Garlic Butter Fish
Garlic Butter Fish - crispy and delicious pan-fried fish fillet with garlic butter sauce. This recipes takes 20 mins. Serve alone or with pasta for a wholesome dinner.
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 10 min
- Yield
- 3 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
Quantities are shown as originally provided.
- 12 oz. (350g) firm white fish fillet (halibut, cod or pollock fillet)
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 3 dashes cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons cornstarch
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- lemon wedges
- 1/2 stick salted butter (4 tablespoons, melted)
- 3 cloves garlic (minced)
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Instructions
- 1
Cut the fish into pieces, not too thin, for easy pan-frying. Season the fish with salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Coat the fish with cornstarch. Set aside.
- 2
Prepare the garlic butter sauce by mixing all the ingredients together. Set aside.
- 3
Heat a skillet (preferably non-stick) over medium heat. Add the cooking oil, and once the oil is heated, pan-fry the fish in a single layer until both sides are crispy and golden brown.
- 4
Use a wooden spatula or tongs to gently flip the fish over. Try not to break the fish.
- 5
Remove the fish from the skillet and drain on paper towels. Toss the fish with the garlic butter sauce and serve immediately with lemon wedges.