Sheepshead Fillet with Cornbread Puree and Butterbean Chow Chow

Recipe courtesy Sean Brock, 2011

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Total Time:
55 min
Prep
25 min
Cook
30 min
Yield:
6 servings
Level:
Easy
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Ingredients

Butterbean Chow Chow:

Cornbread Puree:

  • 2 cups cornmeal
  • 2 tablespoons bacon fat
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking powder
  • 1/2 teaspoon baking soda
  • 1 egg
  • Pinch salt
  • 1 1/2 cups buttermilk
  • Hot sauce
  • Freshly ground black pepper

Sheepshead Fillet:

  • 6 (5 to 6-ounce) sheepshead fillet, skin on and scaled
  • 12 tablespoons canola oil

Directions

For the chow chow: Combine the vinegar and sugar into large saucepot and heat over medium heat. Reduce by half, and then add the mustard seeds, turmeric, celery seeds and crushed red pepper. Add the tomatoes, peppers, onions and cabbage. Reduce the heat to low and simmer for 15 minutes. Fold in the blanched butterbeans and yellow mustard. Season with salt. Remove from heat and let cool.

For the cornbread puree: Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F.

Stir together the cornmeal, bacon fat, baking powder, baking soda, egg and pinch of salt in a 6-inch ovenproof skillet and bake until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Once the cornbread is cooked, crumble into a large saucepot and add the buttermilk until a porridge consistency is reached. Simmer over low heat and season with hot sauce, salt and pepper. Transfer to a blender and puree until smooth.

For the fillet: Add the canola oil to a hot skillet over medium heat. Place the fish skin-side down for 3 minutes. Turn the fish and cook until the skin is crispy and golden brown, about 2 minutes.

To serve, place the sheepshead fillet over the cornbread puree and top with the butterbean chow chow.

This recipe was provided by professional chefs and has been scaled down from a bulk recipe provided by a restaurant. The Food Network Kitchens chefs have not tested this recipe, in the proportions indicated, and therefore, we cannot make any representation as to the results.

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  • on July 24, 2011

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    You might want to watch the video, as the print recipe is a bit different. The chef did some butter additions to the fish while in the skillet..then incorporated the butter into a sauce. I'm gonna rewatch video just to make sure. Looks fantastic!!

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  • on July 24, 2011

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    This is the first time I have seen this show and would like to see more of them. Is it on each Sunday from 8 to 9? I am definitely going to try the esheephead and especially the butterbean chow chow. This just sounds like something I would love. Living in North Florida, we have the sheephead here so no problem with that. Love those fish anyway however the butterbean chow chow is something I had never heard of. You can bet I will get up and check out this show next Sunday. Only problem, I did not catch the name of it. It was on when I woke up.

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