Photo: Halibut Veracruz Recipe
Ingredients
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 cup thinly sliced yellow onion
- 3 cloves garlic, thinly sliced
- 2 cups diced tomato
- 1 medium jalapeno, diced
- 1 cup dry white wine
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 4 (8-ounce) halibut fillets
- 1 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 cup Spanish olives, cut into thin rounds, plus 2 tablespoons olive juice from bottle
- 2 medium avocados, peeled and sliced
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 2 tablespoons freshly chopped cilantro leaves
Directions
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
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By karenfar
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on April 16, 2013
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Made this with friends and it is excellent!! We all chopped and made quick work of it so it was fast. The recipe is perfect as written. Served it with packaged Risotto with Sun Dried Tomato.
By 1Virgo
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on February 20, 2013
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Amazing trip for the taste buds.
By allyto1024
Houston, TX
on July 03, 2012
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Came home from the market with beautiful and very fresh halibut. Decided to use this recipe when I realized I had all the ingredients on hand. I followed the directions almost exactly and loved the final result. The layers of flavors were delicious but did not overwhelm the fish. The recipe was easy to put together and took only a very short time from start to finish. I would definitely recommend this recipe and I will absolutely make it again!
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