Seared Snapper with Chile/Garlic Butter & Sautéed Purslane
 
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Snapper, or any flaky white fish, is even more flavorful with this chile-garlic butter.
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Recipe type: Seafood
Cuisine: Seafood
Serves: 2
Ingredients
Chile/Garlic Compound Butter:
  • 2 Tb. unsalted butter, room temperature
  • ½ red chile, seeded, minced
  • 1 clove garlic, minced
  • dash of smoked paprika (optional)
  • zest of ½ lemon
  • 1 Tb. fresh parsley, minced
Fish:
  • 2 Red Snapper fillets (or any white, flaky fish)
  • 1 Tb. olive oil
  • Dash kosher salt & freshly ground black pepper
  • Fresh lemon
Sea Purslane:
  • 1 large handful sea purslane, rinsed, patted dry & thickest bottom stems removed
  • ½ Tb. unsalted butter
Instructions
  1. Make the compound butter by mixing all the ingredients in a small bowl. Set aside or refrigerate until ready to use.
  2. Rinse the fillets. Pat dry & season lightly with salt and pepper.
  3. Heat a large non-stick pan to medium/high. When hot, add olive oil, then place fish in pan. After about a minute, reduce heat to medium and add 1 Tb. of the compound butter. Flip the fish and let it cook another 1-2 minutes (depending on how thick the fillets are). It's done when the flesh feels somewhat firm.
  4. While fish cooks, heat a small non-stick pan on medium/high. Add 1 Tb. butter and drop in Purslane. Reduce heat to low. Turn once then turn off heat (you’re simply wilting it).
  5. Remove fish, dab with remaining butter, serve over the Purslane and squeeze a little lemon on top.
Recipe by My Delicious Blog at https://www.mydeliciousblog.com/snapper-with-chilegarlic-butter-sauteed-purslane/