Garlic Halibut

Name: Garlic Halibut
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 8 min
Total time: 38 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: United States
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon minced fresh cilantro leaves; 6 cloves garlic, coarsely chopped; 4 halibut fillets (6 to 8 ounces each); 1 tablespoon peeled, grated ginger; 1 teaspoon black pepper; ½ cup Asian fish sauce or soy sauce, plus more for brushing; 1 teaspoon washed, chopped cilantro root or 1 additional tablespoon cilantro leaves; 3 tablespoons sugar; 3 tablespoons sake, Chinese rice wine, or dry sherry; 1 teaspoon coarse salt; 3 tablespoons Asian (dark) sesame oil, plus more for brushing (optional)

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Medium
Ready in
40 min

Appears in

How to Grill

By Steven Raichlen

Published 2001

About

Ingredients

4 halibut fillets (6 to 8 ounces each)

Americas
United States
Fish course
Pescatarian

Method

Rinse the fish fillets under cold running water and blot dry with paper towels. Arrange the fillets in a nonreactive baking dish just large enough to hold them.
Prepare the marinade: Pound the garlic, ginger, cilantro leaves and root, if using, and sugar to a paste in a mortar with a pestle as shown in Marinating the Fish, Step 1<