What you do for a quick meal? We do all sorts of things here when we are time pressed to make a fast meal. One of the things I like doing is blackened fish. I know several people that hear of a fish like that and think it’s time consuming. I assure it’s not. It took longer to make the blackened seasoning than it did cook the fish. For a side I normally make a potato or vegetable fish; but, this time I had some Alfredo from a day or so ago left over and went ahead and cooked up some angel hair pasta.
So in under ten minutes, I made blackened flounder topped with a mango salsa and angel hair Alfredo.
The Alfredo recipe is simple;
4 toes garlic
3 tablespoons of good butter
10 oz of heavy cream
4 oz of fresh grated parmigiana
Melt the butter, add the garlic and let it sit until fragrant, add the cream and whisk until it starts to thicken, add the cheese and keep whisking until you get the consistency you want.
So simple, that sauce can be made in 4 minutes.
The mango salsa was store bought in the vegetable section
Blackened seasoning
Paprika
Garlic powder
Onion powder
Black pepper
Salt
Thyme
Oregano
Cayenne pepper
Mix it all together in a seasoning bottle or jar
For the fish
Dry the fish really well. Sprinkle it with the creole seasoning of your choice then brush on some fresh melted butter.
Liberally cover with blackened seasoning
Repeat on both sides.
Get your skillet smoking hot and add some butter.
Lay the fish in the skillet presentation side down first.
Let it cook until the edges start to curl. For thin fish it should be about a minute to 90 seconds. For thicker fish maybe 3-4 minutes.
Flip it and remove after the same amount of time passes.
That’s it! You just made a Cajun classic in under ten minutes!
Now it’s time to enjoy 🙂