Skillet-Roasted Fish Fillets

Name: Skillet-Roasted Fish Fillets
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: 4 , skinless white fish fillets, 1 to 1 1/2 inches thick (about 6 to 8 ounces each) (see note); , Kosher salt and ground black pepper; 1/2 teaspoon, sugar; 1 tablespoon, vegetable oil; , Lemon wedges

Main Courses
Fish & Seafood
Weeknight

Appears in Cook's Illustrated March/April 2010, America's Test Kitchen TV

Tough crusts and overcooked interiors plague most pan-roasted fish fillets. To produce beautiful slabs of moist fish, we started by searing just one side.

SERVES 4

TIME 30 minutes

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