Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce
Do you enjoy fresh seafood? If so I have a few surprises for you, starting with this in-credible Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce. You are so going to love this Thai red curry sauce recipe you'll be eating it with fish or chicken. It's that good and it's that easy!
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Why you want to make this Halibut Recipe
- No joke, this 30 Minute Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce is one of the best dishes to come out of my kitchen this year!
- In my opinion, it is literally a restaurant-quality dish. AND you can make this in less than 30 minutes! I was dancing around the kitchen because I was so happy with how it tasted!
- Whether you are making this easy recipe for your family or guests, it will wow.
My husband loves this! My son loves this! AND my daughter loves (but without the sauce). And me? Its a favorite fish recipe for sure!
This halibut came from the Fulton Fish Market (a 100+ year old fish market in NY) Just look at this incredible Halibut I worked with! Gorgeous!
Look at the color of the fish both before and after. THIS was the freshest Halibut I have ever had!
Did you know, the FultonFishMarket.com specializes in fish from U.S. waters which have the most highly regulated fishing waters in the world. All of the fish they catch is fresh and sustainable. FultonFishMarket.com guarantees that their fish is sustainably sourced, and is always legal. The selection on their consumer site is carefully curated to offer only the tastiest fresh fish, safest seafood, and most sustainable seafood selections.
Fresh Seafood
Every night at Midnight, between one and two million pounds of the freshest seafood pours across the docks at Fulton Market in New York City. Via their online ordering at FultonFishMarket.com we can get some of the days' catch delivered right to our front door. Fast & fresh!
It’s actually surprising how old seafood can be by the time it hits many food store cases. Would you believe it can be 3 weeks and older in some cases? It’s true!
Often, the seafood you get at the supermarket or even at that fancy restaurant:
- Is shipped from overseas
- Often is illegally fished, undocumented or under-regulated
- Often is frozen then re-“freshed” before serving
- Is farmed in unregulated ponds and crowded pens, fed chemicals, GMOs, antibiotics to keep diseases in check and/or gassed to artificially color the meat
- IS NOT what is on the label, or the menu listing, but some other species entirely
- Usually is not fished or farmed sustainably
- Is not inspected
I hope you try this pan seared halibut recipe!
It may look like a lot of ingredients, however, this decadent and delicious Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce comes together fast and in under 30 minutes. make it, make it, make it!
Ingredients
- Butter
- Halibut
- Fresh lime
- S&P, Paprika
- Grapeseed or olive oil
- Fresh garlic & Ginger (or pastes)
- Parsley
- Vidalia onion
- Thai Red Curry Paste
- Tomato Paste
- White wine
- Coconut milk
- Brown sugar
- Diced red pepper
Tips for success
- While this does have more ingredients than most of my recipes, this a really easy dish to make and SO worth it.
- Make sure you marinate the fish for at least 15 minutes.
- Handle the fish with gentle hands so it does not break apart.
- Use a nonstick pan
- Flip gently
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Enjoy! XO - Colleen
I am not a nutritionist or registered dietician, I do my best to provide the most accurate nutritional values using a WordPress plug-in calculator. Any nutritional data I provide is an approximation. Actual dietary information can vary based on ingredients and portion sizes. Recipe originally posted in October, 2016. Updated May, 2024.
Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce
Ingredients
- 3 TBS butter
- 4 - 4 ounce portions of fresh Halibut
- Lime zest
- Kosher salt
- Black pepper
- Paprika
- Grapeseed or olive oil
- Sauce
- 3 cloves garlic
- 1 TBS fresh ginger
- 2 TBS parsley
- ¼ cup Vidalia onion
- 3 TBS lime juice
- Salt & pepper
- 2-3 TBS Thai Red Curry Paste
- 3 TBS Tomato Paste
- ¾ cup white wine
- 1 cup coconut milk
- 1 TBS brown sugar
- 3 TBS diced red pepper not spicy
Instructions
- Season Halibut with lime zest, salt, pepper and paprika. Set aside to marinate for 15 minutes.
- In your food processor, process your garlic, ginger, onion and lime juice until smooth or finely minced. This could pose a challenge for large processors, since its a small amount of ingredients. If so, do it by hand then add in the lime juice.
- Melt butter in a non-stick skillet or frying pan. Over med-high heat, pan sear the halibut, about 2-3 minutes per side until cooked through. (Cook time will vary based on the thickness of your fish).
- Carefully place fish on a baking sheet or plate tented with foil.
- In the same pan, add your mixture from the food processor and saute for 4 minutes. If you need to add a smidge more butter, do so.
- Add in your Thai red curry paste and tomato paste, blend well and saute for 3 minutes.
- Add in the wine and stir briskly, once its simmering add in the coconut milk, sugar and some salt & pepper.
- Stir, taste and adjust seasoning or heat if necessary. If you would like it spicier, add in a pinch or two of Cayenne pepper.
- Simmer for 10 minutes.
- Remove from heat.
- Place the fish gently into the pan of sauce, allow it to sit for a minute or two and serve.
- OR plate the fish and spoon the sauce around it.
- Enjoy!
My husband loves fish. He would want some fresh tuna for sure.
The Halibut looks really good.
The recipe looks great--it sounds like curry would complement the flavors very well.
