Recipe: Sweet and Sour Alaska Halibut

SWEET AND SOUR ALASKA HALIBUT

1 (8 oz) can pineapple chunks
water
2 tablespoons sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch
1/4 cup vinegar
1 tablespoon soy sauce
1/2 red or green bell pepper cut in 3/4-inch cubes
1/4 cup sliced green onions
1 1/2 pounds hot poached Alaska halibut steaks*

Drain pineapple; reserve syrup. Add water to reserved syrup to equal 1 cup. Combine with sugar, cornstarch, vinegar and soy sauce. Cook and stir until thickened.

Add pineapple, peppers and green onions; cook 1 minute longer.

Serve over poached halibut.

*POACHED ALASKA HALIBUT:
Cover halibut, thawed if necessary, with boiling, salted water. Add:
2 slices onion
2 slices lemon
4 sprigs parsley
several peppercorns

Simmer, covered, allowing 10 minutes per inch of thickness measured at its thickest part, or until halibut flakes when tested with a fork.

Serving Size: 4
From the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute