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Cast Iron Seared Halibut
We added a smokey lemon flavour to this mild-tasting white fish and cooked it to perfection on the barbecue. Serve with your favourite salad or rice dish to make a quick weekday meal on a busy summer night.
Yield: Serves 4
March 09, 2021
Cast Iron Seared Halibut
Ingredients
- 4 halibut fillets (about 7 oz/200 g each)
- 1 tbsp canola oil
- 1 1/2 tsp salt
- 2 tbsp salted butter, softened
- 1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
Directions
- Place a 10 inch cast iron frypan on barbecue grid on natural gas barbecue. Heat frypan over high heat for 15 minutes.
- Brush both sides of halibut fillets with oil. Sprinkle with salt. 3. Turn barbecue control down to low heat.
- Place halibut in frypan on barbecue grid and sear, with lid down, for 5 minutes. Flip halibut over.
- Add butter and stir until butter is melted. Add lemon juice and cook, basting halibut frequently with cooking liquid, until fish flakes easily with a fork, about 1 minute. Remove from heat.
- Serve drizzled with cooking liquid.
Nutritional analysis per serving:
245 calories,12.8 g fat, 30.5 g protein, 1 g carbohydrate, 0.1 g fibre, 1000 mg sodium