Pan Fried Halibut in Spiced Butter with Blistered Beans
An easy pan fried halibut recipe seasoned with vanilla spiced brown butter and served with blistered green beans. Delicious and satisfying with no carbs.
Ingredients
- 1-2 pounds halibut room temperature
- 9 Tbsp butter preferably grassfed
- 2 tsp spice blend
- 3 large handfuls green beans
- white peppercorns freshly cracked
- sea salt
Spice Blend (can be made ahead of time)
- 2 Tbsp coriander seeds toasted in a pan and then ground
- 2 lemons washed, zest only
- 2 tahitian vanilla beans scrape out pods
Instructions
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Combine all ingredients for the spice blend above and leave out on a paper towel to air dry all day. It will be ready for the halibut dinner in the late afternoon/evening!
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Season the halibut liberally with sea salt & cracked white pepper.
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On a low to medium flame, warm a sauté pan.
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Add 4 tablespoons of butter to the pan and melt.
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When butter stops foaming, add fish (scored skin side down and press if it has skin) to the pan.
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After a few minutes, tilt the pan toward you to collect butter and, using a large spoon, bathe the fish with the butter.
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Continue bathing until the fish turns translucent.
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Add 3 more tablespoons butter to pan and a 2 teaspoons of the spice blend and continue bathing fish until it is cooked through.
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Remove the fish and continue to brown the butter to achieve a nutty flavor.
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To prepare beans, heat a sauté pan over moderate to high heat. Add 2 tablespoons of butter or olive oil to the pan.
Add washed and cut beans and cook until they "jump." They will jump because they blister. Sauté beans until they are blistered on all sides, add sea salt and cracked pepper to finish.
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Spoon browned vanilla butter over the pan-fried halibut and serve with the blistered green beans.