John’s Fried Striped Bass Recipe

Ingredients

• Freshly caught Striped Bass, filleted and cut into portions
• Rice Flour (or all-purpose flour), enough to lightly coat the portions
• Tarragon
• Thyme
• Kosher Salt, to taste
• Garlic
• Ghee (clarified butter)

Directions

1. Chop the tarragon and thyme. Add some Kosher salt (to taste). Continue chopping to combine.
2. Coat the portions of fish with the mixture, then coat very lightly with flour.If using dried herbs, combine them and mix well with the coating flour.
3. Heat the pan and coat it with Ghee.
4. Add fish portions to the pan so that they sizzle as soon as they touch.
5. Add a few sprigs of thyme and a smashed garlic clove or two.
6. Flip once when golden brown and baste with ghee until other side is golden brown.