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Pan-fried Sea Bass with Lemon and Parsley Honey Butter

Pan-fried Sea Bass with Lemon and Parsley Honey Butter

By OcadoPublished on 25 May 2022This simple recipe will have you making honey butter to enjoy with almost any meal. Softened butter is mixed together with honey, chilli, lemon and garlic to form a moreish butter that’s perfect for frying succulent sea bass. Serve up your fabulous fish on a bed of fresh wild rocket and watercress.
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Time and servings

15 minsTotal time
4Servings
5 minsPrep time
10 minsCooking time

Ingredients

  • 75 g of unsalted butter, softened
  • 1 lemon, juiced
  • 1 tsp of fresh parsley, finely chopped, plus more to serve
  • 1 tsp of honey
  • 2 garlic cloves, finely chopped
  • 0.5 green chilli, finely chopped
  • 4 sea bass fillets
  • 85 g of watercress
  • 85 g of wild rocket

Method

  • Step 1

    To make the chilli honey butter, mix together the softened butter, ½ the juice of the lemon, parsley, honey, garlic and chilli in a bowl. Mix together well, then set aside.

  • Step 2

    Season the sea bass with 1 tsp salt and 1 tsp coarse black pepper. Add the oil and butter mixture to a large frying pan over a medium heat and cook until the butter has melted. Add the sea bass fillets skin side up. Cook for 4 mins on each side then take off the heat.

  • Step 3

    Serve your fish on a bed of watercress and rocket, adjust seasoning with lemon, salt and pepper to taste and enjoy.