1 1/2 -2 lb. halibut steak or filet (at least 1" thick)
3/4 cup dry bread crumbs (panko preferred)
2 Tbsp. freshly grated Parmesan cheese
3 Tbsp. freshly chopped parsley
2 Tbsp. chopped cashews (I prefer unsalted and I generally use a bit more)
1 Tbsp. fresh tarragon or 1/2 tsp. dried
1 tsp. lemon zest
1/2 tsp. paprika
Freshly ground pepper to taste
1 Tbsp. vegetable or canola oil
Place halibut in a lightly sprayed 9x13 glass baking dish. In a small bowl stir together remaining ingredients. Press crumb mixture on top if halibut. Bake fish until it flakes when tested with a fork, maybe 12-15 minutes depending on the thickness of the halibut. With what we get around here it usually is more like 20-25 min. Serve immediately with lemon wedges.
Excellent. Thanks. Parmesan + panko is a winner for almost any breading, in my book. I could see swapping macadamia nuts for the cashews and doing the same thing with mahi mahi. Make a little beurre blanc to go with it. Voila.
What temp do you use for the fish Denny? I was planning on making fish for dinner tomorrow anyway, and I’ve got all of the ingredients except the filet
I would cook it at 350F unless stated otherwise. That’s basically “normal”. It’s done when it stops being translucent in the middle. Plan at least 10 minutes per inch of thickness. If you don’t want to pull it apart with a fork to see if it’s done, you can run a metal skewer into the thickest part from the side, leave it there a few seconds, pull it out and touch it to your lip. If it’s cold, it needs more cooking. That was an Eric Ripert tip, and I’d say he knows how to cook fish.
I probably would chop them moderately fine. I don’t imagine you want big hunks, but you probably still want to notice they are there and get a little crunch out of them.
Have you ever wrapped a fish like that in potato and pan-roasted it? Peel the potatoes, then slice them into thin layers with a mandoline. Lay out the potato pieces in an overlapping pattern, put the fish in it, then roll it up, sort of like making a sushi roll. Then fry it in a pan with butter and oil until crisp, flip it, put it in the oven until done. It helps if you lay out the potato on saran wrap, so you have something to help you keep it all together (like the bamboo mat does when making sushi).
Made a variation of this tonight. I made it with Cod since that was the only decent fish they had at the grocery store. Per Gordon’s suggestion above I used macadamia nuts and topped it off with a beurre blanc. Very tasty.
Thanks for the recipe! I’ll definitely be doing that again.
