Poached Halibut
Poached halibut is incredible!
I always thought poached fish was boring and tasteless… I was completely wrong. Poaching fish has so many advantages over other methods of cooking. Your kitchen doesn’t smell like fish. Clean up is really easy. Most importantly, it is easy to know when the fish is fully cooked, but not overcooked. And it tastes great.
Not exactly sure of the method of poaching a perfect piece of fish, I enlisted Martha’s help. I recently learned that I love many of the recipes featured on her site, and I decided to give this one a chance too. I made a few adjustments to accommodate my personal preferences, and I love the ending result: perfectly cooked, slightly lemony fish. Yum.
Poached Halibut
Adapted from Martha Stewart
Serves 2
Ingredients:
2 halibut fillets (skinned), about 1/2 lb each
2 lemons
4 cups water
1/4 cup white wine
1/2 tbs kosher salt
dash freshly ground black pepper
1 teaspoon olive oil
Directions:
Place water and wine in a medium sized pot over medium high heat. Zest and juice the lemons directly into the pot, adding the lemon halves to the water when done. Bring to a boil. Meanwhile salt both sides of your fish and sprinkle the tops with a bit of pepper. When the water has come to a boil add the fish carefully, cover with a tight-fitting lid, and turn off the heat. Let stand for about 10 minutes until the fish is done. It should be firm and just barely opaque. Remove from the water and drizzle with olive oil and a bit more pepper. Serve alongside your favorite salad and enjoy!
I usually bake my white fish in a foil tent with lemon, butter, and spices. I’ve been curious about poaching for a while. Will have to try this!
interesting- I’ve never poached fish! I will have to try this for the man. Fish cooking always feels a little tricky, I love that this makes it a bit more fool proof.
I don’t think I’ve ever poached fish before. It’s interesting the recipe has you zest and juice the water and not the fish directly. Do they still have a lemony flavor?
i’ve never poached it before, but you can bet i’m going to now! the flavors sound super simple and delicious
I must try this as it sounds so easy and light, fish is very healthy and poaching it is much better than frying.
Thanks for the wonderful idea.
Poached fish always sounded so dry to me, but your version sounds delicious and so tasty!
Sounds perfect!! We love seafood. Thanks for the idea! 🙂
I’m so glad I came upon this recipe. I have some Halibut that a friend caught in my freezer, and this might be just the way to try it!