Are you looking for a fish recipe that is easy to make but will also impress your date? Then try my pan fried fish with caper and butter sauce recipe. It is an easy to cook pan fry fish recipe. The pan fried fish comes out tasting good and looking amazing. It’s a great dish for anniversary dinners or birthday dinners. Or if you just want to elevate your dinner, then try this pan fried fish with butter caper sauce. It is also a healthy dish because this fish recipe is made with 6 simple ingredients- fish, flour, capers, butter, salt, and pepper. That’s it!
Pan Fried Fish with Butter Caper Sauce Recipe video
Below is a video of the Pan Fry Fish with Caper and Butter Sauce Recipe.
Pan Fried Fish with Caper and Butter Sauce Recipe tips
Tip 1: Sear the fish until golden brown
Make sure you sear the fish until golden brown. This is the key to great-tasting fish!
Tip 2: Don’t make the butter caper sauce too early
Don’t make the butter caper sauce too early because it will harden. Make it right before serving.
Tip 3: Kid-friendly option is to serve the pan fried fish without the butter caper sauce
If you have kids who are picky eaters and not great fans of capers, you can serve the pan fried fish without the butter caper sauce. My kids love it! My husband and I eat it with the pan fried fish with butter caper sauce.
Pan Fried Fish with Butter Caper Sauce
Ingredients
- 1 lb White fish fillet (sole, tilapia, flounder)
- 3 Tbsp Flour
- 1 tsp Salt
- Pepper
- 3 Tbsp Butter
- 1 Tbsp Capers
Instructions
- Add flour, salt and pepper on a plate. Mix it well.
- Salt both sides of the fish fillet
- Coat both sides of the fish fillet with the flour mix
- Add olive oil and butter to a pan in medium heat
- Cook the fish fillet. Don't overcrowd. Flip the fish fillet after the first side is browned. Cook until both sides have golden brown color. Don't over cook. Each side should only take 3-4 minutes to cook. Remove the fish and transfer to a plate.
- In the same pan, add the butter and melt. Add the caper to the melted butter and serve on top of the fish.
