Orange Roughy Fillets With Lemon Basil Butter

"Found this in my local market and substituted the Orange Roughy with Tilapia. Excellent choice! I serve this with steamed asparagus over a bed of steamed spinach."
 
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Ready In:
25mins
Ingredients:
5
Serves:
4
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ingredients

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directions

  • Combine butter and basil in a small bowl.
  • Place fillets on a lightly greased broiler pan.
  • Spread fish with half of the basil butter mixture.
  • Broil 5- 8 inches from heat for 5 minutes.
  • Turn.
  • Spread with remaining basil butter.
  • Squeeze lemon juice over fillets.
  • Top with sprinkle of Parmasean cheese.
  • Broil another 4- 5 minutes or until fish is close to the point of flakiness.

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Reviews

  1. I used some basil butter I had made with basil from the garden, and frozen. This dish turned out very nice - simple but elegant, and quick to make! Thanks for sharing!
     
  2. So easy and my husband went on and on and on about how great it was. I left off the cheese even and it was just fantastic
     
  3. I made this recipe to the letter and liked it a lot. I don't like to try and 'healthy up' other people's recipes so unless I really hate a particular ingredient I'll follow it to the letter.
     
  4. OK, I substituted so many things in this recipe it probably qualifies as a new recipe, but I started here so here it is. First, I used Tilapia instead of Orange Roughy because that is what I had. I wanted to cut the fat and calories as much as possible and changing the butter for olive oil as baezus suggested was not enough for me, so instead I used butter flavored Pam spray. I sprayed the baking dish, placed the Tilapia side by side and then sprayed the Tilapia. Sprinkled the basil on top and put in broiler. After turning I sprayed and sprinkled again. I am not fond of lemon on my food, so I did something else baezus suggested was to use white wine instead. Good tip! Lastly was the cheese. I found a bag of Kraft Natural Shredded Fat Free Mozzarella and had to give it a try. Glad I did. It worked great. After substituting so many things, I think I accomplished what I was after, a very low fat meal. I may have even cut the calories too, although they were low to begin with. I like a bit more seasoning on my food so I sprinkled some Everglades Seasoning on after the fact and it gave it the finishing touch. I served it with a mix of vegetables. Even though I changed it a bit, this was a good recipe that provided me with a base to start by and adapted well with my needs. It was quick and not very difficult for a beginner cook such as me. It deserves 5 stars in my opinion.
     
  5. I have made this for my family several times using tilapia. To eliminate the butter/margarine, I use some olive oil and a little lemon pepper salt. You can cut even more fat by eliminating the cheese and it still tastes great. I also like a little white wine added or instead of the lemon juice.
     
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