Broiled Shad with butter and lemon

Name: Broiled Shad with butter and lemon
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 2 pounds (910 g) boned shad fillets, skin on; 6 tablespoons (85 g) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces; 1 large lemon, cut into wedges; Fine sea salt and freshly ground pepper; Fine sea salt and freshly ground pepper

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

The Hog Island Book of Fish & Seafood

By John Ash

Published 2023

About

Look for deboned shad in the market, as removing the bones at home is painstaking. Here, this delicate fish is coated in melted butter, quickly broiled, and simply served with lemon wedges.

Ingredients

6 tablespoons (85 g) unsalted butter, cut into small pieces
2 pounds (910</

Americas
United States
California
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

Preheat the broiler to the highest heat. In a baking pan just large enough to hold the fillets in a single layer, melt the butter over low heat on the stove top. Rinse the shad fillets in cold water and pat dry with paper towels. Dip the fillets into the butter and turn to coat on both sides.

Broil the fish skin side down about 4 inches (10 cm) from the heat source, basting a few times