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pan of basa fish fillets in a brown butter sauce

Basa Fish Fillet with Lemon Brown Butter Sauce

Catherine
This pan fried Basa Fish Fillet with Lemon Brown Butter Sauce is a delicious, healthy dinner recipe that is ready in under 20 minutes!
4.86 from 7 votes
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Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 12 minutes
Total Time 17 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine French
Servings 2 servings
Calories 473 kcal

Ingredients
  

  • 2 fillets Basa fish
  • 2 tablespoons olive oil
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • salt and pepper
  • 1/4 cup butter
  • 1 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice
  • 1 sprig rosemary (or more)

Instructions
 

  • Melt butter in a light colored saucepan over low heat. Continue to cook at a low temperature until butter starts to foam and then begins to turn brown. Remove from heat as soon as it browns and transfer into a bowl. You may run it through a sieve when you transfer the butter to the bowl, if you desire. Place a sprig of rosemary in the bowl and the lemon juice and let sit.
  • Pat fish down with a paper towel. Salt and pepper fillets on both sides. In a flat bottomed dish big enough to fit a fillet, sprinkle flour evenly. Place fillets in the dish one at a time, flipping on both sides to ensure they are evenly coated with flour. [Optional. Fillets can also be prepared without the flour]
  • Heat a couple tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet. Place fillets in the skillet. Cook on both sides for about 4 minutes or so. Cooking time will vary depending on the thickness of your fillets.
  • Spoon browned butter sauce over fillets and serve.

Note: Metric ingredient measurements are provided as a courtesy using a third-party calculator and are rounded to the nearest unit. The recipes provided on this site have not been tested with metric measurements and their accuracy cannot be verified.

Nutrition

Calories: 473kcalCarbohydrates: 13gProtein: 20gFat: 39gSaturated Fat: 17gPolyunsaturated Fat: 3gMonounsaturated Fat: 17gTrans Fat: 1gCholesterol: 106mgSodium: 250mgPotassium: 308mgFiber: 1gSugar: 1gVitamin A: 711IUVitamin C: 4mgCalcium: 20mgIron: 1mg

The nutritional information provided is based on third-party calculations and is an estimate only. Accurate nutritional facts will vary based on the particular brands used, portion sizes, measurement accuracy and more.

Keyword basa fish, brown butter, brown butter sauce, fish, fish fillet, lemon, white fish
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