Baja Halibut Filets

This was on our Foodee blog and it led me over the CrossFit Santa Cruz Central's recipe section.  This was super easy and really delicious.  The original recipe had cod but halibut was on sale at Whole Foods. : )  I removed the jalapeno and tomatoes and substituted in a can of rotel tomatoes with green chilies.  I also did not have any chipotle seasoning so I subbed in chili powder and it worked great.

Ingredients:

4-6 halbut/cod filets

1/2 Red onion, finely chopped

6 cloves garlic, minced

1 Tbsp coconut oil

1 small can rotel tomatoes

1 avocado, diced

1 Bunch fresh cilantro

2 Tbsp lime juice

2 Tbsp tequila (fresh from Mexico!)

2 tsp chili powder

1 tsp black pepper

Pinch sea salt

1. Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
2. Season fish filets with chili powder, ground black pepper, and salt. Heat coconut oil in a heavy skillet. Quickly brown fish, about 2-3 minutes on each side.

3. Place in a baking dish, and put in the oven. Bake for 10 minutes.
4. Deglaze the fish pan with lime juice (scraping loose all the tasty bits). Add onions and garlic to pan. Saute until soft, and liquid is almost gone from pan.
5. Add the tequila, mix well and pour saute mixture over fish filets.  Continue baking for their remaining time. Combine tomatoes/chilies, avocado and cilantro. When there is about two minutes left for the fish, add the tomato mixture over the top and serve!