Miso-glazed Sea Bass With Asparagus

Total Time: 25 mins Preparation Time: 10 mins Cook Time: 15 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 2
• 4 tablespoons miso (fermented soybean paste, not sweet or labeled "saikyo")
• 3 teaspoons sugar
• 2 teaspoons fresh lemon juice
• 1 teaspoon water
• 1/4 teaspoon black pepper
• 1 lb medium asparagus, trimmed
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 16 ounces sea bass fillets, with skin (1 inch thick)
• lemon wedge

Recipe

• 1 preheat broiler. lightly oil a 17- by 12-inch shallow baking pan.
• 2 whisk together miso, sugar, lemon juice, water, and pepper in a bowl.
• 3 toss together asparagus, oil, and a pinch of salt in a large bowl.
• 4 arrange fish, skin sides down, in baking pan and spread miso mixture evenly on top. arrange asparagus in 1 layer around fish and broil 5 to 6 inches from heat until fish is just cooked through and asparagus is crisp-tender, 8 to 12 minutes.