Whitefish Scampi
Whitefish Scampi
Sounds good and easy with only 5 ingredients. The cooking time listed for this seems long but is spot on, as I made this on 13 Sep 2017, outstanding, another big hit with the family.
Ingredients
- 4 fillets whitefish, Pangasius, Barramundi, or Tilapia, fillets cut in half as well
- 3/4 cup butter, this is 3/4 of a standard block
- 1 1/2 teaspoons lemon juice, or lime juice
- 8 cloves garlic, smashed and minced
- 1 tablespoon dried parsley
- salt and lemon pepper, as desired
Instructions
- Preheat your oven to 180 C (350 F), lightly grease a 9x13 baking dish with butter.
- In a saucepan, add the butter and the minced garlic and put on low heat to melt the butter and soften the garlic a bit.
- Arrange the fillet pieces in the baking dish in a single layer, season with a pinch of salt and lemon pepper as desired.
- Mix the lemon or lime juice into the butter and pour the butter and garlic over the fish evenly. Sprinkle the fish with the parsley and bake for 40 minutes, turning the fish over every 10 minutes, or until the fish flakes easily with a fork.
- Serve. (This was my plate, the fish shown is 3 half pieces of fillets, the last 10 minutes cook time, the pieces come apart into two pieces.)
Notes
Pangasius runs about 120 Baht/kilo, this is about 4 fillets. To use Barramundi, you would need 2 fish and fillet yourself, 2 fish would cost about 135 Baht. For 4 servings using Pangasius, this is about 88 cents per serving.
Adapted from an internet recipe.
I made this on 13 Sep 2017 and wow was this a hit! Mother in law absolutely loved this fish, always a good sign I am cooking right. I used 4 pangasius fillets, turned out perfect. Highly recommended.