Pan-Seared Halibut with Cherry Tomatoes & Basil

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Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Once Upon a Chef, the Cookbook: 100 Tested, Perfected, and Family-Approved Recipes

By Jennifer Segal

Published 2018

  • About

Serve with Garlic & Herb Roasted Baby Potatoes.

Fresh pacific halibut is a seasonal splurge. It needs very little to enhance its flavor—in fact, it’s almost a sin to fuss too much with it. I like to prepare it simply: pan-seared until golden and crisp with a quick sauté of sweet, garlicky cherry tomatoes on the side. Depending on how long you cook the tomatoes, they can be firm and fresh or soft and jammy. I usually aim for somewhere right in b