Grilled Halibut with Garlic Cilantro Sauce
This recipe for Grilled Halibut with Garlic Cilantro Sauce came from the mother of one of my students. The recipe has been archived, but I’m leaving the printer-friendly recipe here so people can find it. Check out Grilled Halibut with Basil Vinaigrette if you want another great recipe for grilled halibut that has lots of information about cooking fish on the grill.
INGREDIENTS
- 6 halibut fillets or steaks
SAUCE INGREDIENTS
- 4 cloves garlic, finely minced
- 1 cup chicken stock
- 2 tsp. lime zest (from 2 limes)
- 3 T fresh lime juice
- 4 T olive oil
- 1/4 cup very finely chopped fresh cilantro
INSTRUCTIONS
- Saute garlic in a small amount of olive oil for two minutes.
- Add chicken stock and lime zest and simmer about ten minutes, until stock is slightly reduced.
- Stir in lime juice and olive oil and heat for 2-3 minutes.
- Stir in cilantro and cook 1 minute more.
- Brush fish on both sides with sauce and let marinate 15 minutes while you pre-heat gas or charcoal grill to high heat. (For fish, I spray my grill with nonstick spray before I start heating it.)
- Grill fish until firm, but not hard, to the touch, about 5 minutes per side.To get nice grill marks, lay fish on a diagonal to grill slats, then rotate after about 3 minutes cooking time on the first side.
- Serve fish hot with additional sauce spooned over each piece of fish.
NOTES
Other grilled fish I think would taste great with this include Sea Bass, Mahi Mahi, and Swordfish. You could also serve it with Tilapia, Red Snapper, or Sole, which I would probably bake or saute in a pan, since they’re rather delicate for the grill.
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27 Comments on “Grilled Halibut with Garlic Cilantro Sauce”
Excellent!!!
So glad you enjoyed it!
This recipe is very similar to fish preparation on the Baja of Mexico. Pescada mojo de ajo. One of the best fish preparations anywhere and it works great with mahi mahi (dorado) or black sea bass.
Now I want to go there and try it! And I really need to make this again and take better photos! Glad you like the recipe.
Allergic to cilantro but love halibut. May give this a try with parsley?
I think basil would also be good.
I just made this last night and it was fabulous! The sauce was so fresh-tasting and delicious! THANKS for sharing!
Hi Kalyn, this halibut looks wonderful.
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Paula, this is so good. I really miss the mom who gave me this recipe; she was my aide in school for several years.
Lime and cilantro? Not sure how it could get any better. Thanks for the substitute suggestions since we don't get halibut very often around here.
Anonymous, definitely sounds like it would be a good substitute to me. How nice to find a locally made sauce like that.
Kalyn – Just this week I went to a local farmer's market and purchased some chimichirri made w/local Washington Yakima Valley (one of our state's winegrowing regions) grapeseed oil, cilantro, parsley, red onion, wine vinegar, garlic, red pepper and black pepper and lime. I have used it on tuna, chicken and tonight, halibut. I thought it would be a perfect substitute for your garlic cilantro sauce.
Maryanna, thanks for the feedback. Sounds great with the swordfish; I’ll have to try that myself.
Right now I’m really addicted to the cilantro/lime/garlic combo, it’s the best! I made this tonight with swordfish and it was delicious!
Adam, glad you liked it. The margarita sounds like a perfect drink with this.
Kalyn,
I bookmarked this recipe way back in barbecue season, but never got a chance to try it. Here it is, the week before Thanksgiving, and I find myself with all the ingredients. So I broiled the halibut.
Fantastic! Thanks so much.
Next time, in the sunshine, and with a margarita!
I love cilantro too.
Your pics are great. I don’t have halibut right now but the sause might work on some perch filets I have.
I think I might try it and see.
Karina, thanks!
Ruth, I think you’ll like it. My friends 80 year old father (who is a great cook and reads my blog daily) said that in Greece they make something very similar with oregano. I still have oregano in my garden so I’m thinking of trying it.
What a delicious looking, sounding – and I’m positive tasting – dish!
I supposed the non cilantro lovers could do this with parsley or basil, but for me….I’m going out to get some halibut and some fresh cilantro – mine is all used up!
Thanks for sharing.
Oh my. For this cilantro lover your dish sounds totally fab. Cilantro + garlic? Yummy goodness.
Ellie, I still like you even if you don’t like cilantro!
Gattina, I only brushed a small amount on the fish to marinate it. The rest (left in the pan) I spooned over the fish when I ate it. I had a little bit left over which I saved, thinking it would be good on other things. I think it would be good in the refrigerator for a day or two.
If you had some left that you had marinated the fish in, I would throw that part away.
Kalyn,
shall I just discard the sauce after the fish being marinated? My mother-in-law just got me a grill (not deliver to me yet), would like to try your recipe later… esp your fish looks so good, just like the one from restaurant’s menu!
Admittedly, I’m not a cilantro fan, but my mother eats handfuls of the stuff like candy, so I’ll have to pass this on to her as I’m sure she’ll love it 🙂
Bill, it was great. Does your veggie wife eat fish?
Sher, yes, once again we are on the same wavelength. Too bad we don’t live closer so we could invite each other to dinner!
Krista, I think you could put parsley in this and it would still taste great. The flavor of the garlic and lime would go with parsley just fine.
I can’t wait for parsley my favorite herb, although I don’t care for cilantro this looks really good.
Ahh, looks wonderful! You and I were on the same wavelength, I see. :):) Well, I could eat a dish like this every day!
I love cilantro…so this looks great to me 😀