Pan-Seared Mahi-Mahi with Oranges and Olives

Ingredients

• 2 tablespoons butter ()
• 0.3 cup basil fresh thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon chives fresh chopped
• 0.8 cup olives green pitted halved
• 36 ounce mahi-mahi fillets ()
• 2 tablespoons olive oil divided
• 0.8 cup orange juice fresh
• 2 teaspoons orange peel finely grated
• 3  oranges peeled cut into segents
• 0.5 teaspoon saffron threads crumbled
• 0.3 cup shallots chopped

Equipment

• bowl
• frying pan
• oven
• glass baking pan

Directions

1. Preheat oven to 400°F.
2. Place fish in shallow bowl or glass baking dish.
3. Drizzle with 1 tablespoon oil, sprinkle with orange peel, and pour juice over; turn to coat.
4. Melt butter with 1 tablespoon oil in large nonstick ovenproof skillet over high heat.
5. Remove fish from marinade, reserving marinade; sprinkle with salt and pepper. Cook fish until light brown, about 3 minutes. Turn fish over; add shallot. Cook 1 minute. Stir saffron into reserved marinade; pour marinade over fish.
6. Add olives and half of orange segments.
7. Transfer skillet to oven; roast fish until cooked through, about 6 minutes.
8. Transfer fish to platter; top with remaining orange segments. Spoon sauce with oranges and olives around fish.
9. Sprinkle with basil and chives and serve.
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