Pan Roasted Snapper

I don't normally use butter, but the butter in this recipe gives the fish a nice color and flavor.

Ingredients

2 snapper filets
Regular salt
Black pepper
4 pinches of dry thyme
1 1/2 tbsp butter
1 tbsp peanut oil

Instructions

Salt and pepper the fish on both sides and set aside. Heat the peanut oil in the a pan for about 1 minute. Add the fish and cook for 3 minutes, turn over and cook for another 3 minutes. If your fish has skin on one side, then cook the skin side first for 5 instead of 3 minutes. Turn the fish over again and add a pinch of thyme to each filet. Add the butter and baste the fish for 2 minutes with the butter. Turn the fish over and add a pinch of thyme to each filet. Continue basting the fish for another 2 minutes.