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Halibut Piccata with Baby Artichokes on Quinoa

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Halibut Piccata with Baby Artichokes on Quinoa

After a few heavy meals on the weekend, I was looking for something on the lighter side and when thinking about lighter meals, seafood often comes to mind. I was lucky enough to come across some more baby artichokes on the weekend that I just had to pick up and I wanted to include them in the meal as I have been enjoying them a lot lately. One of the first things that came to mind was a piccata using a white fish along with the artichoke hearts. This white fish piccata is pretty similar to my favorite chicken piccata where the meat is cooked in the pan and then the pan is deglazed with white wine that along with some lemon, butter and capers forms a tasty sauce that is served over the meat. Picatta is often served over pasta or rice but as I have been using quinoa so often recently, that was the first thing that came to mind and I knew that it would absorb all of the extra lemon and caper sauce that dripped into it. Other than preparing the baby artichoke hearts, this meal is really easy to make, taking no more time than it takes to cook the quinoa and the results are well worth it! The picatta’s lemony sauce works amazingly well with seafood and in this case it also infused the bed of quinoa with its amazing flavour. I served this meal with a side of simple steamed asparagus to give it another hit of springs bounty.

Halibut Piccata with Baby Artichokes on Quinoa

Halibut Piccata with Baby Artichokes on Quinoa

Prep Time:10 minutes Cook Time:30 minutes Total Time:40 minutes Servings: 4
ingredients
  • 1 cup quinoa
  • 2 cups chicken stock
  • 6 baby artichoke hearts (halved)
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 4 (6 ounce) halibut fillets
  • salt and pepper to taste
  • 1/2 cup of white wine (or chicken stock)
  • 1 lemon (juice and zest)
  • 2 tablespoons capers
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 2 tablespoons parsley (chopped)
directions
  1. Simmer the quinoa and the baby artichoke hearts in the chicken stock until absorbed, about 15-20 minutes.
  2. Heat the oil in a pan.
  3. Season the halibut with salt and pepper.
  4. Add the halibut and cook until lightly golden brown on both sides, about 3-5 minutes per side and set aside.
  5. Add the white wine and lemon to the pan, deglaze and simmer to reduce the sauce for a few minutes.
  6. Add the capers and butter and heat until the butter melts into the sauce.
  7. Remove from heat and stir in the parsley.
  8. Serve the halibut on a bed of quinoa with the artichoke hearts and top with the lemon and caper sauce.
Option: For One-Pan: Make this a one-pan meal by adding 1 cup of quinoa or rice and 2 cups broth or water (or 8 ounces of pasta and 2 1/4 cups broth or water) to the sauce in step 5 and simmer, covered, until cooked, about 20 minutes (or 12 minutes for pasta).
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  1. Carissa says

    May 5, 2010 at 12:47 am

    um, I think I just drooled on my keyboard! that looks and sounds amazing! you have all my favorite things: halibut, artichokes and lemony goodness! yum! definitely saving this recipe to my file.

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  16. Kevin says

    May 6, 2010 at 3:00 am

    Kimberlita: I found the baby artichokes at the fresh produce store in the middle of the bottom level of the Saint Lawrence Market.

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