Spicy Lionfish with Dill Sauce

Spicy Lionfish with Dill Sauce

 

Recipe from The Lionfish Cookbook: The Caribbean’s New Delicacy, courtesy of Lad Akins and the Reef Environmental Education Foundation [REEF]

 

Spicy Lionfish with Dill Sauce - The Lionfish Cookbook: The Caribbean's New Delicacy

Ingredients:

  • 2 tsp. lemon juice
  • ¼ cup sour cream
  • 2 tbsp. mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp. fresh dill
  • 1 tbsp. fresh chives
  • 1 tbsp. capers
  • ¼ tsp. salt
  • 8 lionfish fillets
  • 1 tbsp. Creole seasoning
  • 2 tbsp. butter 

Method: 

   In a small bowl, squeeze juice from 1 lemon. In a medium bowl, combine 2 tsp. of the lemon juice, sour cream, mayonnaise, fresh dill, chives and capers. Blend until well combined.

   Sprinkle Creole seasoning on fillets. Heat butter in skillet. Pan fry fillets 2 minutes, each side, until browned.

   Place cooked fillets on a plate and serve with dill sauce.

 

 

To learn more about the lionfish invasion and the threat they pose of Florida’s reefs and marine ecosystem, click here.

 

Recipe courtesy of:

The Reef Environmental Education Foundation

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The Lionfish Cookbook: The Caribbean's New Delicacy - REEF 

 

 

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