This one is my newest obsessions! We're on day 3 of my Valentine's Dinner series. This is one of the main dishes. The sauce is heavenly, y'all! It comes together in about 10-15 minutes and has minimal ingredients. It tastes so high end and elegant, but it's so simple to make. You will really impress your special someone with this dish. I think you're going to love it!
What You'll Need:
• 2 halibut filets
• 1/4 cup or half a small shallot, thinly sliced
• 1 cup cherry tomatoes, halved
• 5 cloves garlic, chopped
• 3 green onion, sliced on a diagonal
• 1/4 cup chicken bone broth (or chicken broth or stock)
• 5 tbsp butter
• 1 tbsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp avocado oil
• 1/2 tsp red pepper flakes
• 1/2 tsp onion powder
• Garlic Salt
• Salt & pepper
How To:
≥≥ Let's get started on the sauce first. In a skillet, melt 2 tablespoons of butter and your olive oil and throw in your sliced shallot. Let it cook for a couple of minutes and then throw in your halved cherry tomatoes and garlic. You want the tomatoes to start to cook down and get "jammy" cook for around 3-5 minutes. Add in your spices, 3 more tablespoons of butter and your chicken bone broth. Stir together and let it simmer for a few minutes until it's reduced down into a reduction sauce. You can add more chicken bone broth as needed if it becomes too thick. You want it to be a shiny reduction sauce. Not too thick like gravy and not too thin like water, right in between.
≥≥ In another skillet, heat up some avocado oil. Pat your halibut completely completely dry with paper towels and coat with some garlic salt and pepper on both sides. Get it into the hot pan to sear for 1-2 minutes on each side. You want to form a brown crust. It will still be raw in the middle of the fish.
≥≥ Transfer the seared halibut over to the reduction sauce pan. Submerge into the sauce that is simmering and baste the fish with a little of the butter sauce on top to help them continue to evenly cook. In the last minute or two of cooking, throw in your sliced green onion into the sauce pan. Once the fish is flaky and falling apart, it's done.
≥≥ Serve on a plate with some of the tomato butter reduction.
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