Brown Butter Perch recipe

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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

Nutrition Info

271.3 calories
carbohydrate: 30.9 g
cholesterol: 43.2 mg
fat: 11.5 g
fiber: 2.4 g
protein: 12.6 g
saturatedFat: 4.8 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 702.8 mg
sugar: 0.3 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Whisk flour, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper in a bowl. Gently press perch fillets into flour mixture to coat, shaking off any excess flour.

  2. Heat butter in a skillet over medium heat until butter is foaming and nut-brown in color. Working in batches, place filets in skillet and cook until light golden, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer cooked fillets to a plate, squeeze lemon juice over the top, and serve.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

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.

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