Baked Halibut (With Garlic & Cilantro Sauce)
Created by CrazyGabe on November 14, 2015
- Servings: 3
- Prep Time: 20m
- Cook Time: 24m
- Recipe #21749
Ingredients
- 1 pound halibut fish (sliced into 1-inch slices)
- 1 whole garlic bulb (reserve 2 sliced cloves separate)
- 2 serrano peppers (sliced, reserve one sliced separate)
- 1/2 cup chopped cilantro, chopped
- 1/2 cup olive oil
- 1 lemon (juice of)
- 1/3 to 1/2 cup dry white wine
- 1 bay leaf
- 1 teaspoon crushed oregano
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed cumin seeds
- Red pepper flakes (to your taste)
- 1 small red bell pepper (sliced thin)
- Salt
- Fresh cracked pepper
- Garnish
- Lemon wedges
- Cilantro
How to Make
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Step 1: Season the fish slices with salt and pepper. Set aside.
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Step 2: In the blender, combine the sliced garlic (minus the two in reserve), 1 serrano pepper and cilantro. Pulse to chop. Blend on high while you stream in the 1/2 cup of olive oil. Add a pinch of salt and pepper and continue to blend until mostly smooth.
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Step 3: Preheat oven to 400ºF.
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Step 4: Transfer garlic mixture to an oven safe skillet and heat to medium/low heat. Cook stirring often for 6 to 8 minutes. Add in the lemon juice, white wine, bay leaf, oregano, cumin and red pepper flakes. Season to taste with salt and pepper. Continue cooking for 2 minutes. Add in the bell pepper, reserved serrano, sliced garlic and fish. Gently fold all together, cover and finish cooking in preheated oven for 15 minutes.
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Step 5: Garnish with lemon wedges and more cilantro.
Nutritional Facts
- Serving Size: 1 (608.6 g)
- Calories 994.4
- Total Fat - 86.4 g
- Saturated Fat - 13 g
- Cholesterol - 104.3 mg
- Sodium - 201.5 mg
- Total Carbohydrate - 21 g
- Dietary Fiber - 6.9 g
- Sugars - 9.5 g
- Protein - 35.8 g
- Calcium - 73.8 mg
- Iron - 4.2 mg
- Vitamin C - 258.6 mg
- Thiamin - 0.3 mg