Brown Butter Perch

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Description

I love perch. I love everything about them–the sweet, delicate flavor, the striking coloration, and the stubborn fight they put up for their size. The key here is getting the butter to a perfect nutty brown. Technically it’s still butter, but something happens when it’s toasted like this, and it really does become another ingredient altogether.

Ingredients

  • 1 cup flour
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • ½ teaspoon finely ground black pepper
  • ½ teaspoon cayenne pepper
  • 8 ounces fresh perch fillets
  • 2 tablespoons butter
  • 1 lemon, cut in half

Instructions

  1. Whisk flour
  2. salt
  3. black pepper
  4. and cayenne pepper in a shallow bowl. Gently press perch fillets into flour mixture to coat
  5. shaking off any excess flour.
  6. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat until butter is foaming and nut-brown in color. Working in batches
  7. cook fillets in brown butter until lightly golden
  8. about 2 minutes per side. Transfer cooked fillets to a plate
  9. squeeze lemon juice over the top
  10. and serve.

Prep Time: 10 mins

Cook Time: 10 mins

Total Time: 20 mins

Servings: 4

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