Keto or ketogenic diet involves eating foods high in fat, moderate in protein and low in carbs.
While much similar to low-carb and grain-free diets, keto diet calls for eating eggs, dairy, fish, meat, nuts, oils, butter and non-starchy vegetables.
People using the Keto diet to achieve health and fitness goals can include a variety of recipes in their routine.
Today, we talk about one such delicious recipe.
High fat is best achieved with a lemon butter sauce poured over your favorite fish. As fish is a light and nice meat, it blends perfectly into this sauce.
This simple dish is also ideal for having friends over for dinner.
Keto Lemon Butter Sauce Fish Recipe – UPDATED 2020
Lemon Butter Sauce Fish is a continental recipe which not just fills the stomach but also satisfies cravings.
Prepared with fish fillets topped off with buttery lemon sauce, this main dish recipe is delicious enough to delight your taste buds and can be enjoyed as lunch as well as dinner.
It can even be served to guests at parties as a meal with steamed beans.
The tangy, rich sauce enhances its taste and makes it so amazing.
How to Make Lemon Butter Sauce Fish
Preparing for and cooking fish in lemon butter sauce is extremely simple and quick.
Here is everything you need to know about making this dish.
Prep Time: 5 minutes
Cook Time: 10 minutes
Servings: 4
Calories: 350 per serving
Ingredients:
Directions:
- To start preparing this fish recipe, first, ensure that the fish fillets are dry. If not, use an absorbent paper to remove excess moisture. Then, take a bowl and add the fish fillets into it along with salt and pepper.
- Now, place a pan on the stove on medium flame and add half of the butter to it. Once the butter melts, put in the fillets and pan fry till cooked. Cook on both sides until it turns golden brown and the crust turns crispy. Take them off the flame and place them on a plate.
- Again, put the same pan on the flame. Add the remaining butter in it. As the butter melts, add onions and cook till it turns golden. Then, add the garlic and wait for 1 minute. Next, add the capers and break them using a spatula.
- Then, add parsley and cook everything together.
- Turn off the flame and add the lime juice.
- Pour the sauce over the cooked fish and serve.
The Perfect Keto Recipe – Notes:
The Keto Lemon Butter Sauce Fish recipe described above contains about 7 grams of carbs which can be reduced by halving the garlic and onion quantities.
You can adjust the sauce to your taste and requirements. It is even possible to completely avoid garlic and onion and still enjoy a flavourful dish.
This fish dish is healthy, delicious and ideal for nights when you need dinner prepared in a few minutes. Such recipes become trusted and favorite in busy families as they serve a nutritious, full meal with minimal effort and ingredients.
This lemon butter sauce fish can either be served with one more dish like mashed potatoes or kept alone for a light, gluten-free, low-carb dinner to cate to the keto regime.
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