How to Cook Grilled Halibut with Veggies

Serves: 2

Preparation time: 25 mins

Cooking time: 20 mins

Ingredients needed to make grilled halibut with veggies:

For the fish:

• 2 halibut fillets, 6 oz each
• 1 garlic clove, minced
• 1 tbsp fresh flat leaf parsley, finely chopped
• 1 tsp dried basil, crushed
• 1 tsp freshly ground black pepper
• 1 tsp salt
• 6 tbsp olive oil
• 1 tbsp fresh lemon juice

For the veggies:

• ½ eggplant, thinly sliced
• ½ green bell pepper, thinly sliced
• ¾ zucchini, thinly sliced
• 1 ½ tsp balsamic vinegar
• 1 ½ tsp soy sauce
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• Salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste

Cooking instructions for grilled halibut with veggies:

To make the grilled fish:

• Whisk the olive oil and lemon juice together with  a dash of salt and pepper, garlic, basil as well as parsley.
• Put the halibut fillets into a ziploc or any other resealable plastic bag and drizzle the marinade over them.
• Seal the bag and flip it over a number of times to coat the fish well with the marinade.
• Leave it in the refrigerator for an hour, agitating it several times at intervals.
• Preheat your grill over hot charcoal fire and grease the grill rack lightly with small amount of oil.
• Fit the rack  about 4’’ above the source of heat in the grill.
• Take the fillets out of the bag and arrange them side by side on the rack; make a point to drain off any excess marinade dripping from them.
• Grill them for about 5 minutes before flipping them over.
• Cook the other side for another 5 minutes or the fish turns flaky on touch.
• Transfer the fish to serving plates and prepare the veggies.

• Whisk the balsamic vinegar, olive oil as well as soy sauce together in a small bowl and season with salt as well as black pepper.
• Add the zucchini, eggplant and bell pepper slices into the marinade and toss well to coat the veggies properly with the mixture.
• Transfer the veggies onto the hot grill rack,shaking off any extra marinade and grill them for about 10-15 minutes until they soften.
• Brush the marinade over the veggies at intervals, while they grill to prevent them from drying up.
• Arrange the grilled veggies by the side of grilled fish fillets and serve alongside a bowl of the residual mixture used for marinating the veggies.

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