Salt-Baked Fish

5.0(204)

by Jonathan Reynolds

Dinner, Main Course

Servings

2 servings

Total time

30 min

Calories / serving

410 kcal

Ingredients (7)

serves

3 cups fine sea saltsalt
1/2 cup egg whites (about 3)egg
1 2-pound whole branzino (or black sea bass, porgy, monkfish or lobster -- any fish that has a somewhat thick skin, won't fall apart easily and isn't too oily; tuna and salmon are too oily)
2 sprigs fresh rosemaryrosemary
3 to 4 sprigs parsleyparsley
1 clove garlic, peeled and mashedgarlic
2 slices lemonlemon

Instructions (5 steps)

01Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
02Combine the sea salt and egg whites until the mixture looks like wet sand.
03Stuff the branzino with the rosemary, parsley, garlic and lemon slices, then pack the outside tightly with the salt mixture. Put the branzino on a baking sheet.
04Bake until the salt turns golden brown, about 15 minutes. Place on a serving dish.
05

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