#29: Garlic-Crusted Fish Steak in Citrus Butter

Actually, we were already eating when I said:
"WAIT! Don't mangle the fish yet! It still has no photo!"
Good thing it's still a bit intact for my cameraphone, hahaha!

This is what I cook when I'm feeling lazy because this is very, VERY easy. I must admit though that fish steak slices may be more expensive than your usual tilapia but if you think about it,you get more meat and less fish bones in these steaks. 




But do not take this dish lightly because you might be taken aback by how good this one is. Take this, 5 ingredients. Good eh? You may use blue marlin or pink salmon if your budget can afford it. Or, a simple mahi-mahi slice should do the job. Cream Dory fillets may also work but you have to thaw and drain it well because it seems that those fillets have a lot of water in them. Tsk,tsk! If I use it for this dish, I end up with my steaks swimming in its juice, therefore, I am not able to create a crispy crust for the steak. So are you ready? 





Garlic Crusted Fish Steak in Citrus Butter
Featured Ingredient: Garlic
Sosy Level: 4
Pawis Level: 1
Will feed 4 people


Ingredients:


4 slices of fish steak, roughly a hand's size each
2 tsps salt
pepper for seasoning
2 heads of garlic (yup, you read it right), minced
1/3 cup of citrus juice (that can be the lowly calamansi or the high society lemon)
2 tbsps butter or margarine
dash of cooking oil (or olive oil if you like)


How To:
1.  Clean the steak and pat dry with a towel. Make sue that they are thawed properly or they will not cook properly later on.Place on a shallow tray and season the fillets with salt and pepper. Pour the citrus juice and give the steaks a nice, loving massage.
2. Give the fish and the marinade some private time and get to know each other. So what you do is go surf the net for a while and tell your friends about this blog. It'll take pretty much 30 minutes or so :-D
3. Heat your pan and add some cooking oil. Then add the butter to the heated oil. Slightly brown the garlic in hot oil then set aside. 
4. In the same pan, cook each side of the fish for 3 minutes in medium-high heat or until crusty brown. Don't throw the marinade yet ok?  Place cooked fish on a plate and set aside. 
5. Then in the same pan (yep,by this time it must be encrusted with caramelized stuff, pour the rest of the marinade mixture to make the sauce. Scrape all those yummy goodness sticking all over your pan, let it simmer for a minute or two then pour over your fish. Or you can serve it on the side.
6. Now the garlic! Pour the crispy toasted garlic on top of the fish and lightly press with your spatula. Yuuuuuummmmyyyyy!


Where's the rice? Where's the rice?!