Ingredients
- Serves 4-6
- 4 – 8 fillets of fish
- 25g butter
- 2 Tbsp oil
- Sea salt and cracked pepper
- Japanese spice mix
- 1 Tbsp black peppercorns
- 1 Tbsp chilli flakes
- 2 tsp flaked nori
- 2 tsp black sesame seeds
- 2 tsp white poppy or black poppy seeds
- 4 cloves garlic, minced
- 1 Tbsp dried citrus peel (if available)
- To serve – lemon wedges
PAN FRIED FILLETS OF FISH WITH JAPANESE SPICE
Method
- To make Japanese spice mix; Combine all the ingredients for spice mix and grind together until you reach a coarse consistency
- Store in refrigerator in an airtight container up to 1 month
- Fish Heat up a large fry pan with 1 Tbsp butter and the oil
- When the butter starts to froth, put the fish in skin side down
- Continue with the remainder of the fillets and add to the pan
- Do not however overcrowd the pan
- Sprinkle each fillet with a little of the spice mix
- When the fillets are browning up (2-4 minutes depending on size of fish) carefully turn them over (two forks work well)
- Continue cooking for another 2 minutes
- Remove the fish and place onto warm plates
- Serve with lemon wedges
Comments
I have to admit I like to cook my fillets of fish like this as it is quick, easy to prepare and with a little sprinkle of this spice mix it certainly livens it up!
Thanks to EDMONDS FISH for providing the freshly caught fish used in the demonstration.
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