Blackened Sea Bass Fillet
You could replace the Sea bass with swordfish, shark, sole or even good old cod
Preparation time: 10 minutes Quantity: Serves 2 Cooking time: 10 minutes
Ingredients
2 sea bass fillets or 1 whole sea bass filleted
Spice Mix -
1/2 teaspoon paprika
1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
1/6 teaspoon ground chilli powder
1/4 teaspoon celery salt
few twists black pepper
1/2 teaspoon plain flour
oil to pan-fry
30g / 1 oz butter (optional)
Method
- Slit the skin of the fillet, width ways half a dozen times going through the skin and a touch of the flesh but not in to the fillet
- Mix the spice mix ingredients together
- Dip the fillet in to the spice mix front and back until well coated
- Shake of excess
- Leave for a few minutes to take on the spice flavour
- Heat up a little oil in a frying pan, on a medium hot heat - when hot
- Gently lay the fish skin side down away from you, to avoid any oil splashing on you
- Don’t be tempted to move around, let the heat get to it
- Flip over after 2 - 3 minutes and cook the other side for a couple of minutes till blackened or at least golden brown
- Take out of the pan and plate
- Add the butter to the pan and heat till the butter takes on the spicy bits left in the pan and turns golden brown
- Spoon on to the fish and serve