Seared Cod with Chive Butter Sauce Recipe

Seared Cod with Chive Butter Sauce Recipe

Our Seared Cod with Chive Butter Sauce recipe is a delicious way to cook cod. The panko gives it a nice texture, while the chive butter goes great with a flaky white fish. This is an easy recipe to make, but it’s decadent!

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Ingredients:
Fish
4 Cod fillets (6oz. each)
Panko bread crumbs
2 eggs
Kosher salt
Freshly cracked black pepper
4 tablespoons grapeseed oil
1/2 lemon, juiced
1 tablespoon butter
1 sprig fresh thyme

Butter Sauce
2 cups white wine
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1 shallot, sliced
2 garlic cloves, smashed
2 tablespoons heavy cream
1/2 lemon, juiced
2 tablespoons cold butter
3 tablespoons chopped chives
Freshly cracked black pepper

Directions:
Butter Sauce
1. In saucepan, add wine, thyme, shallot and garlic.
2. Simmer and allow the wine to reduce.
3. Once the sauce is reduced to a syrup, strain, add heavy cream, and lemon juice and bring to a slight simmer.
4. Whisk in cold butter and once melted add the fresh chives and season with black pepper.

Fish
1. Preheat oven to 400F.
2. Place the fillets on a baking rack to release its natural juices.
3. Add the bread crumbs to a shallow dish.
4. In a separate shallow dish add 2 beaten eggs.
5. Season both sides of the fillet with salt and pepper.
6. Once seasoned, brush the belly side of the fish with the egg. Skin side will be darker, the belly side will be lighter in color and flaky.
7. Dip the egg side into the bread crumbs.
8. In a cast iron skillet add grapeseed oil, and make sure that the pan is piping hot.
9. Sear only 1 side of the fish (the side with the bread crumbs).
10. Once 1 side is seared, place the skillet in the oven for about 3 to 4 minutes until cooked.
11. Once the fish is cooked, flip it over and add the lemon juice, butter and thyme.
12. Let it melt and baste the fish with the juice.
13. Pour the butter sauce over the panko and serve.

Wine Pairings:
We preface all of our wine pairing suggestions by letting you know that it’s really a matter of personal taste. While we do offer our opinions and why we selected a specific varietal, there is no right or wrong answer when pairing a wine with your dinner.

Chardonnay
This Seared Cod with Chive Butter Sauce recipe goes great with a chilled French Chardonnay. I prefer the French Chardonnay since they are unoaked and crisp. The minerality of the wine pairs perfectly with the flaky cod! Follow the link to our wine review site to find our favorite Chardonnay wines-LetsHaveWine.com

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