Description
Barramundi has been available quite often in my local supermarket. This recipe would also be good with tilapia. The butter-lemon-basil sauce is also good over brown rice.
Ingredients
- 4 (4 ounce) fillets barramundi (Asian sea bass)
- 1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
- 1 cup dried bread crumbs
- ½ teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
- ½ teaspoon garlic powder
- ½ teaspoon onion powder
- ½ teaspoon lemon zest
- 1 pinch dried thyme
- 1 cup melted butter
- ¼ cup lemon juice
- ¼ cup white wine
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, or to taste
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
- Brush fish with olive oil.
- Mix bread crumbs
- seafood seasoning
- garlic powder
- onion powder
- lemon zest
- and thyme together in a bowl. Press fish in bread crumb mixture to coat all sides. Arrange coated fish on a baking sheet.
- Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Flip fish and continue baking until fish flakes easily with a fork
- about 10 minutes more.
- Stir butter
- lemon juice
- white wine
- and basil together in a bowl; drizzle over cooked fish.
Prep Time: 15 mins
Cook Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 35 mins
Servings: 4