Restaurant-Quality Seared Fish with Lemon Butter Sauce
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Restaurant-Quality Seared Fish with Lemon Butter Sauce

👤 2 servings easy 🌍 American tiktok.com ↗

Learn how to perfectly sear fish at home like your favorite restaurant using high heat and a quality stainless steel pan, as shown by creator Eitan Bernath. This elegant dish is served with a ridiculously easy yet impressive 4-ingredient lemon butter sauce made with butter, shallots, fresh sage, and lemon juice that takes the dish to the next level.

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Ingredients

  • vegetable oil
  • 2 white fish fillets
  • kosher salt
  • 2 sticks salted butter
  • 1 shallot
  • 2 tablespoons fresh sage leaves
  • 0.5 cup lemon juice

Instructions

  1. Heat vegetable oil in a quality stainless steel pan over high heat until very hot.
  2. Season the white fish fillets with kosher salt to taste.
  3. Carefully place the fish fillets in the hot oil and sear until golden brown and cooked through, approximately 4-6 minutes per side depending on thickness.
  4. While the fish cooks, prepare the lemon butter sauce by melting the salted butter in a separate pan over medium heat.
  5. Add the minced shallot to the butter and cook until softened, about 2-3 minutes.
  6. Add the fresh sage leaves to the butter mixture and stir to combine.
  7. Remove from heat and stir in the freshly squeezed lemon juice.
  8. Plate the seared fish and drizzle generously with the lemon butter sauce.

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