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Like Spicy? You'll Love This Blackened Fish Recipe
A Real Restaurant Recipe
If you like spicy, you'll love this blackened fish recipe. Be warned ...it creates a lot of smoke.
If you don't have good ventilation, heat your cast iron skillet outside on your grill.
Blackened Fish Recipe
Favorite Restaurant Recipe
Preparation time: 30 minutes. Servings: 6.
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Ingredients:
3 tablespoons of your favorite blackened seasoning or combine 1 tablespoon each cayenne, black
and white pepper (to your taste)
1/2 teaspoon salt or to your taste
6 fish fillets (I use Alaskan halibut or cod)
1 cup Worcestershire sauce
Lemon herb butter
Instructions:
If you are using blackened seasoning from the store, grind it in a coffee or seed grinder or use a
mortar and pestle until fine.
Combine peppers or blackened seasoning in small bowl and set aside
Pour Worcestershire over fish in shallow bowl or baking dish, and marinate for 30 minutes in the
refrigerator, turning frequently
Sprinkle fish fillets on both sides with seasoning mixture
Heat a large cast iron skillet until surface turns gray
Place fish on skillet, and sear about 2 minutes per side or until seasoning mixture has melted into
the fish
Serve topped with Lemon Herb Butter and with Squash Creole.
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