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Halibut with Deconstructed Cocktail Sauce

Posted By Allison On November 2, 2010 @ 11:19 pm In Other Recipes | 2 Comments



I’m no chef. Certainly not. But I wanted to raise the standards for my sushi, make it something that you look at and really crave.

Oh, and Son complains I make too many rolls.

So I was looking through my kitchen, trying to figure out what the heck we had that could possibly be used to make a really awesome dish with the halibut I got.

Then I saw these tomatoes [1] in the fridge, which had been used as a side for a really amazing sake-steamed black cod [2] dish I made the day before. Hm. Tomatoes… seafood… cocktail sauce! Why don’t I make a sort of cocktail sauce, except without the tomatoes mixed in?

(Yes, my mind works in weird ways sometimes.)

So I looked up a recipe for cocktail sauce, then made up my own version, except without the tomatoes blended into it. Just because it looks cooler that way. And… well, this is what I came up with.

It actually turned out very well. Son has fallen in love with the sauce… it goes amazingly well with seafood.



Ingredients
  • small fillet of sashimi-grade halibut
  • 1/2 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tsp wasabi
  • dash salt
  • 1 tbsp brown sugar
  • 1/4 tsp garlic powder
  • 8 cherry tomatoes, roasted [1]
  • a few leaves of basil
  • crushed pistachios
Cooking Directions
  1. Slice the halibut into thin slices.
  2. Mix the mayonnaise, rice vinegar, wasabi, salt, brown sugar, and garlic powder.
  3. Roast the cherry tomatoes. [1]
  4. Roll the basil leaves tightly, and slice thinly in a chiffonade.
  5. Place a pool of the mayonnaise sauce on a plate. Top with two slices of halibut, and a few roasted tomatoes. Garnish with the basil and crushed pistachios.

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Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. These values are only estimates based on the individual ingredients, and not meant to replace the advice of a medical professional.

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[1] these tomatoes: http://fridgg.com/blog/roasted-cherry-tomatoes-432.html

[2] sake-steamed black cod: http://fridgg.com/blog/i-love-blue-seas-top-secret-sake-steamed-black-cod-419.html

[3] Recipe: #recipe

[4] Nutrition Info: #nutrition-data