Cilantro Lime Halibut Recipes

CILANTRO-LIME HALIBUT

Steps:

• Season halibut with salt and pepper one hour before cooking. Place in refrigerator.
• Lightly oil a non-stick pan with canola or vegetable oil. Over high heat, sear each side of the halibut filets for five seconds each.
• Searing the filets will cook a fine layer on the outside of the fish so that it will not stick to the barbecue. Because of the moistness and flakiness of halibut, this will prevent the halibut from sticking and falling through the grates of your barbecue grill. This is a great tip when barbecuing all types of fish, but works especially well with halibut.
• Remove halibut from pan and turn heat down to medium. Add olive oil and garlic to pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add wine or chicken stock, cilantro, lime juice , lime zest and olive oil to the sauté pan and heat until hot but not boiling.
• Remove sauce from heat and baste fish on both sides. Cook on barbecue grill for 3 minutes per side, basting constantly while cooking. Serve immediately.

HALIBUT FISH TACOS WITH CILANTRO SAVOY SLAW

Steps:

• Finely grate the zest of one of the limes and add it to the bowl of a mini food processor. Squeeze in the juice of the lime and add the garlic, cilantro, coarsely chopped scallions, cumin and 1 teaspoon salt and pulse until roughly chopped. Add 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and 1 tablespoon water and continue to pulse until the mixture becomes a chunky sauce.
• Toss the halibut in a bowl with all but 1 tablespoon of the sauce and let marinate for 10 to 15 minutes while you prepare the cabbage and the sour cream.
• In a large bowl, toss the remaining 1 tablespoon cilantro sauce with the cabbage, finely chopped scallions, the juice of the second lime, 1 tablespoon of the olive oil and 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt. In a small bowl, stir together the sour cream, the juice of the remaining lime and a pinch of salt.
• Heat a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add half of the remaining 1 tablespoon olive oil. Add about half of the fish, so the pieces are in a single layer, and cook, turning, until the fish is just opaque and flakes easily with a fork, about 4 minutes. Transfer the fish to a plate and cook the remaining fish with the remaining oil. Divide the fish among the tortillas and top with cabbage. Serve with the sour cream and salsa verde on the side.

HALIBUT WITH CILANTRO AND LIME

Steps:

• To prepare marinade, combine all ingredients except halibut in a heavy zip-lock plastic bag. Add halibut and squeeze bag to coat halibut with marinade; seal bag. Let stand for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat natural gas barbecue on medium heat for 10 - 15 minutes.
• Remove halibut from marinade; discard marinade.
• Grill halibut over medium heat on natural gas barbecue for 10 - 12 minutes per inch of thickness or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

HALIBUT WITH CILANTRO AND LIME

Steps:

• Cut halibut into 1-inch pieces and sprinkle with lime juice.
• Blend soy sauce into cornstarch in cup until smooth; stir in ginger.
• Heat oil in wok or large nonstick skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic; stir-fry for 2 minutes. Add halibut; stir-fry 2 minutes or until halibut is opaque.
• Stir soy sauce mixture; add to wok. Stir-fry 30 seconds or until sauce boils and thickens.
• Sprinkle with cilantro. Garnish with lime wedges.

MARINATED HALIBUT WITH CILANTRO-LIME BUTTER SAUCE

Steps:

• To prepare the marinade: Combine soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, garlic and pepper flakes.
• Place fish in a glass dish and add marinade.
• Marinate in refrigerator 2 hours, turning fish over after 1 hour.
• To prepare the sauce: In a medium saucepan combine the wine, stock or juice and vinegar.
• Boil until syrupy. You will have no more than a few tablespoons left.
• Set aside.
• In a food processor combine the garlic, ginger, cilantro, lime zest and juice, butter, red pepper flakes, salt and pepper; process until smooth.
• Set aside.
• Remove the fish from the marinade, scraping off the ginger and garlic and discarding any leftover marinade.
• Place in a baking pan or on a broiling pan and bake in a preheated 450-degree oven 12 minutes per inch of thickness, or until done.
• To finish sauce: Reheat wine reduction over medium heat.
• Slowly add pieces of cilantro butter, whisking until sauce is lightly thickened. Do not boil.
• Pour the sauce over the fish and serve.

GRILLED HALIBUT WITH CILANTRO GARLIC BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat a grill for high heat. Squeeze the juice from the lime wedges over fish fillets, then season them with salt and pepper.
• Grill fish fillets for about 5 minutes on each side, until browned and fish can be flaked with a fork. Remove to a warm serving plate.
• Heat the oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add the garlic; cook and stir just until fragrant, about 2 minutes. Stir in the butter, remaining lime juice and cilantro. Serve fish with the cilantro butter sauce.

GRILLED HALIBUT WITH LIME AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• In shallow glass or plastic dish or resealable food-storage plastic bag, mix marinade ingredients. Add fish steaks, turning several times to coat with marinade. Cover; refrigerate 15 minutes, turning once.
• Heat gas or charcoal grill. Remove fish from marinade; discard marinade.
• Place fish on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 10 to 20 minutes, turning once, until fish flakes easily with fork. Sprinkle with pepper. Serve with salsa.

CILANTRO-GINGER HALIBUT

Steps:

• Combine garlic, jalapeno pepper, ginger, lime juice, and cilantro in the jar of a blender. Cover blender, and remove the stopper. Turn on blender, and slowly drizzle in the olive oil. Process until mixture is bright green and smooth. Season cilantro sauce to taste with salt and black pepper.
• Season both sides of fillets with salt and black pepper. Brush the top of each fillet with 1 tablespoon cilantro sauce.
• Fill a large high-sided skillet with 1 inch water. Set over high heat, and bring to a boil. Set a steamer basket in the skillet, and arrange fillets in basket. Cover, and steam until fish has just cooked through but is still moist, 5 to 6 minutes. Remove fish from steamer, drizzle with additional cilantro sauce, and serve.