Cajun Red Snapper

This dish is great if you need something fast the preparation time is about 5 minutes cooking time about 15 minutes. Instead of all the spices listed here there is a recipe I have posted for a Cajun spice mix could use that. If you make this dish please take a photo and posted together with this recipe thank you

Keith Vigon @cook_4574654

United Kingdom

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Ingredients

1 teaspoonpaprika
Quarter teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
1 teaspoonground black pepper
1/2 teaspoononion powder
1 teaspoondried thyme
1 teaspoondried basil
1 teaspoongarlic powder
1/4 teaspoondried a regular
2 tbspbutter
1 tablespoonlight olive oil
6 (200 g)fillets of red snapper
to tasteSalt

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Steps

1

On a large piece of wax paper together the spices
2

In a small saucepan, over a medium heat the butter.
3

Brush both sides of the snapper fillets with the butter mixture, reserve the remaining butter mixture.
4

Coat both sides of the fillets with the seasoning mixture
5

Heat a large cast-iron pan/skillet over high heat until a drop of water sizzled on it. Drizzle half the remaining butter and oil mixture on one side of the fish fillets and placed them butter side down in the pan
6

Cook over a high heat until the fish is deeply browned. This will be about 5 minutes.
7

Drizzle the remaining butter mixture over the fish and flip fish over. Cook until fish is brown and flakes when tested with a 4 also about an extra 5 minutes