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15 min
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Captain John Skeele of the F/V Sunfish explains, “I like to fry my halibut and complain when my son, wife, and daughter all tell me to bake it! Sometimes to head off this family conflagration, I just go ahead and bake it, against my better judgment. This is one of our favorite recipes for baked halibut because it is so simple and tasty.”
Ingredients
1 pound halibut
½ cup seeded Kalamata olives, halved
1 lemon, thinly sliced
2 sprigs rosemary
¼ teaspoon paprika
1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil
Salt and pepper, to taste
Directions
PREHEAT OVEN
Heat oven to 450 degrees. Place halibut into baking dish.
PREP FISH
Drizzle fish with olive oil, sprinkle with salt, pepper, and paprika. Lay sprigs of rosemary and lemon over halibut. Top with Kalamata olives.
BAKE + BROIL
Bake for about 7 minutes. Then, turn broiler on high and finish under the broiler for about 5-7 minutes.
SERVE
Drizzle with a little more olive oil when it’s out of the oven. That’s it!
John Skeele
John Skeele didn’t grow up fishing, but spending a few years in Sitka watching the boats return to harbor and unload their bounties inspired him to give it a try. He invested in a cheap, old salmon troller and on his very first day out, lost nearly all of his gear. Despite what some may have regarded as the beginning and end of a fishing career, John landed two rather large king salmon that day and considered himself hooked.
