South American Style Red Snapper Recipes

RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 degrees. Tear 2 pieces of parchment or aluminum foil, about 12-inch square.
• Drizzle some olive oil in center of each square and spread with your fingers. Set the filets, skin side down, over the olive oil in the foil and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle more olive oil over fish, then top with tomatoes and then fresh herbs. Drizzle drops more olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
• Wrap, deli style. Set package on a baking dish or sheet and bake for 30 minutes or until tender. While snapper is cooking, make orange rice.

SOUTH AMERICAN STYLE RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• If using whole snapper (cleaned) cut about 4 slits through skin on each side.
• Season, inside and out with salt and lemon juice; cover and refrigerate 20 minutes.
• Meanwhile heat olive oil in a large skillet (large enough to fit the fish) over medium heat and sauté onion, pepper, and garlic until softened, about 10 minutes.
• Add chicken broth to skillet and stir.
• Remove fish from refrigerator and rinse thoroughly under cold water and pat dry.
• Nestle the fish in the skillet and cover.
• Let cook 15 minutes, then carefully turn and cook an additional 10 - 15 minutes.
• Transfer to serving platter, spoon veggies on top, pour sauce all around, and sprinkle with oregano and cilantro; enjoy!

RED SNAPPER ITALIAN STYLE RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• In a large frying pan saute' the julienned onions in the olive oil on medium to medium high heat 1 minute.Add the snapper and cook 2 minutes or until slightly browned. Turn and brown the other side 2 minutes.
• Add the wine,tomatoesand half of the pepper flakes. Slice the olives in half and add to the skillet.Season with salt to taste and simmer 10 minutes basting the fish as it cooks.
• Chop the parsley and add it. Squeezing the halfed lemon over the fish and simmer 1 minute, spoon sauce over the red snapper and serve.

BROILED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Cream Roquefort, butter and sherry.
• Spread on fillets and broil until done or fish flakes easily with a fork.