Main Course · Serves 2
with Brown Butter plus Mashed Potatoes & Roasted Broccoli
Fishing for a square meal that’s bursting with flavor? We’ve got just the thing! For the main event, there’s crispy, smoked-paprika-rubbed barramundi fillets drizzled with a lemony, scallion-studded brown butter sauce. On the side, there’s roasted broccoli and sour cream mashed potatoes. It’s never been more hip to be square.
Adjust racks to top and middle positions and preheat oven to 425 degrees. Wash and dry produce.
Dice potatoes into ½-inch pieces. Trim and thinly slice scallions, separating whites from greens. Zest and quarter lemon.
Place potatoes in a medium pot with enough salted water to cover by 2 inches. Bring to a boil and cook until tender, 15-20 minutes.
Reserve ½ cup potato cooking liquid, then drain and return potatoes to pot. Mash with sour cream and 1 TBSP butter (2 TBSP for 4 servings) until smooth, adding splashes of reserved potato cooking liquid as needed. Season generously with salt and pepper.
Keep covered off heat until ready to serve.
While potatoes cook, cut broccoli florets into bite-size pieces if necessary. Toss on a baking sheet with a drizzle of oil, salt, and pepper.
Roast on top rack until golden brown and crispy, 15-20 minutes.
While broccoli roasts, pat barramundi* dry with paper towels. Rub each fillet with a drizzle of oil. Season generously all over with salt and pepper, then rub paprika into flesh sides.
Heat a large drizzle of oil in a large, preferably nonstick, pan over medium- high heat. Add barramundi, skin sides down; cook until skin is crispy, 3 minutes. Turn off heat.
Transfer barramundi, skin sides down, to a second lightly oiled baking sheet. Roast on middle rack until cooked through, 10-12 minutes.
Meanwhile, heat pan used for barramundi over medium heat. Add 2 TBSP butter (4 TBSP for 4 servings) and scallion whites. Cook, carefully swirling butter, until foamy and flecked with amber brown bits, 2-3 minutes.
Turn off heat and add a big squeeze of lemon juice. Stir in lemon zest; season with salt and pepper.
Divide mashed potatoes, barramundi, and broccoli between plates. Top potatoes and barramundi with brown butter and sprinkle with scallion greens. (TIP: If brown butter is done before the rest of the meal, reheat over low heat, stirring, for 1 minute.) Serve with remaining lemon wedges on the side.
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