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• Pre heat the oven to 375°
• Fill a medium sized sauce pan with water and place over high heat. Once the water is boiling poach the asparagus until soft, 1 to 2 minutes. Remove the asparagus from the pan and run under cold water to chill the asparagus. Finely chop the asparagus and set aside
• Place the crab meat, mayonnaise and reserved asparagus in a bowl and mix until well combined and add salt and pepper to taste.
• Season each Halibut filet with salt and pepper and evenly top one side with the crab mixture
• Pre heat a large sauté pan over high heat and add about ½ ounce of vegetable oil, heat the oil and sear each halibut, crab side down until golden brown about 1 to two minutes, (more oil can be added as needed for each halibut) flip the halibut so the crab side is up and place in the preheated oven and bake until the halibut reaches 140°, about 12 to 15 minutes. |
