Cilantro-Lime Halibut

This is another recipe I found on Favorite Family Recipes, but they found it from Gastronomy, Inc. Gastronomy has a few restaurants in Utah, and they have the BEST seafood, so I knew this should be good.

2 six-ounce fresh halibut fillets

salt and pepper to taste

2 cloves garlic, crushed

1/2 cup white wine or chicken stock

1 Tblsp. fresh cilantro, chopped

juice of 1 lime

1 tsp. lime zest

2 Tblsp. olive oil

Season halibut with salt and pepper one hour before cooking. Place in refrigerator.

Lightly oil a non-stick pan with canola or vegetable oil. Over high heat, sear each side of the halibut fillets for five to ten seconds each. Searing the fillets will cook a fine layer on the outside of the fish so that it will not stick to the barbecue. Because of the moistness and flakiness of halibut, this will prevent the halibut from sticking and falling through the grates of your barbecue grill.

Remove halibut from pan and turn heat down to medium. Add olive oil and garlic to pan and cook for 2 minutes. Add wine or chicken stock, cilantro, lime juice, lime zest, and olive oil to the saute pan and heat until hot but not boiling.

Remove sauce from heat and baste fish on both sides. Cook on barbecue grill for 2 minutes per side (it took mine quite a bit longer than 2 minutes to cook so I must not have had my grill very hot), basting constantly while cooking. Serve immediately.

Baked Salmon

Salmon Fillet

Butter

Lemon Pepper Seasoning

Salt and Pepper

Dill

Fresh lemon

If salmon still has skin on it you may cut it off before cooking if you prefer. Place salmon fillet on jelly roll pan lined with aluminum foil. Squeeze a small amount of lemon juice over the fillet. Cut the butter into small chunks and place on fillet. Sprinkle lightly with lemon pepper, salt, pepper, and dill. Bake in 400 degree oven for 20-25 minutes, less if it is a really thin fillet.

Roasted Shrimp Scampi

raw shrimp

olive oil

salt and pepper

Remove tail and de-vein shrimp (this is the part that grosses me out, but I found that the frozen shrimp at Costco are already de-veined!). Place shrimp on cookie sheet and baste with olive oil. Grind sea salt and pepper over them. Place in 400 degree oven for 4-7 minutes (depending on the size of shrimp). These are delicious, but make sure to not overcook them, or they will be chewy.