Halibut with Shallots and Bacon

Plan Z Phase: This is a Z3 (ZReboot) recipe. They say everything goes better with bacon. From the sounds coming out of my husband when he took his first bite I’d say that’s on target. He loved this dish.

Servings: Serves 2

Ingredients:

• olive oil spray
• 2 pieces of halibut fillet, 6 – 8 oz each
• 1 tsp of corn starch
• 1 tsp of seasoning salt or your favorite rub.
• ½ cup of diced shallots
• 2 slices of bacon cooked crisp and diced

Instructions:

Preheat oven to 400 degrees

Spray your fillets. Then sprinkle on your rub. Spray again. Sprinkle fillet with corn starch. Then bang off as much cornstarch as you can. You can toss it in a colander or you can sort of spank it from the back. You want a light dusting to stick. If you want you can add more rub on top.

Set aside.

In order to have this all come together at the same time I started by cooking the bacon. While the bacon cooks you can cut up your shallots.

Spray the pan the halibut is going to cook in. Make sure it’s ovenproof for high temperatures. (I use cast iron so it can easily go from the cooktop into the oven). Spray the tops of the fish fillets again, put them in the pan and sear on medium high for 3 minutes. (It’s good to heat the pan first.) Turn the fish over and put in the oven to roast about 10 minutes or until they are cooked all the way through.

When your bacon is crisp remove it from the pan and drain on paper towels, but don’t throw away the bacon grease! Cook the shallots in the grease until they are loose. Just 2 minutes or so. Drain those on the paper towel too. Cut bacon into large bits.

To assemble, place your fillets on the plate and top with the shallots and bacon sprinkled on. For a sensational, super-easy side dish pair with my roasted plum tomatoes and Chinese eggplant.

Voila.

Enjoy!

Cheers,