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Rockfish and Bay Shrimp with Lemon Sauce

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Course: Dinner, Main
Cuisine: American, French
Keyword: Bay Shrimp, Lemon, Rockfish, sauce, Seared
Prep Time: 15 minutes
Cook Time: 15 minutes
Servings: 4 servings
Author: Chef Tony Zentgraf
Seared Rockfish with a Lemon Pan Sauce & Bay Shrimp to top it off.
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Fish Ingredients

  • 4 filets Rockfish
  • 1 tbsp Old Bay Seasoning
  • 1 tbsp Vegetable Oil

Lemon Sauce with Bay Shrimp Ingredients

  • 1 tsp Vegetable Oil
  • 3 ea Garlic - minced
  • 1 ea Shallots - minced
  • 1 cup White WIne
  • 3 tbsp Lemon Juice
  • ¼ tsp White Pepper
  • ¼ tsp Granulated Garlic
  • ¼ tsp Granulated Onion
  • ½ cup Cream
  • 1 tsp Chives - minced
  • 1 tbsp Cold Butter
  • 1 tbsp Flour
  • 1 cup Bay Shrimp - thawed

Instructions

Making the Lemon Sauce with Bay Shrimp

  • Heat a pan, add oil.
  • Add the shallots and saute until translucent.
  • Add the minced garlic and saute until fragrant.
  • Add the white wine and reduce by half.
  • Squeeze the lemon juice into the pan.
  • Season with white pepper, granulated garlic and onion.
  • Add the cream and slowly raise the temperature of the cream to avoid breaking the cream.
    Bring to a rolling simmer.
  • Coat the butter pat with flour and add to the pan.
    Whisk the butter/flour into the sauce as the sauce is simmering.
    Sauce will slowly thicken. Remove from the heat when desired thickness is reached.
  • Add the bay shrimp and minced chives.
    Adjust seasoning as necessary.
    Bay Shrimp in Sauce to be plated over seared rockfish

Searing the Rockfish

  • Heat your pan, or if using a grill heat the cast iron plate or soapstone.
  • Add the oil to the pan or grill attachment and coat surface.
  • Season the fish on one side.
    Seasoned Rockfish on a plate ready to be cooked.
  • Sear the rockfish season side down.
  • Cook until the fish develops a nice crust. Approx 1-2 minutes depending on thickness of the fish.
  • Turn the fish over and sear the second side until the fish begins to flake and a crust develops on the second side.
    Searing Rockfish on cast iron.
  • Remove from the heat and you are ready to plate.
    Top the fish with bay shrimp and coat with sauce.
    Enjoy!

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