Best Asian Glazed Baked Barramundi Recipes

CHEF JOHN'S MISO-GLAZED BARRAMUNDI

Chef John's Miso-Glazed Barramundi image

This miso-glazed recipe features Barramundi, a mild, flaky, white-fleshed fish that you'll probably be seeing more and more due to its reputation as a sustainable, eco-friendly seafood. It's showing up in grocery store frozen seafood cases, and chances are you'll run across some soon. If you do, buy it and make this recipe.

Provided by Chef John

Categories Seafood Fish

Time 15m

Yield 2

Number Of Ingredients 6

Ingredients

2 tablespoons yellow miso paste
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 (5 ounce) barramundi (Asian sea bass) fillets
1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Steps:

Whisk miso paste, rice vinegar, brown sugar, and soy sauce together in a bowl until glaze is smooth.
Place barramundi fillets, rounded-side up, onto a plate; spread 1/2 of the glaze onto rounded side of fish.
Heat oil over high heat in a nonstick skillet. Place fish, glazed-side down, in hot skillet and spread remaining glaze over other side; cook until slightly white around the edges, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip fish and cook until flaky and white, 1 to 2 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 226.3 calories, Carbohydrate 13.3 g, Cholesterol 58.6 mg, Fat 5.9 g, Fiber 0.4 g, Protein 28.5 g, SaturatedFat 1.1 g, Sodium 1585.9 mg, Sugar 11.7 g

BARRAMUNDI WITH LEMON BASIL SAUCE

Barramundi With Lemon Basil Sauce image

Barramundi has been available quite often in my local supermarket. This recipe would also be good with tilapia. The butter-lemon-basil sauce is also good over brown rice.

Provided by spice of life

Categories Seafood Fish

Time 35m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 12

Ingredients

4 (4 ounce) fillets barramundi (Asian sea bass)
1 tablespoon olive oil, or as needed
1 cup dried bread crumbs
½ teaspoon seafood seasoning (such as Old Bay®)
½ teaspoon garlic powder
½ teaspoon onion powder
½ teaspoon lemon zest
1 pinch dried thyme
1 cup melted butter
¼ cup lemon juice
¼ cup white wine
2 tablespoons chopped fresh basil, or to taste

Steps:

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C).
Brush fish with olive oil.
Mix bread crumbs, seafood seasoning, garlic powder, onion powder, lemon zest, and thyme together in a bowl. Press fish in bread crumb mixture to coat all sides. Arrange coated fish on a baking sheet.
Bake in the preheated oven for 10 minutes. Flip fish and continue baking until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 minutes more.
Stir butter, lemon juice, white wine, and basil together in a bowl; drizzle over cooked fish.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 673.5 calories, Carbohydrate 21.9 g, Cholesterol 169.2 mg, Fat 53.1 g, Fiber 1.5 g, Protein 25.3 g, SaturatedFat 30.5 g, Sodium 666.3 mg, Sugar 2.4 g