Recipe: Pan Poached Halibut Piccata

Recipe from: Tim Ridge, New England Aquarium Chef

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Photo credit: Nicholas Lundgaard (Photo is from a different recipe)

• Four 6-oz. Pacific halibut filets
• 1/2 cup water
• 1/2 cup white wine
• 1/4 cup lemon juice
• 1 bay leaf
• 1/2 stick unsalted butter
• 3 Tbsp capers
• Salt and pepper to taste
• 4 Tbsp chives, chopped
• 2 cups cooked pasta

Directions

1. Combine water, wine, lemon juice, bay leaf and pepper in large sauté pan. Bring to a boil and simmer for 15 minutes.
2. Add fish to pan and simmer until flaky, approximately 5 minutes per inch of thickness measured at the thickest part of the fillet.
3. When fish is done, remove and set aside.
4. Reduce sauce to 1/2 cup. Remove bay leaf. Whisk butter into sauce, then add capers and season with salt and pepper to taste.
5. Serve halibut over pasta and/or with seasonal vegetables.
6. Drizzle sauce over the fish and garnish with chopped chives.