and mussels to the fish 🙂

Also, if you want a little more garlic flavor, in your spinach pot, start 2 tablespoons of olive oil with about 5 cloves of crushed garlic(chop/dice garlic) in a cold pot and bring up to medium low, simmer for about 5-6 minutes, remove garlic, leave as much oil as possible in the pot and turn heat up to medium and wilt the spinach in the garlic infused olive oil, do not dry it, it's a wet white sauce going on top and scratch putting garlic in the roux white sauce, has much better flavor in finished product.

I wish you made more success because you deserve it

It makes we want to go out, get the ingrediants, and cook all day ^__^ love it!!

Looks yummy, I'll try it. A lot like Sheppards pie, only totally different. I made Sheppards pie after watching your video. I used a pastry bag to make the potato crust. My wife thought I was nuts, but out turned out great.

I see you sold out just like Dylan. I'm old I remember these things. Good for you. I love a DVD set of all your dishes. make them all the time. We do enjoy. Thanks

As Chef John always says, "You are the master of your own Fisherman's Pie(or insert any other recipes), so go ahead and add whatever you think taste better for you!"

My daughter and i made the pie, it really taste good ,we will have it again .

I made this, but with the mashed potatoes, I mixed in roasted garlic (with a bunch of butter of course). Ssssoooooo delish

I like a mix of smoked haddock cod and prawns, lay down some quarters of boiled egg and spinach. Butter the top of the mash too, it makes a crispy top, then, do the textured top with a fork, just rough it up, the more peeks the crisper the top gets... You can finish off with parmesan cheese and breadcrumbs too.

Made it for dinner. Tastes wonderful.

I am NOT a cook but I made this last week and I am making it again this morning..Yummy

I tried this again tonight, when I made it before I had my nephews helping me. Doing this solo, it was incredibly labor intensive for one, it really requires a crew, and solo, it requires a large number of pots to clean, , I thought I could bake a cod filet with lemon and boil potatoes & steam vegetables and it would be just as good and FAR easier. Nie Wieder = Never Again

Merry Christmas!! Making this for Christmas dinner

Wow. Watched this and thought. No way that works. But I was so wrong. I used tilapia because that was what I had and it was great. I've added this to my repeatable seafood dish list. Don't be afraid of the cayenne....I used two smaller ramekins to prepare it in. Perfect for 2 people and less cleanup I was able to prep it early and let it sit in the refrigerator until I was ready to heat it. Turned out perfect just took a little longer. Use of The freakishly small spoon is a requirement.... no substitute allowed😄

It is August 20th here in Tennessee. I just finished planting turnips, Swiss Chard and mustard greens. I didn't plant spinach but I think I could substitute with the Chard.🤷‍♂️😏

I made this last week and it is now my favorite way to eat a local fresh fish I catch called a "Herring" (which isn't a herring) or "Tommy Ruff"..., depending on which side of Australia you live. :))

In Sweden we cook dill all the time and it tastes great. It contains oils which are released in the cooking process.

Last week I cooked this and it looked good. Just first time cooking mash potato by this recipe myself. I came from the rice country! So I have never cooked mash potato! I'm really having fun with your cooking video!!

Makin' it RAIN! nicely done.

I need to try this. If my picky kids don't like it, all the better for me

I just got 10lbs. of cod from Alaska and this looks delicious and different.. thanks John!

Making this today, can't wait!

Being a commercial fisherman myself for the past 35 years, you forgot one thing. "After a long hard day on the high seas, catching fish, smoking cigs and lots of pot"

I had 1/2 head of cabbage left so I used that in place of spinach.. De-Lish! Thx John!

That's a terrific recipe. Works with tilapia also. Thanks!

I love the dishes and love the way he describes them. Very clear and easy to follow. one day I might even cook one of them myself but why so much salt? I like the use of cayenne pepper.

Mouth watering! Thumbs up!👍

I have found that an offset icing spatula works best for spreading mashed potatoes on a Shepherd's Pie. I definitely like this new pie idea! Thanks!!

The thicker metal prevents overt scalding and allows heat to permeate the pan more evenly.

These videos are a public service. Obesity experts think a lot of the problem can be cured with home cooking. These videos are an excellent place to start. And they are hilarious. All my meals are home cooked but I learn a lot of new things on these videos.

u nailed it on the fishermen! smokes and eatin and when back onshore ....drinkin

I made this last night, delicious. Thanks Chef John!

Beautiful! I have a big piece of frozen Rockfish, so I'm going to try this soon!

Just a suggestion John, if you want to make a 'wave form' for your Mashed Potato Topping, then don't make the mashed potatoes too wet (less milk (?). Et Voila : you can then make your desired pattern on the Potato Topping !!! ???

Chef John, please do a video for creamed cod! It's a great Portuguese dish and a favorite of my grandmother's after church on Sunday.

Haha, I hit 'like' just because I saw the picture - I knew it was going to be good and of course it was. It wasn't a premature liking. 😆👍👌