Sesame-Crusted Fish

Name: Sesame-Crusted Fish
Ingredients: 16 ounces fillets white-fleshed fish (4 fillets); 1 cup sesame seeds; 3 egg whites, beaten until frothy; 3 tablespoons olive oil; salt; fresh coarse ground black pepper; cornmeal

7 ingredients

9 steps

Ingredients

16 ounces fillets white-fleshed fish (4 fillets)
1 cup sesame seeds
3 egg whites, beaten until frothy
3 tablespoons olive oil
salt
fresh coarse ground black pepper
cornmeal

Directions

1

Preheat oven to 400 deg. F.
2

Heat oil in a nonstick pan.
3

Brush fillets with the egg whites and season with salt and pepper.
4

Coat thickly on one side only with the sesame seeds.
5

Saute in oil, seed side down, until golden brown.
6

Place seed side up on a cornmeal sprinkled baking pan and bake at 400 deg. until done - this will depend on the thickness of your fillets, probably will take about 5 minutes.
7

Or, you can just turn over and panfry until done.
8

Note1: Chef recommended grouper or red snapper; I've made this also with tilapia.
9

Note2: Baking is really handy if you are making a larger quantity - that way you can finish all the fillets at the same time.