Baked Halibut Steaks with Lemon- Garlic – Cherry Tomato -Herbed Butter Sauce
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I am struggling to keep my new year resolution to try and be a more “regular blogger”; without much success. It is really hard to maintain one hobby, then I had to go and take another one on. A bunch of us are doing a project called Project 365 from the beginning of this year. The idea is to take and post a picture every day for the whole year, to journal our lives one picture at a time. I didn’t think I’d last this long, but it has become sort of an addiction now. Check out my Project 365, now you know why I haven’t been that regular on this blog. But food is still my passion, photography was a byproduct of the food blogging. So I will still try to keep this one fresh, as fresh as I can.
Now off to the recipe of the day, it is your favorite kind – quick and easy. For a quick-fix seafood dinner, my picks are salmon and halibut steak cuts, as there is no cleaning involved. Lately, I haven’t been able to find wild salmon in stores lately, so we have been eating a lot of halibut. As much as I like salmon, I do think that halibut is more suitable for a variety of marinades due to its cleaner, less “fishy” taste. It really doesn’t need much seasoning, anything goes with halibut. This sauce is a particularly simple one, I melted some butter, wilted the herbs, added garlic and tomatoes and lemon juice to make a “sauce” for lack of a better word. Seasoned steak pieces were placed in the pan along with the “sauce” and baked for 15 minutes and voila, dinner’s served! Here’s the before and after pictures, isn’t this simple? If you really want a “recipe”, read on.
Ingredients
- 1 large halibut steak, cut into two pieces (~ 1lb)
- Salt and freshly ground pepper for seasoning
- 2 tbsp butter
- 1 tbsp olive oil
- 2 tbsp sliced garlic
- 2 tbsp chives, chopped
- 2 tbsp dill, chopped
- 1/4 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
- Juice from 1 large lemon
- Salt and pepper to taste
Method
Preheat the oven to 375F.
Clean and pat dry the halibut and season with salt and pepper on both sides.
In a large oven-safe pan, melt the butter on medium heat, along with olive oil. Stir in the garlic slices and the herbs and switch off the stove. Add the lemon juice and tomatoes and salt and pepper to the pan and mix well to form the sauce.
Use a spatula to move the mixture to a side and place the marinated halibut in the pan. Spoon the sauce over the fish.
Bake in the oven for 20 minutes, turning the fish pieces once (after 12 minutes).
Remove and serve hot with salad or sauteed veggies on the side for a South Beach Diet phase 1 friendly dinner.
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Category: Dinner Recipes, Phase 1, Seafood
Love halibut, what a nice and simple way of cooking it Sig. Look really delicious.
Thats a very nice, simple recipe. Reminds me of a recipe I adapted some time back from Jamie Oliver – but your sauce is even better!
Lovely pic of the salad on your new venture – keep up both!
Miri
halibut seems to be the fish of the week for you eh?
looks lovely!
That plate looks so refreshing.
I did har aobut that project 365 fomr Aparna’s blog.
mmm lovely plate and a really quick dinner too! All the best on u’re nw project! The latest pic is really stunning! ah who said u were not wise!
Looks simple and very tasty dish. I have to try cooking with Tilapia sometime soon.
Blog more and enjoy the weekend. Hugs to you.
Fish for dinner – my favorite kind of meal. And fish is best with the simplest of flavors and this looks delicious!
Ah, how nice and substantial those fish steaks look – just my kind of food! I got a decent, different pic for 365 today, not clothes or trees or such.
Not big on fish, but I am slowly beginning to like fish, if it is fresh.
Cool project!
Hi Sigma…Good day,
To be very frank with you Sig. this is a wonderful site we have ever seen, especially on Cookery etc., moreover the way you present your blogs gives some sort of inspiration to read more, myself and my wife is a regular reader of your blogs and this is our first email which we are sending to a website.
We would like to take this opportunity to congratulate and wish you on your great effort to keep going.
NB:- While surfing through your blogs we have got a chance to learn more about South Beach Diet., and purchased the book as well, basically we are also from Kerala (India) I have got some suggestions
as.. IF POSSIBLE ‘Could you pls. suggest/give the alternatives of some spices, vegetables, fruits, legumes and non veggies such as Salmon,etc. cause many of these items available in your country whereas its difficult in Kerala or the English name of these items gives confusion, even after google the net, so would you mind include Indian/Keralite names also while presenting the menu’s products so that it could help many of us residing in India and in the Middle east especially in South India.
Thanks and best regards,
Roshan.
I need to get more adventurous in buying different kind of fish. I am getting really inspired seeing all your delicious recipes.
Simple and nice!
I saw few pics from your Project 365. I think its really cool and a great way to treasure memories from each day.