Baked Halibut with Crispy Panko

This fish will just melt in your mouth! I like to serve over a quinoa-kale salad. Also, please don't use regular bread crumbs as they are too dense.

• Preparation Time: 10 mins
• Cooking Time: 20 mins
• Total Time: 30 mins
• Calories: 404 Calories

Ingredients

• 1 teaspoon lemon juice
• salt and ground black pepper to taste
• 1 ½ tablespoons butter, melted
• 1 tablespoon Dijon mustard
• ½ cup panko bread crumbs
• ¼ cup chicken stock, or as needed
• 2 (8 ounce) fillets halibut

Recipe Instructions

Step 1

Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).

Step 2

Stir panko bread crumbs and melted butter together in a bowl until evenly coated.

Step 3

Pour enough chicken stock into an oven-proof skillet to cover bottom; arrange halibut fillets in skillet. Drizzle lemon juice over fillets; season with salt and pepper. Spread a think layer of Dijon mustard over each fillet; press bread crumb mixture over mustard layer.

Step 4

Place skillet in the preheated oven and cook until fillets flake easily with a fork and topping is browned, about 20 minutes.