Southwestern Halibut With Cilantro Chipotle Butter Food

GRILLED HALIBUT WITH CHIPOTLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Heat gas or charcoal grill. In small bowl, mix butter, chile, adobo sauce, lime juice and cilantro. Refrigerate until serving time.
• In another small bowl, mix oil, chili powder, garlic salt and cumin. Brush both sides of each halibut steak with oil mixture.
• Place halibut on grill over medium heat. Cover grill; cook 10 to 15 minutes, turning once or twice, until fish flakes easily with fork. Serve halibut topped with butter mixture.

SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA HALIBUT WITH LEMON, OLIVE OIL, SWEET BELL PEPPER AND ANCHOVY

Steps:

• Begin by filleting, skinning, and portioning the halibut. Next roast the peppers and peel. Think about using a blow torch, if available, to burn the skin off as it does it quickly helps maintain the texture of the pepper. Once the peppers are peeled cut them into a small dice. Add the peppers to a clean mixing bowl and start with the rest of the ingredients. After rising the capers well, chop them finely and add them to the bowl. Chop the olives and do the same. Finely dice the fennel, blanch it in acidulated water, shock it in ice water, and add it to the bowl. Finely chop the garlic and the anchovy and add them to the bowl as well. Season the mixture with ground pepper; add the juice of the remaining lemon and zest as well. Add a few drops of the sherry vinegar, if desired, and add the olive oil. At this point taste the mixture and if it needs salt use the finest sea salt you can find. Set the mixture aside in a warm place while you cook the fish. Place the frying oil in a tall straight-sided pan and heat to 300 degrees. At this point add a few leaves of the green basil and fry until crisp. Season the leaves with salt and set aside for service. To begin cooking the fish add a bit of cooking oil to a saute pan and bring the oil to the smoke point. When the pan reaches the correct temperature, add the fillets of fish and begin to cook. As the fish begins to color you will see the sides begin to opaque, this is a sign that it is nearly cooked. At this point turn the fish over for about 30 seconds, remove the fish from the pan and place on absorbent paper to remove any excess oil. Before plating tear a few of the basil leaves roughly and add them to the olive mixture. Taste one final time before plating, adjust seasoning if necessary. To begin plating, place a bit of the olive mixture in the center of the warmed dinner plates, be sure to have enough olive oil on each plate so that a bit of the oil surrounds the salad. Place a fillet of halibut on top and place the fried basil leaves, opal basil on top of the fish for garnish, and sprinkle with dried fennel.

SOUTHWESTERN HALIBUT WITH CILANTRO CHIPOTLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Combine oil, chili powder, cumin, garlic powder and salt in a heavy zip-lock plastic bag. Add halibut and squeeze bag to coat halibut with seasoning mixture; seal bag. Let stand for 30 minutes.
• Meanwhile, preheat natural gas barbecue on medium heat for 10 - 15 minutes.
• Remove halibut from bag. Grill halibut until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 10 - 12 minutes per inch of thickness. Serve topped with Cilantro Chipotle Butter.

SOUTHWEST GRILLED SALMON WITH CILANTRO LIME BUTTER

Steps:

• For Salmon: Whisk together olive oil, cumin, chili powder and several chopped cilantro leaves, salt and pepper to taste.
• Coat flesh side of fish heavily with oil mixture and allow to marinate in refrigerator for 2 hours.
• Grill well marinated fish on high- skin side down- until just after fat begins to seep from salmon flesh.
• Fish should be cooked through, but still very moist.
• Before serving mix melted butter with juice from both limes and crushed and chopped cilantro leaves.
• Pour over salmon and serve immediately.
• This dish goes well with oven roasted asparagus or a tossed salad.

HALIBUT W/CHIPOTLE CREAM SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Place halibut in an ovenproof baking dish, and place in preheated oven, and bake for 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile, combine milk, canned chipotles, garlic, cumin, onion powder, and salt in a blender or food processor and puree until smooth. (this can be made ahead).
• Heat butter and flour in a large skillet and blend until smooth; add milk and sour cream, whisking until smooth.
• Stir in chipotle puree, and stir constantly until mixture comes to a boil and thickens; remove from heat.
• After halibut has baked 20 minutes, remove from oven and drain any fat.
• Pour chipotle cream over halibut and Replace halibut in oven and bake for about 20 minutes more,.
• Remove from oven and serve with extra sauce spooned over halibut.

TOMATO-POACHED HALIBUT

Steps:

• In a large nonstick skillet, heat oil over medium-high heat. Add poblano peppers and onion; cook and stir 4-6 minutes or until tender., Stir in tomatoes, olives, garlic, pepper and salt. Bring to a boil. Adjust heat to maintain a gentle simmer. Add fillets. Cook, covered, 8-10 minutes or until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork. Sprinkle with cilantro. Serve with lemon wedges and, if desired, bread.

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.