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Lemon Pepper Crusted Beer Steamed Sea Bass Cheeks

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Ingredients
  

  • 3 tbs unsalted butter
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • ½ cup wheat beer
  • 1 tbs lemon juice
  • 4 large sea bass cheeks or sea bass fillets
  • ½ tsp salt
  • ½ cup Italian bread crumbs
  • 1 tsp lemon zest
  • 1 tsp pepper
  • 1 tbs melted butter

Instructions
 

  • Preheat oven to 425.
  • In an skillet over medium high heat melt the butter. Add the garlic, stir for 30 seconds. Add the beer and lemon juice, remove from heat. Add the fish, sprinkle with salt.
  • Add the pan to the oven (make sure the pan is oven safe and the handle is not plastic or rubber), bake for 12 minutes.
  • While the fish is baking make the crust.
  • Add the bread crumbs, lemon zest, pepper and melted butter to a small dish, stir until well combined.
  • Remove the fish from the oven, turn the broiled on.
  • Pack the bread crumb mixture onto each of the fish until well crusted.
  • Place under the broiler until golden brown, 1 to 2 minutes.
  • Plate the fish, spooning the pan sauce onto the plate around the fish.