The Perfect Blackened Fish Recipe // Easy Way to Blacken Any Fish You Have!

What’s up, y’all! In today’s video, I’ll show you the easiest recipe and method for how to blacken fish. Now, this recipe can be used for all types of fish you have on hand, which makes it the perfect and easy weeknight meal or dinner for you and your family. You can use tilapia, snapper, whiting, catfish, monkfish, etc., or whatever you have on hand. This recipe also cooks pretty quickly in under 5 minutes depending on the type of fish you choose to use. All you will need is your fish of choice, butter, cajun (all purpose) seasoning, black pepper, salt (optional) and paprika. All you need to do is season the fish, then place in a skillet with some butter and cook it until it blackens to your liking and develops a nice crust. This should take no longer than 5-6 minutes depending on the fish you use and its thickness. I mention it in the video, but what I mean by “blackened” is simply developing a nice crust and color on the fish while still keeping the fish nice and juicy on the inside. You don’t need to cook the fish in the skillet for too much longer than 5-6 minutes or you run the risk of overcooking it. Hope you enjoy the recipe!

INGREDIENTS
– fish (fillet) of your choice
– butter
– cajun seasoning
– black pepper
– paprika
– salt (optional)
– lemon juice/zest, garlic, thyme (optional)

All given measurements are an approximation and meant to be tailored to suit your individual preferences and dietary needs!

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hey what’s up y’all i’m back with another video and today i have an easy recipe for blackened fish whatever kind of fish you have on hand i’m gonna show you how to blacken it all right so if it looks good y’all you into it sit back let’s go [Music] so y’all first things first i am just going to go in with my cajun seasoning which i already know is my all-purpose seasoning and i’m just going to sprinkle this fish liberally with that cajun seasoning y’all and the reason i do this is because we really want to build a nice crust on this fish and the longer we cook it in that butter y’all so i’m also going in with some black pepper and the black pepper is also going to do the exact same thing it’s going to really help build a nice crust on this blackened fish y’all so now i’m going with my smoked paprika and that is really just to provide lots of color in this blackened fish y’all but it also kind of like gives a smoky element as well now i am just patting in all of those seasonings into the flesh of this fish so it can really really get in all those little nooks and crannies and really really stick to the fish all then all you want to do is just flip the fish over and season it with the exact same seasonings press it all down in there make sure it’s all in those little nooks and crannies so we can build a nice thick crust on this fish y’all and now to my preheated skillet i’m going in with about two tablespoons of butter swirl it around for about 30 seconds or so on medium heat and now i’m just going to go in with that fish and i like to place it in actually like fleshier side down first as opposed to like that more flat side um on the fish and that’s just because that’s going to be the presentation side that we’re putting down first and i like to control the color of it a little bit better y’all so that’s why i’m placing it in first and now you just want to swirl that butter around a little bit make sure it’s you know all on the bottom of the pan and then you want to just cook that fish for about two minutes on medium heat don’t touch it don’t mess with it leave it alone so that color can develop and get nice and crusty on there y’all and i should also mention i am using sea bass today y’all but you can use whatever kind of fish you want you can use tilapia you can use snap or you can use i don’t know you can use uh swordfish whatever you want to use y’all use whatever you have on hand this recipe is perfect for all types of fillets so now y’all after about two minutes i’m flipping that fish over and look at that color that we got on there y’all this is what i was going for that paprika that cajun seasoning that pepper really really helped develop a nice crust and a nice color on this fish this looks so so good y’all so i’m going in with those finishing touches like i always like to say and today i’m choosing butter you can use some lemon if you want to y’all you can throw in some garlic you can throw some thyme leaves or whatever other herbs you have on hand and you know just kind of baste that fish in that y’all but like i said i’m just using butter today and look at that crust on there y’all look at that crust that is what we’re going for y’all look at all those crusty bits so now i’m just basting the fish in that butter y’all it’s nice and toasty nice and bubbly and that is perfect because it’ll really really give it that real just steakhouse kind of vibe i don’t know i i feel like that’s the best way to describe it that real steakhouse kind of like cooked over like a open flame kind of vibe y’all and i should also mention y’all when i say blackened i really just mean having a nice crust and a nice color on the fish while still keeping the fish nice and tender and juicy on the inside we don’t want the fish to be all tough and dry okay that’s not black and that’s just cook too much so boom this is what we have after we are finished for about a minute and a half on that second side y’all this sea bass looks so so good this blackened sea bass i should say so again y’all just look at this color we got i’m cutting into that fish right now just showing you the texture and how nice and buttery and how nice and soft it is y’all but we still got that nice crust development on the fish y’all okay okay let me try to focus so this is what is looking like y’all so so good like i said still nice and hot you see that steam rising y’all this is the perfect recipe for blackened fish whatever kind of fish you have on hand definitely let me know down below in those comments what you think if you enjoyed it if you want to try the recipe out y’all i want to hear it all so with that said y’all you can hit that like button you can subscribe to the channel for more videos just like this every single week all right y’all i’ll see y’all in the next video later [Music]