Best Crispy Herb Crusted Halibut With Curly Celery And Haricots Verts Recipes

PERFECT HARICOTS VERTS

Steps:

• Bring a pot of well-salted water to a boil over medium heat. Set up a bowl of ice water and season it generously with salt.
• Add the beans to the boiling water and cook them until they are tender, 4 to 5 minutes. Bite a bean to be sure they are properly cooked. Put them immediately in the bowl of salted ice water to stop the cooking or to "shock" them. When they are cold, remove them from the water and let them dry a little.
• Coat a large saute pan with both clarified butter and olive oil. Bring the pan to a medium-high heat, add the shallots and brown. Add the haricot vert, season with salt and saute until all the beans are coated with oil and hot. Serve immediately or later at room temperature.

HERB CRUSTED HALIBUT

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F (200 degrees C).
• Line a baking sheet with foil.
• Combine panko bread crumbs, parsley, dill, chives, extra-virgin olive oil, lemon zest, sea salt, and black pepper in a bowl. Taste and adjust with more salt if desired.
• Rinse halibut fillets and pat dry with a paper towel.
• Place halibut fillets onto the prepared baking sheet.
• Generously spoon the herbed crumbs over the fish, and lightly press crumb mixture onto each fillet.
• Bake in the preheated oven until crumb topping is lightly browned and fish flakes easily with a fork, 10 to 15 minutes.

SAUTEED HARICOTS VERTS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of well-salted water to a boil over high heat. Set up a bowl of well-salted ice water for shocking.
• Add the beans to the boiling water and cook until tender but still have some bite, 5 to 7 minutes. Strain and immediately transfer the beans to the salted ice water. Once cool, strain and set aside until ready to use.
• Coat a large saute pan with olive oil. Add the garlic and crushed red pepper, and set over medium-high heat. When the garlic becomes golden and very aromatic, remove it and discard. It has fulfilled its garlic destiny. Add the beans to the pan and saute until hot and coated with oil. Transfer the beans to a serving bowl, season with salt and serve right away.

CRISPY CRUSTY HALIBUT

Steps:

• Wash fish, dry with paper towels.
• Blend beaten eggs and lemon juice lightly. In a separate bowl , mix crumbs, cheese, salt, dill, and parsley.
• Moisten fish with melted butter, dip into egg, then coat with crumb mixture. Press mixture into fish so coating will stick.
• Refrigerate for at least 1 hour to set.
• Place fish on a buttered foil in a baking dish and broil 3 inches from heat for 5 minutes per side.
• Serve with lemon wedges.

LIGHT AND CRISPY FRIED HALIBUT

Steps:

• Heat oil in a deep-fryer or large saucepan to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Whisk eggs, milk, and flour together in a shallow bowl. Stir panko bread crumbs and seasoned bread crumbs together in another bowl.
• Gently dip halibut squares into egg mixture, the press gently into bread crumbs mixture to generously coat completely. Place breaded halibut in a single layer on a plate while breading the rest.
• Cook halibut in preheated oil until golden brown and crisp on the outside, 4 to 6 minutes.

HERB-CRUSTED HALIBUT

Steps:

• Lightly rinse the halibut steaks and pat dry with paper towels.
• Place each steak between two sheets of plastic wrap and flatten to about 1/2-inch thick.
• Dip each steak into the beaten egg white, then into the breadcrumbs.
• Set aside.
• Lightly coat a cast iron skillet or a heavy nonstick skillet with cooking spray.
• Place over high heat and add the halibut steaks.
• Cook for 2 to 3 minutes per side, turning once, until golden brown and fish flakes easily when prodded with a fork.
• Remove halibut steaks; keep warm.
• Heat olive oil in a heavy saucepan; add shallot and sauté for 4 minutes, stirring frequently.
• Stir in the wine and lemon juice.
• Cook over medium-high heat until sauce is reduced by half.
• Add the chicken broth, capers, parsley, and cornstarch mixture.
• Bring sauce to a boil.
• Arrange halibut steaks on heated serving plates.
• Tap each with some of the sauce.

BAKED HALIBUT WITH CRISPY PANKO

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
• Stir panko bread crumbs and melted butter together in a bowl until evenly coated.
• Pour enough chicken stock into an oven-proof skillet to cover bottom; arrange halibut fillets in skillet. Drizzle lemon juice over fillets; season with salt and pepper. Spread a think layer of Dijon mustard over each fillet; press bread crumb mixture over mustard layer.
• Place skillet in the preheated oven and cook until fillets flake easily with a fork and topping is browned, about 20 minutes.