Halibut Veracruz Recipes

HALIBUT VERACRUZ

Steps:

• Place tomatoes on a large rimmed baking sheet; bake at 450°F for 20 minutes.
• Turn tomatoes; bake 20 more minutes or until skins are blistered and lightly browned.
• Pulse tomatoes and pan juices in a food processor until roughly chopped.
• Sauté onion in 2 tablespoons hot oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat 3 minutes or until tender.
• Add garlic and serrano; sauté 15 seconds; adding olives, capers, and chopped tomatoes; bring to a boil.
• Reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes.
• Remove from heat; stir in oregano.
• Sprinkle halibut with salt and pepper.
• Melt butter with remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add halibut; cook 5 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
• Serve with sauce, fluffy white rice and a green vegetable.

HALIBUT VERACRUZ

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Heat oil in a medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and garlic, and cook until lightly colored, about 3 minutes. Add tomato, jalapeno and white wine. Cook until wine is reduced by 2/3, about 5 to 7 minutes. While sauce is reducing, heat butter in a separate skillet over medium heat. Season fish with kosher salt. When butter is melted, add halibut to the pan. Cook for 2 minutes, flip over and then transfer pan to preheated oven and bake until cooked through, about 10 minutes. Remove sauce from heat when reduced and stir in olives and olive juice.
• To serve, divide sauce equally among 4 dinner plates. Place halibut (first caramelized side up) in the center of each plate on top of the sauce. Place avocado slices on top of fish, sprinkle with lime juice and cilantro, as garnish.