Barramundi With Lemon Basil Sauce recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

673.5 calories
carbohydrate: 21.9 g
cholesterol: 169.2 mg
fat: 53.1 g
fiber: 1.5 g
protein: 25.3 g
saturatedFat: 30.5 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 666.3 mg
sugar: 2.4 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).

  2. Brush fish with olive oil.

  3. 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.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Flip fish and continue baking until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes more.

  5. Stir butter, lemon juice, white wine, and basil together in a bowl, drizzle over cooked fish.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

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.

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