Halibut Sliders
Halibut Burgers are a great way to use any extra fish leftovers in a new way. I am not a big leftover fan in general so I typically default to repurposing. I started this recipe with raw fish, but if your leftovers are already cooked you can easily use that too with a few tweaks.
Here’s What You’ll Need
Halibut Filet or any fish of choice- roughlying 1 LB (makes 8 patties)
Red Onion - Half Onion, diced
Capers - 3 TBSP
Fennel Fronds (or dill) - 1/4 Cup finely chopped
Sea Salt - 1 TBSP
Garlic Powdee - 1 TBSP
Caesar Dressing - 1/4 Cups (can be subbed for Balsamic Vinegar
Olive Oil
Take the raw fish and chop finely, mix in all of your other prepped ingredients.
If you're using already cooked fish, take the other ingredients and give them a quick pan fry with a drizzle of olive oil. You won't cook the entire patty as long so you want to get those flavors going first.
Once you’ve mixed everything together I recommend letting it rest for at least one hour. Just gives all of the flavors a really good chance to marinate together.
But sometimes, no body has time for that… so next step!
Mold into patties! I take roughly a little over 1/4 of a cup and start balling it up. Since there is no binding agent you are creating it by really molding the mic with your hands. Once I have a nice compact ball, I gently press the middle to form the patty, they should be about 3 inches across and 1/2 thick. Anything bigger is a bit hard to keep in tacked. Repeat till you’ve made all the mix into patties.
In a fry pan over medium heat drizzle a few TBSP of olive oil OR lard if you keep that on hand.
Carefully place the patties in the pan, you may have to do a few rounds as you don’t want to crowd them. Sear on one side for a few mintues then cover for 5 minutes on medium/low heat. Gently flip the patties ( I use a spatula fork combo) Sear again for a mintue then cover for 5 mintues. DONE!
PRE-COOKED FISH WILL ONLY NEED A FEW MINTUES OF COVERED COOK TIME.
I then did a lettuce wrap with my sliders, dressing it with mashed avocado, red onion, pickles and plain coconut yogurt. SO GOOD!
Enjoy!
