We’re always on the lookout for ways to bring bold, exciting flavors to our weeknight dinners. Enter halibut puttanesca, a dish of mild fish simmered in a tomato sauce that’s punched up with spicy pepper flakes, garlic, briny olives and capers, and plenty of savory anchovies.
For an easy-to-make version, we skipped pan-searing the fish, which often causes the fragile fillets to stick to the pan and flake apart. Instead we sautéed shallot, garlic, anchovies, oregano, and red pepper flakes in the skillet; added canned tomatoes; and then nestled the halibut fillets into the pan of sauce.
