Chef John's Miso-Glazed Barramundi

Name: Chef John's Miso-Glazed Barramundi
Prep time: 10 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 15 min
Yield: 2 servings
Ingredients: 2 tablespoons yellow miso paste; 2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar; 1 tablespoon brown sugar; 1 tablespoon soy sauce; 2 (5 ounce) barramundi (Asian sea bass) fillets; 1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Rating: 4.83 stars

12 Ratings
9 Reviews
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This miso-glazed recipe features Barramundi, a mild, flaky, white-fleshed fish that you'll probably be seeing more and more due to its reputation as a sustainable, eco-friendly seafood. It's showing up in grocery store frozen seafood cases, and chances are you'll run across some soon. If you do, buy it and make this recipe.

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Recipe Summary

prep:

10 mins

cook:

5 mins

total:

15 mins

Servings:

Yield:

2 servings

Nutrition Info

Ingredients

Original recipe yields 2 servings

The ingredient list now reflects the servings specified

2 tablespoons yellow miso paste
2 tablespoons seasoned rice vinegar
1 tablespoon brown sugar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
2 (5 ounce) barramundi (Asian sea bass) fillets
1 teaspoon vegetable oil

Directions

Step 1
Whisk miso paste, rice vinegar, brown sugar, and soy sauce together in a bowl until glaze is smooth.

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Step 2
Place barramundi fillets, rounded-side up, onto a plate; spread 1/2 of the glaze onto rounded side of fish.
Step 3
Heat oil over high heat in a nonstick skillet. Place fish, glazed-side down, in hot skillet and spread remaining glaze over other side; cook until slightly white around the edges, 1 to 2 minutes. Flip fish and cook until flaky and white, 1 to 2 minutes more.

Nutrition Facts

Per Serving:

226 calories; protein 28.5g; carbohydrates 13.3g; fat 5.9g; cholesterol 58.6mg; sodium 1585.9mg. Full Nutrition

Reviews (9)

Most helpful positive review

Kit

01/24/2015

Love this! The miso makes a great glaze. I never had barramundi before but I'll definitely be having it again. Read More

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12 Ratings

5 star values: 11
4 star values: 0
3 star values: 1
2 star values: 0
1 star values: 0

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Kit

01/24/2015

Love this! The miso makes a great glaze. I never had barramundi before but I'll definitely be having it again. Read More

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L Di Caprio

08/15/2016

I made this dish for a group of people who aren't crazy about fish. They absolutely loved it, and I'm sharing the recipe. It took very little time, and is so easy. It's a new family favorite. Read More

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David Twitchell

06/03/2020

Quick, easy, flavorful. I used a sea bass, and mine needed 2.5 minutes per side—two minutes wasn’t enough. Read More

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akward

09/06/2017

Excellent! I used rainbow trout filets and followed recipe to a "T"! Will make again. Read More

Matt Simmons

07/03/2018

Substituted honey for brown sugar delicious! Read More

stl_foodie at heart

12/04/2018

I thought this was delicious and the whole family ate every bite even my two young kids. It reminded me of the miso-glazed sea bass at Stir Crazy. I didn't have rice wine vinegar so i had to substitute for apple cider vinegar and it still turned out well. Next time I will try to figure out how to make the sauce a bit thicker as it was the consistency of soy sauce and vinegar. The miso paste wasn't as thick as I was expecting. Read More

texas_cajun

03/27/2019

Another great recipe from Chef John. Any light white fish will work here. Paired with Miso Sesame Dressing (from this site) was an excellent meal. Read More

Michelle

03/17/2019

WOW!!! love this!!!!!!.this will be a regular meal for me. I made it according to recipe with no subs. I made a spring mix salad and threw some green onions and cucumbers and skinny girl raspberry vinegarette and it was EXCELLENT. This fish has a beefier texture but it holds up really well to this mix. You won't have any crumbs left. My cats came running when they smelled it.;-) Read More

Aspiring Chef

06/26/2019

This is absolutely delicious. Don't change a thing. Bought the Barramundi at Costco - much more affordable than Sea Bass. The glaze is wonderful. Making this again tonight. Read More

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Love this! The miso makes a great glaze. I never had barramundi before but I'll definitely be having it again.

I made this dish for a group of people who aren't crazy about fish. They absolutely loved it, and I'm sharing the recipe. It took very little time, and is so easy. It's a new family favorite.

Quick, easy, flavorful. I used a sea bass, and mine needed 2.5 minutes per side—two minutes wasn’t enough.

Excellent! I used rainbow trout filets and followed recipe to a "T"! Will make again.

Substituted honey for brown sugar delicious!

Another great recipe from Chef John. Any light white fish will work here. Paired with Miso Sesame Dressing (from this site) was an excellent meal.

This is absolutely delicious. Don't change a thing. Bought the Barramundi at Costco - much more affordable than Sea Bass. The glaze is wonderful. Making this again tonight.

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