Greek-Style Sea Bass is subtly seasoned and pan-fried sea bass, topped with a warm chopped preserved lemon, olive, peppers and eggplant salsa. So easy to make, but perfect for a special dinner. Serve with new potatoes, rice, or even just some steamed broccoli.
Summertime and the cooking is easy. Um, okay it’s nearly autumn and right now in Edinburgh it’s pouring outside. But cooking should still be easy. And deliciously vibrant. After all we still have loads of fabulous, colourful vegetables to choose from – or pick, if we are lucky. Although I love things like butternut squash, it’s the end of summer vegetables that inspire me most.
Sea bass – a surprising source of Omega 3
And I was inspired by not only summer veg for this recipe, but also Omega 3-packed sea bass. Yes, you read right: sea bass. We think of salmon, fresh tuna, herring, mackerel and sardines as being loaded with this potent essential fatty acid. These are categorised as “oily fish”. But sea bass – a mild, “sweet” fish often more acceptable to young palates and fussy adults – is also a fairly good source of it. A 100-gram fillet will have about 600mg of EPA and DHA, the most absorbable form of Omega 3 fatty acids. Perhaps compared to salmon’s 2300mg per 100g-fillet it doesn’t seem high, but it is still a sure bet. It is also a good source for magnesium, potassium and selenium. I use British-caught sea bass, which for now is reasonably sustainable. The sustainability situation will vary from country to country.
Other excellent sources of EPA and DHA Omega 3 fatty acids are pilchards, anchovies, whitebait and crab. The likes of flaxseed, hemp seeds, and pumpkin seeds are full of a lesser form of omega 3 fatty acids, ALA. Read up about the ins and outs of Omega 3 sources, benefits and considerations here.
What is in this Greek-Style Sea Bass?
This is perhaps more of a pan-Mediterranean dish, but the seasoning mix is definitely inspired by herbs used in everyday traditional Greek cooking.
Sea bass fillets – or something of similar texture
Aubergine/eggplant
Red (bell) pepper
Shallots or mild onion
Kalamata olives
Oil-preserved lemons (or salt-preserved and using less)
Fresh lemon
Dried herbs: Greek or regular oregano (get Greek if you can), basil, parsley, dill, onion, garlic
Olive oil
Salt and pepper
How to make this dish
It is pretty simple. Mix up the seasoning in a bowl and set aside. Then heat some olive oil in a skillet and sauté the chopped vegetables – but steam or microwave the eggplant for a softer result! – until very soft. Stir in half of the seasoning and all of the preserved lemon and lemon juice. Then you just season up the fish, fry it and serve with the warm, lemony vegetables spooned over top. That’s it! I like to make extra of the vegetables and use it in other dishes, such as a dinner omelette. This would also make a great topping for pasta.
Change up your Greek-Style Sea Bass
Other great add-ins or swaps are chopped marinated artichoke hearts, oil-cured or rehydrated dried tomatoes, courgettes/zucchini, summer squash, or shreds of fennel. You could also chop up an orange and stir it through the cooked salsa. I’ve not tried this, but I imagine it would be pretty good.
So, do you think you might make my Greek-Style Sea Bass for dinner? If you do, let me know in the comments. And consider giving it a rating so that it shows up for more people in Google searches (rate this dish under the thumbnail photo in the recipe card, below). If you are on Instagram or Facebook, post your dinner photo and tag me so I can see it. I love, love, love it when I see my recipes made by you! xx
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Greek-Style Sea Bass
Seasoned and pan-fried sea bass topped with chopped preserved lemon, olive, peppers and eggplant. Easy, but perfect for a special dinner.
Ingredients
Greek Seasoning
- 1 tsp dried parsley
- 1 tsp Greek oregano or regular oregano
- .5 tsp dried dill
- .5 tsp onion granules
- .5 tsp garlic granules
- .5 tsp dried basil optional but nice
- .5 tsp salt optional
Vegetable Topping
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 small red pepper small dice
- .5 small eggplant/aubergine small dice
- 2 shallots peeled and chopped
- 8 Kalamata olives chopped
- .5 preserved lemon finely chopped
- 1 small lemon juice only
Sea Bass
- 4 fillets of sea bass if larger "US-style" ones either half them or use 4 and double the other quantities
- 10 g parsley chopped
Instructions
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Stir together the seasoning ingredients.
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Pop the eggplant/aubergine pieces in a microwavable bowl, cover and cook on High for 4 minutes. You can also steam this. Add the cooked eggplant to the next step.
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Add the oil to a frying pan and when medium-hot add all topping ingredients, except the preserved lemon and the fresh lemon. Sprinkle in half of the seasoning mix and stir. Cook until very soft. Scrape into a bowl, stir in the chopped preserved lemon and fresh lemon juice, and keep warm (I pop a plate over the bowl).
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Pat dry the fish. score the skin if they are large fillets. Evenly sprinkle the remaining seasoning mix over the flesh side of the fish fillets.
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Add extra oil to the pan if you need to and heat to medium-high. Add the seasoned fish skin-side down. Cook for 2 minutes, then flip and cook a further 1-2 minutes, depending on thickness.
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Place the warm fish on individual plates and top with the vegetable topping and garnishing with chopped fresh parsley. Serve with rice, boiled new/baby potatoes and/or steamed green vegetables.
Recipe Notes
The nutrition calculation is based on skin-on sea bass fillets being approximately 100g each.
The Omega 3 content is approximately 600mg per serving.
This is a beautiful meal! I have most of the ingredients and would love to make this for dinner:))
I’ve bookmarked this. It looks wonderful!
You create such a brilliant balance of flavours and such rich colour. Tastes great, looks great and is super healthy
Oh my god this looks so wonderful and colorful. I really want to go for it right away!
Now that is a very timely recipe as Im missing summer holidays and this is happy holidays on a plate. Lovely!
Wow. I want this now!!
Thanks for sharing this. I will be back