Cajun Blackened Fish with Papaya Salsa

This is a great way to cook fish, trust me, this really is delicious, and you can find the recipe for Cajun spice mix which I posted before. This preparation can become quite smoky so open the windows and put on a fan :-) If you make this dish please take a photo and post it with this recipe thank you

Keith Vigon @cook_4574654

United Kingdom

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Ingredients

1quantity Cajun spice mix, without the onion and garlic (to taste)
For 270 g skinned fish fillets such as snapper or bream etc
50 gbutter melted
Papaya Salsa
1papaya
1 halfsmall red onion, diced 1 fresh red chili, seeded and finely chopped
3 tbspchopped fresh coriander
Grated rind and juice of 1 lime
to tasteSalt
Lime and coriander to garnish

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Steps

1

Make the salsa 1st. Cut the papaya in half and scoop out the seeds. Remove the skin cut the flesh into small dice pieces and place into a bowl. Add the onion, chili, coriander, lime rind and juice, with salt to taste. Mix well and set aside
2

Pre-heat a heavy-based frying pan over a medium heat for about 10 minutes. Spread the Cajun spice mix, on a plate.
3

Brush the fish fillets with melted butter and then dip them into the spices until well coated.
4

Place the fish in the hot pan and cook for 1 to 2 minutes on each side until blackened stop serve at once with the Papaya salsa garnish with lime and coriander