Halibut with Lemon-Butter Sauce by Korina Moss

KORINA MOSS: I've been on a fish kick lately, as you can tell by my recent recipes for fish tacos with mango salsa and salmon with BBQ sauce and peaches. This halibut recipe is my favorite because it's light and lemony and goes well with anything. And you know me--it's easy peasy! 

Ingredients: 

Fresh white fish fillet of your choice. I used halibut. If you use frozen fish, make sure it's defrosted completely.

1/2 lemon

2 TBL butter 

olive oil

seasoning of your choice. I used Mrs. Dash onion and herb.

garlic powder 

salt (optional - I didn't use any)

Directions

Heat your pan on medium. 

With paper towels, pat the fish dry on both sides as much as possible. This allows it to get a little brown and not be mushy. It also kind of looks like a mummy, which is fun. 

Generously sprinkle garlic powder, paprika, and seasoning on both sides. 

When your pan is warm, drizzle some olive oil in so your fish won't stick.

Place filet in pan. Cook for 2 minutes. 

While fish is cooking, put butter in small bowl and heat in microwave until it's just melted. 

Once butter is melted, squeeze half a small lemon into the butter and stir until combined.

At the 2-minute mark, pour HALF of the lemon-butter mixture on top of filet. Let cook for 30 seconds more.

Flip fish over. Cook for 2 minutes.

At 2-minute mark, pour the rest of the lemon-butter mixture over the fish and cook for 30 seconds more.

 

If fish is cooked to your satisfaction, remove from pan. Enjoy! 

Readers: What's your favorite way to cook or eat fish? Fried, broiled, with lemon or some other way? 

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KORINA MOSS is the author of the Cheese Shop cozy mystery series set in the Sonoma Valley, including the Agatha Award winner of the Best First Novel, Cheddar Off Dead and the Agatha Award finalist for Best Contemporary Novel, Case of the Bleus. Listed as one of USA Today’s Best Cozy Mystery series, her books have also been featured in PARADE Magazine, Woman’s World, and Writer’s Digest. Korina is also a book coach and freelance developmental editor specializing in cozy and traditional mysteries. For more information, go to korinamossauthor.com

Korina’s latest book, Fondue or Die, is one of the current nominees for the Agatha Award for Best Contemporary Novel. The awards will be announced at the Malice Domestic fan convention on April 26th. To buy Fondue or Die or any of my books, visit korinamossauthor.com

Korina's next book, Bait and Swiss, is available on April 29th and may be preordered from your favorite bookseller. To find out more about the Cheese Shop Mystery series and subscribe to her FREE monthly newsletter, visit her website and follow her on Facebook and Instagram. 

Korina is also a book coach and freelance developmental editor specializing in cozy and traditional mysteries. Using her experience writing her award-winning series for a Big 5 publisher, she has the inside track on what editors, agents, and readers are looking for in a mystery.  Whether you're a new writer hoping to be traditionally or independently published, or you're an established writer wanting some guidance with a manuscript, she can help you strengthen your book. You can find more information on her website and contact her at korinamossauthor@gmail.com.