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Blackened fish with Creole sauce recipe

Ingredients

  • 25 2-ounce (oz) pieces of fish
  • 4 ounces (oz) of Cajun spice
  • 2 tablespoons (tbsp) of salt
  • 4 ounces (oz) of butter
  • 1 ounce (oz) of cooking oil
  • 3 quarts (qt) of Creole sauce (see this recipe)

Directions

  1. Heat a large sauté pan or cast iron skillet over high heat.
  2. Season the pieces of fish with the Cajun spice and salt.
  3. Add the oil and butter to the pan.
  4. Slowly add the fish to the hot pan. The fish should have small puffs of smoke coming from the bottom.
  5. Cook until the fish have a dark color on one side.
  6. Deglaze the pan with the Creole sauce.
  7. Simmer for 2 minutes.
  8. Place the fish on a plate or in a serving dish and top with Creole sauce.
Your measuring spoon set may have tbsp, TBS, T, TB, or Tbl on it. They all mean tablespoon.