Sicilian Style Braised Halibut

Close your eyes and imagine yourself relaxing by the Mediterranean Sea eating a delicious dish. We can’t help you get there but we can help with the meal. Try this Sicilian-Style Braised Halibut cooked in your oven with a Ziploc Endurables^® Medium Container.

Cook time

40 mins

Prep time

10 mins

Servings

Ingredients

1 cup slivered fresh fennel

¼ cup slivered onion

1 large garlic clove, minced

½ tsp dried oregano

Dash of crushed red pepper

1 tbsp olive oil

1 cup undrained canned petite tomatoes

8 small pitted Kalamata olives, cut in half

1 tbsp tomato paste

1 tbsp dry red wine

1 tsp capers

2 skinless halibut fillets (6 oz. each), 1 to 1¼ inches thick

1 orange zest

Freshly cracked black pepper

4 Italian bread slices

1 tbsp chopped fresh basil

1 tbsp pine nuts, toasted

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Ziploc Endurables^® Medium Container

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Directions

Heat oven to 375 °F.

Combine fennel, onions, garlic, oregano, crushed red pepper and oil in Endurables^® Container. Close zipper, leaving 1 inch opening to vent. Place on microwave-safe dish and microwave on HIGH 4 mins. or until fennel is tender, stirring to redistribute after 2 mins.

Add tomatoes, olives, tomato paste, wine and capers. With zipper open, microwave 2 to 3 mins. or until tomato mixture comes to boil.

Nestle fish in single layer in tomato mixture; top fish with orange zest and black pepper. Place Endurables^® Container on baking sheet.

Bake with zipper open 20 mins. or until fish flakes easily with fork.

Toast bread; place each slice on serving plates. Top with fish, tomato mixture, basil and nuts.

Tips & Hints

Use haddock or cod fillets instead of the halibut fillets.

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