How To Make Crispy Skin Fish I Crispy Skin Halibut Fillet Recipe by Gastro Guru

Crispy Skin Fish Recipe for you - Crispy Halibut with Shallots, Blistered Cherry Tomatoes & Fresh Basil leaves. Ingredients & Recipe below:

Ingredients:
1 Large Halibut Fish fillet with skin - 450 grams
1/2 Tsp veg. oil to rub on fish
1 Tbsp veg. oil to shallow fry/cook fish fillet
Salt & crushed black pepper to taste
1 Tbsp unsalted butter
2 cloves of garlic - smashed
2 shallots - sliced
12 cherry tomatoes
Few fresh basil leaves

Cooking Instructions:
Clean & pat dry fish fillet with paper towel
Apply/rub veg. oil on skin side of the fish fillet
Season skin side with salt & crushed black pepper. Set aside
Next heat a non stick pan until it's smoking hot
Add veg. oil to it. Once oil is hot reduce heat to medium high
Place fish fillet skin side down in the pan & cook for 2 minutes
Press down fish with spatula so that it doesn't curl up
Season flesh side with salt & crushed black pepper to taste
Flip fish to get the crispy skin side up and flesh down
Add butter and smashed garlic to pan
Once butter melts bathe/smother fish with it with a spoon
Cook fillet for 2 more minutes then transfer to wire rack or paper towel
to soak up oil/moisture
In the same pan add sliced shallots & cherry tomatoes
Cook for 2 minutes until cherry tomatoes are blistered then add basil leaves
Stir Fry for a minute then transfer to serving dish
Place Halibut fish fillet that we cooked & set aside; skin side up
Wala! You delicious Crispy Skin Fish is ready! Bon Appetit!