This baked fish is prepared with a mild strawberry, lime, and cilantro salsa. The halibut would also be excellent grilled or seared. Add some heat to the salsa by using jalapeno peppers in the mixture or add spices to your fish. Serve it with your favorite vegetables; the photograph portrays a medley of grilled eggplant, zucchini, squash, and red onions.
Halibut with strawberry salsa recipe
Servings 2
1 pound halibut
1 cup strawberries, chopped
½ lime, juiced or about 1 tbsp
½ cubanelle pepper (or whatever pepper you prefer- small yellow or green or jalapeno)
½ red pepper, chopped
3 tbsp red onion, diced
1 tbsp orange juice
2 tsp cilantro, fresh finely chopped
1 tsp olive oil (plus extra for drizzling on fish)
Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
Preheat oven to 425 degrees. Place rinsed and paper towel dried fish, drizzled with olive oil, and seasoned with salt and pepper on a non-stick baking sheet. Bake for 15-20 minutes or until the fish appears warm and flaky. (The cooking time will depend on the thickness of the fish. For each inch of thickness, it should take about 10 minutes of baking time.)
Prepare salsa by combing all other ingredients, once chopped, juiced, etc., in a medium bowl and stir. Cover and refrigerate the mixture. When fish is cooked through, and you have removed it from the oven, remove the skin if necessary and discard. Then on each plate, divide salsa, along with its juices onto each piece of fish and serve immediately.