Bilbao Style Red Snapper Recipes

BILBAO-STYLE RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Put oven rack in middle position and preheat oven to 400°F.
• Rinse fish and pat dry, then rub inside and out with 1 teaspoon oil and sprinkle with salt. Place opened fish, skin side down, in a large shallow baking dish (13 by 9 by 2 1/2 inches) and bake until fish is just cooked through, about 20 minutes (fish will be opaque).
• While fish bakes, thinly slice garlic cloves. Heat remaining 1/3 cup oil with garlic in a 10-inch heavy skillet over moderate heat, shaking skillet gently, until garlic is pale golden, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat and carefully pour in vinegar (mixture will splatter), then stir to combine. Pour garlic sauce over fish (mixture may splatter).

RED SNAPPER CURAçAO STYLE

Steps:

• Prepare for frying the red snapper.
• Make a marinade with the lime juice, scallions, clove of garlic and salt and pepper.
• Rub the fish with the marinade and set it aside for at least one hour.
• Melt in a heavy skillet the butter.
• Cut the fillets in serving pieces and coat them with flour.
• When the skillet is very hot, fry the fish quickly until it is nicely browned and crisp.
• Place in a baking dish and keep it warm in the oven.
• IN the fish drippings sauté until the onion is transparent the onion, green pepper and cloves of garlic.
• Add and simmer about twenty minutes the tomatoes and add the salt and pepper.
• The Creole sauce should be rich and thick.
• Just before serving place the red snapper pieces in the sauce and heat them thoroughly.
• To make carrot rice, sauté lightly in butter one minced onion and a grated carrot. Stir them into simmering rice when the water is almost absorbed.
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VERACRUZ-STYLE RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion; cook and stir until onions begin to turn translucent, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Cook and stir in garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add capers and caper juice; stir to combine.
• Stir in tomatoes, olives, jalapeno pepper, . Cook and stir until jalapeno pepper softens and tomatoes begin to collapse, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in oregano.
• Drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil into a small baking dish. Sprinkle in 1 tablespoon of the tomato-olive mixture. Top with 1 snapper fillet, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Top with more filling and juice from 1 lime. Repeat with remaining snapper fillet, seasoning, and lime juice in a second baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish is flaky and no longer translucent, 15 to 20 minutes.

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!

GULF COAST RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Combine bacon fat, lemon juice, garlic, salt, pepper, brown sugar, and thyme together in a bowl. Spread a small amount of the bacon fat mixture in bottom of baking dish. Lay snapper fillets into baking dish; cover with remaining bacon fat mixture. Cover baking dish with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator, about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a baking dish with cooking spray.
• Remove plastic wrap from baking dish; add tomatoes, onions, and Worcestershire sauce.
• Bake in preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 40 to 60 minutes. Garnish with parsley.