Fish Recipes
I love fish and enjoy all kinds of fish recipes such as baked cod, swai fish and tilapia recipes.
Halibut is one of my favorite firm white fish. It has a mild and delicate taste, with a perfect texture for homemade fish recipes.
I went to a seafood market and got some fresh halibut fillets because they are so delicious.
I made two recipes from the fish: Ginger Soy Fish and this easy Garlic Butter Fish.
Garlic and butter are two magic ingredients that go well with all kinds of proteins, including fish recipes.
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Garlic Butter Sauce
How to make garlic butter sauce for fish recipes?
This magical sauce is very easy to make and calls for four simple ingredients:
- Minced garlic
- Melted butter
- Lemon juice
- Chopped parsley
A perfect ratio of each ingredient is important for the best Garlic Butter Sauce recipe, which you can get from my recipe card below.
This Garlic Butter Fish recipe is just like the ones served at seafood restaurants, except that it’s homemade and much cheaper.
The dish is perfect as a main course; it also pairs well with a simple pasta dish.
Cook’s Tips
- Use a firm white fish. Other than halibut, you can also use cod, mahi mahi or pollock.
- Use a wooden spatula to gently flip the fish over while cooking. Try not to break the fish.
How Many Calories Per Serving?
Fish are extremely healthy and low calories. This recipe is only 346 calories per serving.
What Dishes to Serve with this Recipe?
This meal is best served as an main dish with garlic butter dipping sauce. For a wholesome meal and easy weeknight dinner, I recommend the following recipes.
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Garlic Butter Fish Recipe
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.
Ingredients
- 12 oz. firm white fish fillet (halibut, cod or pollock fillet)
- salt
- ground black pepper
- 3 dashes cayenne pepper
- 2 tablespoons corn starch
- 2 tablespoons cooking oil
- lemon wedges
Garlic Butter Sauce
- 1/2 stick salted butter, melted (4 tablespoons)
- 3 cloves garlic, minced
- 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice
- 1 tablespoon chopped parsley
Instructions
- Cut the fish into pieces, not to thin for easy pan-frying. Season the fish with salt, black pepper and cayenne pepper. Coat the fish with corn starch. Set aside.
- Prepare the Garlic Butter Sauce by mixing all the ingredients together. Set aside.
- Heat up a skillet (preferably non-stick) on medium heat. Add the cooking oil and once the oil is heated, pan-fry the fish in a single layer until both sides turn crispy and golden brown. Use a wooden spatula or tong to gently flip the fish over. Try not to break the fish.
- 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.
Notes
I used halibut in this recipe. Make sure to use firm white fish.
Nutrition Information
Serving Size
3 peopleAmount Per Serving Calories 346Total Fat 26gSaturated Fat 10gCholesterol 96mgSodium 213mgCarbohydrates 6gProtein 21g
Brian Eichler
Cooked this tonight, delicious! Bought Tilapia fillets, common at the stores here in San Diego. Just my wife and I, two fillets (2.5lbs) no left overs. Paired with the one pot spinach tomato pasta. We used the Barilla Veggie Spaghetti. Thank you!
Admin
Sounds yummy!! Thanks for trying my recipe.
Baltisraul
I used catfish nuggets as it is firm enough to hold up. Catfish is a mild fish so I used a little more salt and pepper. Wonderful outcome. It saves on the pocket book also as our supermarket has them year round for $2.35 per lbs.
Admin
Awesome!
Linda M Boris
I made this dish tonight with pieces of halibut I got relatively inexpensively from an online seafood seller. I made “lobster rolls” with it and added a spicy mayo– altho it didn’t need it. It was so delicious! I get most of my recipes online and some are good, some don’t come out quite right, and some–like this one– are AMAZING! I can totally see serving this with a side of pasta. My husband and I have a saying for meals like this: “I would order this in a restaurant”. PS: you can cut down the amount of butter if you want–I did and it came out just fine!
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome Linda, please try more recipes on my site!
Christina
Can I use full size fillets or must it be cut up in pieces?
Rasa Malaysia
You can use full size fillet but it’s not going to taste as good if you don’t cut up.
Mira Ng
Omg this was soooo delicious! My bf and I loved it! And not to mention, the recipe was super simple! Thank you!
Rasa Malaysia
Awesome please try more recipes!
Arthur Marohl
Excellent recipes always, I am new at cooking all over again as I did in my younger days. Now with the home restriction Im addicted to internet recipes, and am tring this with the recommended dimple pasta. Love you! My email address is available for other good reciped I live in Panama neat the bog ditch. Arthur and Tatiana Marohl, amarohls@gmail.com
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AlisonH
I just discovered your website yesterday and made this! Fantastic! Also made the marinated tomatoes, which were also so yummy! Thank you, Thank you!!!