Best Baked Swordfish!
This is a quick, easy recipe for delicious, restaurant quality Baked Swordfish with a lemon garlic butter sauce that takes this mild fish from great to amazing! Weeknight or weekend - this is a must-make!
Servings: 2
Calories:
Equipment
- large oven safe skillet *OR* sear fish and transfer to baking dish
Ingredients
The Lemon Garlic Butter Sauce
- 2 tablespoons butter softened
- 2 small garlic cloves minced
- 1/2 teaspoon sea salt
- 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
- 1 tablespoon fresh dill removed from stems and chopped
- 1 tablespoon capers
The Swordfish:
- 1 1/2 tablespoons olive oil
- 2 6-8 ounce swordfish fillets about 1" thick)
- sea salt and black pepper
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 400 degrees.
- Blend softened butter, minced garlic, salt, black pepper, fresh thyme and juice from one wedge of the lemon in a small bowl then stir in capers and set aside.
- Heat olive oil in a large oven-proof skillet over medium to medium-high heat. Place swordfish into the skillet and sear 2 minutes per side or until light golden brown.
- Spoon reserved butter mixture over the top of each swordfish fillet dividing it equally then transfer fish to a preheated oven.
- Bake 5 minutes or until cooked to an internal temperature of 145 degrees (fish should flake easily - do not overcook or fish will be dry).
- Remove skillet from the oven, spoon some of the garlic butter sauce over the top and serve right away with extra lemon slices or wedges.