Citrus Spiked Sea Bass Recipes

SEA BASS WITH CITRUS AND SOY

Steps:

• Mix first 6 ingredients in 8x8x2-inch glass baking dish. Add fish; turn to coat. Chill 2 hours, turning fish occasionally.
• Place steamer rack in large skillet. Arrange fish on rack. Pour marinade into skillet under rack and bring to boil. Cover skillet and steam fish until just opaque in center, about 8 minutes. Transfer fish to plates. Remove steamer rack from skillet. Boil marinade until reduced enough to coat spoon, about 6 minutes; spoon over fish. Top with green onions.

CITRUS-SPIKED SEA BASS

Steps:

• Finely grate the zest of 1 of the oranges and add to the lemon zest. Mix with the olive oil, then drizzle over the fish and season. Cut the rest of the oranges into slices about 5mm thick. When the coals are ashen, arrange the orange slices over the barbecue in groups the length of each fish. Char the orange slices on 1 side, then flip them over and lay the fish on top of them - this stops the fish sticking. Barbecue the fish for 5-8 mins on each side (turning them carefully), or until the flesh flakes away easily when prodded.
• While the fish is barbecuing (or beforehand), make the salad. Put the orange segments in a large bowl with the squeezed juice from the rest of the oranges and the lemon juice. Season and stir in the olive oil. When the fish is cooked, toss the watercress in the orange dressing with the capers and olives. Serve the fish with the salad.

BAKED WHOLE SEA BASS CITRUS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Clean the bass by removing the guts and the gills and trimming off the belly flap. Season the season with salt and pepper. Place the fish on foil and sprinkle with some citrus zest. Close the foil and cook for about 10 minutes oven. In a small sauce pot reduce the juice and the remaining zest. Slowly add the butter whisking constantly, season sauce and add all the segments, simmer. Saute the spinach and drain off any liquid. Remove the bass from the oven and from the foil, discard the citrus zest on it. Place the fish on top the spinach and ladle with the citrus sauce

BAKED SEA BASS WITH CITRUS SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat oven to 400 degrees F.
• Sprinkle fish with teaspoon salt and pepper.
• Place fish in glass baking dish.
• Cut one half onion into thin slices.
• Cut 4 thin slices from half of lime.
• Arrange lime and onion slices on each fillet.
• Bake fillets 12 to 15 minutes, or until just cooked.
• Meanwhile, peel and remove white pith from oranges; cut into segments, then cut each segment in half.
• Transfer orange pieces to small bowl.
• Mince remaining onion half and squeeze 1 tablespoon lime juice from remaining lime half; add to orange pieces with avocado, jicama, cilantro, jalapeño, and remaining 1/8 teaspoon salt.
• You can make this sauce earlier in the day and keep it refrigerated until dinner.
• Serve with baked fish.

SEA BASS WITH CITRUS AND SOY

Steps:

• Mix first 6 ingredients in 8x8x2" glass baking dish.
• Add fish; turn to coat.
• Chill 2 hours, turning fish occasionally.
• Place steamer rack in large skillet.
• Arrange fish on rack.
• Pour marinade into skillet under rack and bring to boil.
• cover skillet and steam fish until just opaque in center, about 8 minutes.
• Transfer fish to plates.
• Remove steamer rack from skillet.
• Boil marinade until reduced enough to coat spoon, about 6 minutes; spoon over fish.
• Top with green onions.
• Serves 4.

PAN-FRIED SEA BASS WITH CITRUS-DRESSED BROCCOLI

Steps:

• Before you start cooking, get everything prepared. Trim each sea bass fillet so they are both the same shape, then score the skin, cutting into the flesh slightly, 5 or 6 times at about 1cm intervals. Set aside.
• Segment the orange - slice off the top and bottom, then cut away the skin and pith. Cut away each segment, then squeeze out the juice from the rest of the orange into a bowl. Cut the broccoli into medium-size florets.
• To make the warm broccoli salad, cook the florets in a pan of boiling salted water for 1 min until just cooked. While the broccoli is cooking, put a frying pan on to heat. As soon as the broccoli is cooked, drain it, then tip straight into the hot frying pan to 'scorch' out all the moisture.
• Turn off the heat, then scatter the orange segments over the broccoli. Toss for a few moments just to heat through, then tip into a bowl and dress with the orange juice and 2 tbsp olive oil. Season with pepper and a small sprinkling of sea salt, then set aside.
• Wipe out the pan. Season the fish with a little salt and pepper just before cooking. Heat the frying pan until very hot, then add 2 tbsp oil. Lay the fish fillets in the pan, skin-side down. As soon as it goes in, press each fillet down with your fingers or a fish slice to stop it from curling up.
• Reduce the heat to medium, then leave the fish to cook for 3-4 mins, undisturbed, until you can see that the flesh has cooked two-thirds of the way up and the skin is crisp and brown.
• Flip the fillets over, then fry on the flesh side for about 2 mins until just done, basting the skin with the oil in the pan as it cooks. Leave to rest on a warm plate, skin-side up, and baste with the hot oil and juices from the pan.
• Pour 2 tbsp olive oil into the pan and place it back on a high heat. Scatter in the capers and anchovies, then cook until they start to crisp. Grate over the lemon zest and squeeze in the juice of ½ the lemon. If there isn't enough juices in the pan to drizzle over both plates, add a splash more oil. You are now ready to plate up.

GRILLED SEA BASS WITH CITRUS-OLIVE BUTTER

Steps:

• In small bowl, mix Citrus-Olive Butter ingredients. Refrigerate about 30 minutes or until firm.
• Heat gas or charcoal grill. Brush all surfaces of fish fillet with oil; sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Place fish on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 10 to 13 minutes, turning fish after 5 minutes, until fish flakes easily with fork. Serve with Citrus-Olive Butter.