Halibut with cheese topping

Halibut with cheese topping

Prep time: 10 minutes

Cook time: 25 minutes

Serves 6

Gina Yancey of Sacramento was looking for new ways to prepare halibut besides grilling.

We received dozens of great halibut recipes, including this one from Barbara Andres of Sacramento. Her husband returned from Alaska last year with 70 pounds of halibut, so Andres has been experimenting with different recipes.

Besides this recipe, she suggests placing individual pieces of halibut on parchment paper along with a couple of cherry tomatoes, a couple of green olives and a drizzle of olive oil, wrapping up each packet and placing packets on a baking sheet and baking them at 350 degrees for 20 minutes.

Ingredients

2 pounds halibut steaks

1 cup shredded cheddar cheese

½ cup mayonnaise

½ cup sour cream

2 tablespoons flour

1 tablespoon diced onion

1½ teaspoons lemon juice

1/8 teaspoon cayenne pepper

Instructions

Preheat oven to 425 degrees.

Grease a baking dish and place halibut in dish. Mix remaining ingredients in a bowl and top the halibut with this cheese mixture. Bake for 10 minutes, reduce oven temperature to 350 degrees and bake for 15 minutes more.

Per serving: 370 calories; 36 grams protein; 5 grams carbohydrates; 22 grams fat ; 130 milligrams cholesterol; 406 milligrams sodium; 0 fiber; 55 percent calories from fat.