Baked Basa Fillets with Onion Butter Sauce
- 4 Basa fillets, fresh
- defrosted
- 3-1/2 oz. Butter
- 2 Lemons
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 Red chilli
- 1 Onion
- 4 Sheets of aluminum foil
- Salt & Pepper
- Getting ready: Pre-heat your oven to 180 degrees.
- If you are using frozen Basa fillets, pop them into a watertight glad bag and leave them to defrost in hot water for around 10 to 15 minutes.
- Preparing the fillets: Place each fillet onto a separate square of Aluminum foil; the foil squares must be large enough to fold into an "envelope" for the fish to be baked in.
- For each fillet, squeeze the juice from 1/2 a lemon and coat both sides of the fillet.
- Mince or finely chop a clove of garlic and rub it into both sides of the fish and season with salt and pepper.
- Cut your chilli into 3-5mm rings and line 3 or 4 down the middle of both sides of each fillet.
- If you would rather your fish mild, remove the chilli seeds before putting them on the fillet.
- Dice an onion and heap around a quarter of it straight onto the top of each fillet and finish with a 25g cube of butter on top.
- Cooking the fish: Fold the aluminum foil around the fish and onion to form "envelopes" and carefully place them on an oven tray and pop them in the oven for 20 minutes.
- When the timer goes off, check the "envelope" of the largest fillet to make sure the fish is cooked through the middle.
- Serving: These fillets are fantastic with all the rich flavour of the sauce!
- I recommend placing them straight onto a plate with the onion & the chilli intact and drizzle a dash of the excess juice on each piece.
- Basa is delicious served with yam & potato mash and chargrilled asparagus in butter & garlic!
- Enjoy!
basa, butter, lemons, garlic, red chilli, onion, aluminum foil, salt
Taken from www.foodgeeks.com/recipes/21876 (may not work)