How To Make Easy Swai Fish Meuniere
Preparing this swai fish dish includes a creamy and buttery meuniere sauce with a lemony aftertaste that goes with the neutral flavor of the fried fish.
Serves:
Ingredients
- ¼cuplemon juice
- 1tsplemon zest
- ½cupall-purpose flour
- salt and ground black pepper,to taste
- 2fillets swai fish,(8 oz) halved
- ¼cupbutter
- 1tspfresh parsley,minced, or to taste
Instructions
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Whisk lemon juice and lemon zest together in a bowl. Mix flour, salt, and pepper together in a resealable gallon-size plastic bag.
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Pat swai fish fillets dry with a paper towel; lightly season 1 side of each fillet with salt. Place fillets in the bag with flour mixture, 1 at a time, and shake to coat.
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Heat a large skillet over medium heat; add butter and heat until lightly browned.
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Place coated fish fillets in the browned butter; cook until lightly browned on the edges and fish flakes easily with a fork, 2 to 3 minutes per side. Transfer fish to a plate, reserving butter in the skillet.
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Pour lemon juice mixture into skillet with reserved butter; cook and stir until a light sauce forms, 2 to 3 minutes. Spoon sauce over fish and garnish with parsley.
Nutrition
- Calories: 257.85kcal
- Fat: 16.44g
- Saturated Fat: 8.37g
- Trans Fat: 0.51g
- Monounsaturated Fat: 5.05g
- Polyunsaturated Fat: 1.39g
- Carbohydrates: 13.32g
- Fiber: 0.63g
- Sugar: 0.46g
- Protein: 13.95g
- Cholesterol: 74.23mg
- Sodium: 292.43mg
- Calcium: 15.92mg
- Potassium: 283.50mg
- Iron: 0.98mg
- Vitamin A: 98.47µg
- Vitamin C: 6.96mg
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