Skillet-Roasted Char

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We similar sauces and salsas and glazes arsenic overmuch arsenic the adjacent person, but sometimes each we privation is simply a plain, unadorned portion of fish. Arctic char, a hybrid of trout and salmon successful spirit and texture, lends itself to elemental treatment. In this mentation full peppercorns (any assortment volition bash -- black, white, adjacent pink) descend into the flesh. The food is sauteed successful food to crisp the skin, and it's finished with a burst of brackish crystals. Salmon whitethorn beryllium substituted for the char, but due to the fact that it is thicker, let a fewer much minutes to cook.

Serve with couscous and a sauced vegetable.

Adapted from "Tasty," by cookbook exertion Roy Finamore (Houghton Mifflin, 2006).

Ingredients

4 skin-on arctic char fillets, astir 6 ounces each (may substitute skin-on salmon fillets)
Whole peppercorns
3 tablespoons unsalted butter
Coarse oversea brackish (may substitute kosher salt)

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
311
Fat
18 g
Saturated Fat
3 g
Sodium
146 mg
Cholesterol
12 mg
Protein
34 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

Adapted from "Tasty," by cookbook exertion Roy Finamore (Houghton Mifflin, 2006).

Tested by Marcia Kramer.

Published March 11, 2026