Description
This air fryer halibut is the easiest and most tender halibut recipe you’ll ever try! The air fryer does all the work to ensure a crisp exterior and juicy interior.
Ingredients
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- 1 pound fresh halibut filets (see notes)
- 1 tablespoon extra virgin olive oil or avocado oil
- 1/2 teaspoon kosher salt
- 1/2 teaspoon granulated garlic powder
- 1/2 teaspoon smoked paprika
- 1/2 teaspoon ground cumin
- 1/4 teaspoon cracked black pepper
Instructions
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Preheat your air fryer to 390°F, or conventional oven to 400°F
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Cut your halibut into 3 or 4 equally sized filets if necessary. The skin on is ok.
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Brush your filets with olive oil. Mix all the spices in a small bowl to combine, then sprinkle liberally over the halibut.
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Add fish filets to your air fryer basket and bake for 6-8 minutes. You'll know the fish is done because when you flake it with a fork, it's uniformly white, opaque, and no longer pinkish and translucent. Or use a meat thermometer to check the internal temperature is 130-135 degrees F. Cook time depends on the thickness of your halibut filets.
Notes
- Other white fish you can use in this recipe include cod, lingcod, tilapia and hake.
- If you only have frozen halibut, you can place your frozen filets directly into the air fryer at 390 but it will take 12-14 minutes to cook them through.
- If you don’t have an air fryer, you can replicate this recipe in a convection oven at 400 degrees for approximate 12-14 minutes.
- Check it early and often. Over cooking will make the halibut dry.
- Work in batches if needed so that the halibut does not overlap in the air fryer.
- Prep Time: 5
- Cook Time: 8
- Category: Main Dish
- Method: Air Fryer