Halibut in Tomato Sauce

Halibut, our favorite whitefish, is back at Costco! A few weeks ago I made it in a delicious coconut poblano sauce. Today we’re cooking it in my go-to flavor combo: tomato, garlic, and onion.

Tomato, garlic, and onion are my holy grail flavors. These are the base ingredients for a lot of my stews, braises, heck I even cook eggs in that combination! Halibut is another dish that, believe it or not, goes amazing with this trio. This is light on it’s own so I suggest cooking some rice or potatoes as a hearty side.

Halibut in Tomato Sauce

A delicious pan seared halibut in a tomato, onion, garlic sauce. Super quick dinner that is easy AND healthy to make!

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 15 minutes mins

Course dinner, lunch

Cuisine fish

Servings 4 people

Equipment

• 2 Skillets
• slotted spatula

Ingredients

  

• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 lbs halibut fillet sliced into individual portions
• 1 bell pepper julienned
• 2 roma tomatoes diced
• ½ white onion diced
• 4 tbsp olive oil extra virgin
• 4 clove,s garlic minced
• 2 green onions sliced
• ½ cup water

Instructions

 

For the Sauce

• In a skillet heat up 2 tbsp olive oil on medium-high heat.
• Add the diced tomatoes, garlic and onions with salt and pepper to taste. Stir occasionally.
• After about 3 minutes, the tomatoes should soften. At that point, add the water and bring to a slow boil (the sauce will thicken as the water evaporates).
• Finally add in the bell pepper, cooking until they are slightly softened.

For the Halibut

• Meanwhile, in another skillet heat up 2 tbsp olive oil on medium-high heat.
• While the olive oil is heating up, season the halibut with salt and pepper.
• Wait until the pan is just about to start smoking and then add in the halibut fillets. In order to get that beautiful golden sear, the pan needs to be very hot. The fillets should sizzle upon hitting the pan.
• Once in the pan, bring the heat down to medium. Allow to cook undisturbed. The trick to pan searing fish is not to move the fillets as they're cooking. Instead, watch the sides of the fillets change from translucent to opaque.
• Once the fish is halfway cooked, it is time to flip. Continue cooking until all of the meat is opaque and the edges are golden brown.
• To serve, spoon some bell peppers and sauce onto a plate. Using a slotted offset spatula (fish spatula) gently slide the halibut fillet onto the peppers. Top with the green onions. Enjoy!

Keyword clean eating, fish, fresh, healthy, keto, low carb, paleo