Breaded Halibut

Halibut was on sale, so we bought some. I had never made halibut before, and I had no idea what to do with it! I did some googling, and I read that Halibut has very little fat content, which means that grilling and baking could dry it out. So, I decided frying it was the way to go. I also happened to have a TON of Rice Krispie cereal on hand, so I decided to try that as a breading for the Halibut!

To prepare the fish you will need:

• For breading
• 3c Rice Krispie cereal- crushed
• 1/2c parmesan 
• 2t lemon pepper
• 2t onion powder
• 1t garlic salt
• 1/2T parsley
• For wet mix:
• 1/2c mayonnaise
• 1T minced Garlic
• 2t Old Bay seasoning

To make the fish, put the Rice Krispies in a plastic bag (the large gallon size is best), and crunch them up. You can squeeze it, hit it with a hammer, or various other methods--but I find that rolling it with a rolling pin (or something else that is somewhat cylinder shaped, like a beer bottle lol ;) works great! Once the Rice Krispies are all crunched up, put in the remaining dry ingredients in the bag and shake to mix well.

In a bowl, mix together all of the wet ingredients.
Now, I used mayonnaise for the base of it because I wanted to try something new. When I have made breaded chicken in the past, I have used butter, or milk and egg, to wet the meat before breading.... and I am sure using either of those for this recipe would have been fine. But, I had seen some recipes that used mayo and I figure since mayo is mostly egg and oil (and a bunch of other crap), perhaps it was the best of both worlds. So, I gave it a shot! And, I must say, I will do it again!! It was thicker than the other "liquids" I have used, which meant that more breading stuck to it, and I like that--If meat is breaded, it needs to be crunchy!  

Put the fish pieces into the mayo mix to coat them. Then, put them into the breading, pushing down to make sure plenty of crunchiness sticks ;)

I fried them on medium heat, in a 50/50 olive oil/butter blend, for just a few minutes on each side until browned, and turned to brown all sides. You have to be pretty gentile in order to not knock off the breading. I knew mine was ready when the halibut fell apart. 

I made a packet of hollandaise sauce because I am lazy and soooooo bad at cream sauces... and put it over some pasta and a little over the halibut. It had the perfect lemony zing to compliment the fish.

The breaded halibut was TASTY! If halibut wasn't usually so expensive I would definitely buy it more. It was meaty, not at all fishy, and super tender. You should definitely try this one!

~Sarah