Halibut Creole

The garden meets the sea in this kicked up fish dish!! I wish I could credit this recipe's creator but it was given to me by a neighbor, who got it from her sister-in-law, blah, blah. I am just glad it came to me!

• Ready In: 45 mins
• Serves: 4-6

Ingredients

• 1 1⁄2-2  lbs halibut steaks
•  salt
•  fresh ground pepper or   course ground pepper
• 3  tomatoes, peeled,seeded,and chopped
• 1⁄2 cup green pepper, chopped
• 1⁄2 cup onion, chopped
• 1  jalapeno, chopped (de-seeded to reduce heat, if you need to)
• 3  tablespoons butter
• 1 1⁄2 tablespoons lemon juice
• 1  teaspoon Tabasco sauce or 1  teaspoon  your favorite  hot sauce

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400 degrees F.
2. Lightly butter a shallow baking dish large enough to place fish in one layer.
3. Salt and pepper fish steaks, place in baking dish.
4. Mix together tomato, green pepper, onion, and jalapeno and top each fish steak with mixture.
5. Melt butter and mix in lemon juice and tabasco, then drizzle over each fish steak.
6. Bake approx 25 minutes, basting w/ pan juices about every 10 minutes.
7. NOTE: If I have closer to 2 lbs of fish steaks, I will double the sauce mixture, but that's just preference!