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Gallery Halibut with Lemon Sauce Recipe Summary Servings: 4

Ingredients Ingredient Checklist Zest of 3 lemons 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 1/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill 4 halibut fillets or other firm white fish (8 ounces each) 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 tablespoons butter, cut into thirds 1 Moroccan Preserved Lemon (optional)

Gallery Halibut with Lemon Sauce

Recipe Summary Servings: 4

Halibut with Lemon Sauce

Halibut with Lemon Sauce

Halibut with Lemon Sauce

Recipe Summary Servings: 4

Recipe Summary

Servings: 4

Servings: 4

4

Ingredients

Ingredients

  • Zest of 3 lemons 2 tablespoons sugar 1 tablespoon salt 1/3 cup plus 1 teaspoon freshly squeezed lemon juice 3 tablespoons chopped fresh dill 4 halibut fillets or other firm white fish (8 ounces each) 1 tablespoon olive oil 3 tablespoons butter, cut into thirds 1 Moroccan Preserved Lemon (optional)

Directions

In a small bowl, combine the lemon zest, sugar, salt, 1 tablespoon lemon juice, and dill. Place fillets in a shallow, nonreactive container. Cover with lemon-dill marinade, and refrigerate 3 hours.

Remove fish from container; set marinade aside. Heat a large saute pan coated with olive oil. Saute fillets until golden and cooked through, about 5 minutes per side. Remove from heat; transfer fillets to a platter. Cover with aluminum foil to keep warm.

Turn heat to high; add reserved marinade. When it bubbles and browns, add remaining lemon juice. Cook 1 minute. Reduce heat to low. Add butter, swirling pan to melt. Remove pan from heat; strain into small pan. If using preserved lemon, cut rind into 1/4-inch-thick strips and warm with sauce in pan. Pour sauce over fillets, and serve.

Reviews (4)

 Add Rating & Review     45 Ratings   5 star values:        9    4 star values:        19    3 star values:        14    2 star values:        2    1 star values:        0

Reviews (4)

Add Rating & Review     45 Ratings   5 star values:        9    4 star values:        19    3 star values:        14    2 star values:        2    1 star values:        0

Add Rating & Review

45 Ratings 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0

45 Ratings 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0

45 Ratings 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0

  • 5 star values: 9 4 star values: 19 3 star values: 14 2 star values: 2 1 star values: 0

    Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       06/24/2014   This was okay, but if I make it again I'll omit the salt until after cooking then salt the sauce as needed. I thought it was way too salty (am I tend to over-salt, at least to my husband's taste- but, he didn't think it was too salty so who knows?). Quick easy dinner.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/07/2013   My second change that I did with this recipe is that I did not add any salt to the marinade. I don't think salt should be added to fish before cooking as salt naturally dries meat. I like to keep my fish moist and flavorful, therefor any salt is added after and at no time before.  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       05/07/2013   Trying out this recipe tonight for dinner. I will be following all the directions almost exactly as written however with two minor changes. Instead of the 3 hours marination time for the halibut I am doing 30 minutes. That is only because from what I've researched and experienced when cooking fish is that you should only marinade the fish for a maximum of 30 minutes - but hey I don't own my own website or have my own cooking show or maybe halibut is just different then other fish...  

Martha Stewart Member     Rating: Unrated       04/02/2011   really delicious! this sauce is so flavorful i was able to con my fish-hating husband into eating a bit!

    Martha Stewart Member

    Rating: Unrated 06/24/2014

This was okay, but if I make it again I’ll omit the salt until after cooking then salt the sauce as needed. I thought it was way too salty (am I tend to over-salt, at least to my husband’s taste- but, he didn’t think it was too salty so who knows?). Quick easy dinner.

Rating: Unrated

Rating: Unrated 05/07/2013

My second change that I did with this recipe is that I did not add any salt to the marinade. I don’t think salt should be added to fish before cooking as salt naturally dries meat. I like to keep my fish moist and flavorful, therefor any salt is added after and at no time before.

Trying out this recipe tonight for dinner. I will be following all the directions almost exactly as written however with two minor changes. Instead of the 3 hours marination time for the halibut I am doing 30 minutes. That is only because from what I’ve researched and experienced when cooking fish is that you should only marinade the fish for a maximum of 30 minutes - but hey I don’t own my own website or have my own cooking show or maybe halibut is just different then other fish…

Rating: Unrated 04/02/2011

really delicious! this sauce is so flavorful i was able to con my fish-hating husband into eating a bit!

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