On our property here in Panama we are blessed with fruit trees. We knew there are banana trees because we gained ten pounds playing with banana bread recipes after sixty pounds of the fruit were cut down. However, just a few days ago we stumbled across plantains!
Have you ever eaten one? Unlike bananas, plantains are not particularly sweet or soft. Because of this, they are easily adapted to savory or sweet treatments. Here a savory dish is shared, but whatever you do with plantains, you must cook them thoroughly to bring out their best. Luckily, they brown beautifully. Enjoy!
Lemon Sea Bass with Plantains
Author: Dennis
Recipe type: Entree
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Ingredients
- 1 Sea Bass Filet (8 Ounce), Washed and Patted Dry
- 1 Cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1 Teaspoon Salt
- 1 Teaspoon Ground Black Pepper
- 2 Tablespoons Butter
- 2 Tablespoons Olive Oil
- 1 Medium Ripe (Yellow) Plantain, Peeled and Cross-Cut Diagonally into Slices
- 2 Tablespoons Freshly Squeezed Lemon Juice
Instructions
- Place flour and next 2 ingredients into a cake pan and mix well to combine. Salt and pepper (2 twists of the black pepper grinder on each side) the fish on both sides. Measure butter and olive oil into an 8” sauté pan and heat over medium high heat until a piece of bread crust sizzles in the oil.
- Dredge the filet in the flour mix and repeat for both sides, thoroughly covering the fish with flour. Pick up the fish with a fork and shake a bit to remove loose flour. Carefully place the filet in the hot oil to one side of the pan. Add the plantain slices to the other side in a single layer.
- Sauté the fish until the under side is beginning to brown (lift an end with the fork and peek under); then turn the filet and each of the plantain slices (which should be browned). When your fish and plantains look like those in the picture above (and a fork inserted into the middle twists revealing flaky fish), turn the burner up to high and add the lemon juice all at once; shake the pan back and forth to blend the juice with the oil. Turn off heat, turn filet and plantains to coat with sauce and serve immediately.
- Makes one large serving.
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