I love Halibut! This looks delicious and a nice new addition to the menu!
Holy Batman, luv the halibut. Wow, prize $250 gc is fab. & splendid. 2 fingers snap. It is tight, fly & off the chain. Thank you for the awesomeness, the contest, and generosity. 🙂 Pick me, pick me! Dear Santa: I’ve been nice. My X-Mas wish this year is to win this contest. Starving artist here desperately needs the gc to shop and eat. A life changing exp.
Love to try https://www.pinterest.com/pin/386535580501900478/ red snapper
So many wonderful selections! It's hard to choose!
I like their selection of oysters and clams
That recipe sounds amazing. If we were to win, we would order crabs and crawfish along with mackerel.
I love Halibut and Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce is right up my alley! YUM!
I love seafood. It is soooo good and so good for you!
P.S. The halibut recipe sounds delicious....it's making me hungry!
This recipe looks so good! We love seafood and that Halibut looks amazing!
The first thing I would try from FultonFishMarket.com would be their oysters because I want to enjoy them raw and the fish at the supermarket doesn't look like it's being purchased by shoppers but rather like it's just sitting there waiting for someone to buy it so it doesn't seem as fresh as I'd wish it were.
I would love to try the Uni Roe!
I'd like to try something I haven't had yet, like mahi mahi. Your recipe looks great, by the way, really tasty!
I'd order the pink gulf shrimp.
oh, and the recipe looks really delicious! I don't cook fish often, but this has inspired me.
I love fish! We have such a hard time getting decent fish here in the heartland...
Based on the time of year, I'm all about fresh oysters right now. The East Coast / West Coast Oyster Special (2 Dozen) sounds AMAZING!
The first thing I would try is a tuna steak! I haven't had one in ages and it tastes great.
Would love to try the halibut...This recipe sounds delish..We had salmon tonight love fish..
The halibut looks delicious! Would love to try this one!
This looks great! I can't wait to try that Thai Curry Sauce I bet it is LOADED with flavor!
This looks yummy! And I would love to get some snow crab clusters...and also some crab meat to make crab bisque this winter!
Scallops are the first thing I would try.
The recipe sounds delicious and I saved it hopefully will try it once I have all the ingredients on hand!! Love seafood crab, fish mussels all of it!
It sounds absolutely delicious! We eat fish often and I love it with a spicy sauce!
The recipe looks delicious. I love fish and so does the family. I love love love scallops and would order the Scallops - Fulton Fresh Finest Sea, Dry U/10, Shucked, Wild, USA.
I would order lobster or crab legs.
tasty looking
I would love to try some of their great big and huge scallops some night for dinner, (yummy)
The recipe sounds delicious. I LOVE seafood, so this is amazing!
I love Halibut and I would love to try out your recipe! That sounds heavenly!!
I think I would try the red snapper. I have a recipe for it that I haven't used in years and would love to try it again!
I love salmon so I would want to try the Salmon - Copper River Sockeye, Wild, USA first.
I really like halibut so I would pick that as one of the items and the Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce is definitely on my list to make:)
I would get scallops and lobster. Heaven!!
FYI - Unable to locate @FultonFish on Instagram. Can you please provide the link?
Yummm!! I would love to get wild Alaskan salmon (king) and scallops!
Blue soft shelled crab! My favorite!
I would love to try the halibut, scallops and lobster.
I'd start with some Red Snapper. It's a favorite of mine, that I haven't had in a long time.
My husband would love some fresh tuna. And shrimp.
I think this recipe would be something new and different for my family to try. That Halibut is just beautiful.
I think the recipe looks delicious. I love fish recipes.
Your recipe looks amazing. I am just starting to try Thai food and this is going on the must try list.
I most definitely would love to try the Pan Seared Halibut in Thai Curry Sauce. I think it is a fine plate, of which it's on my menu later in the week.
I love that this is dairy and soy free! Looks delicious!
Super delicious! Love how much thicker the sauce is and deeper flavored it is than any other recipe I've used.
I'm not seeing where the parsley and the diced red pepper ingredients come into play in the full recipe. I added the parsley with the garlic/ginger/onion/lime juice mix and the diced red pepper at the end. But you may want to update your recipe! I also only had green curry paste and it was great!
Thanks!
Colleen, I am inspired by this recipe as my husband and I are striving to eat fish more often. But, looking at the Fulton Fish Market prices, I wonder how many of your followers can actually afford to order 2 x 5-7oz Portions of Halibut (regular cut) for $46.99 ($75 minimum order, so I added 1 doz oysters) + $35 shipping, for a whopping total of $111.47? It would certainly be a rare treat for most of us.
Thank you. I do see that their prices have risen since I first wrote this post a few years ago. I consider it a treat to occasional indulge in high quality seafood and meat purchases vs going out to dinner. Sourcing your fish from any online or in person market that you enjoy will result in the same taste as this recipe describes. Good luck with adding more fish to your meal plan!
I made a few adjustments such as adding cilantro and lime zest. I also used a different technique and cooked the fish last as halibut is very sensitive to overcooking while sitting. The recipe is fantastic and yields a beautiful nice deep red curry with layers of flavor.
Great adjustments, this really is a lovely dish! Thanks Robert!