Red Snapper Chowder Recipes

OVEN BAKED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Wash the fish thoroughly and dry on paper towels. Score both sides of fish 3 times. Combine the minced garlic and jalapeno and stuff mixture into each of the 6 slits. Rub the fish with salt, pepper and all-purpose seasoning. Let fish marinate for 30 minutes (or overnight in the refrigerator for more intense flavor.)
• In a medium skillet over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add the okra and bell pepper and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. Make a slit down the center of the fish's belly. Stuff the belly of the fish with the okra and peppers and the chopped parsley. Place the fish on a rectangular piece of buttered foil. Place the remaining butter on top of the fish and drizzle with with the white wine.
• Seal the fish in the foil, but leave a slight opening to allow the steam to escape. Place the fish on a baking sheet and bake until cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, and transfer from foil to a serving dish, along with the juices collected in the foil.

PAN SEARED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Rinse snapper under cold water, and pat dry. In a shallow bowl, mix together olive oil, lemon juice, rice vinegar, mustard, honey, green onions, and ginger.
• Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Dip snapper fillets in marinade to coat both sides, and place in skillet. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Pour remaining marinade into skillet. Reduce heat, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

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.

RED SNAPPER CHOWDER

Steps:

• Cut leek crosswise into 1/2-inch slices and in a bowl soak in water to cover, agitating occasionally to dislodge any sand, 5 minutes. Lift leek out of water and drain in a colander.
• In a bowl toss snapper gently with salt and chill, covered.
• In a saucepan cook leek with salt to taste in oil over moderately high heat, stirring occasionally, until softened, about 5 minutes. Add garlic, coriander, and cayenne and cook, stirring, 1 minute.
• Peel potato and cut into 3/4-inch cubes. To leek add potato, tomatoes with juice, the 1 1/4 cups water, orange juice, and bouillon cube, stirring and crushing tomatoes against side of pan, and simmer until potatoes are almost tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in snapper, parsley, zest, and salt to taste and cook until snapper is opaque, about 5 minutes.

BERMUDA FISH CHOWDER

Steps:

• Heat oil in a large soup pot over medium heat. Add celery, carrots, onion, green pepper, and garlic; saute about 8 minutes.
• Stir in tomato paste, and cook 1 minute. Add clam juice, potatoes, canned tomatoes with juice, Worcestershire sauce, jalapeno pepper, bay leaf, and ground black pepper. Simmer until potatoes are tender, stirring about every 30 minutes.
• Add fish. Simmer until snapper is easily flaked with fork, about 10 minutes.

BOOKBINDER RED SNAPPER SOUP

Steps:

• To make soup base, heat olive oil in a Dutch oven over medium heat; add carrots, celery, garlic, onion, red bell pepper, and green bell pepper; cook, stirring frequently, about 4 minutes.
• Stir in peppercorns, bay leaf, tomato paste, thyme, rosemary, and cilantro; cook 2 minutes and add 7 cups of the vegetable broth; heat to boil.
• Melt butter in a small saucepan; add flour and cornstarch, cook, stirring constantly, 4 to 5 minutes.
• Slowly whisk in remaining 1 cup broth until mixture is smooth; add mixture to soup base; cover and simmer over medium-low heat 20 minutes.
• Taste and adjust seasonings.
• Strain through a fine-mesh sieve or cheesecloth; discard solids and return broth to pot.
• To make snapper, heat water to boil in a medium-sized saucepan over medium-high heat; add onions and celery; blanch until soft, about 3 minutes.
• Remove with a slotted spoon and add to broth.
• Boil fish in the same water until cooked through.
• Remove fish from water; flake very finely with a fork.
• Stir snapper and sherry, if desired, into soup base; heat through.

CURRIED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Place the fish in a greased 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish. In a large skillet, saute onions and celery in butter until tender. Stir in curry powder and salt. , Remove from the heat; stir in milk. Spoon over fish. Bake, uncovered, at 350° for 25 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.

RED SNAPPER WITH CITRUS SALSA

Steps:

• Toss oranges, lemon, shallot, chile, cilantro, lime zest and juice, oil, honey, and 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper in a bowl. Let stand at room temperature 15 minutes, gently stirring occasionally.
• Fill a wok or large pot with 1 inch of water. Bring to a boil. Line bottom basket of a 10-inch, 2-tiered round bamboo steamer with parchment paper. (Alternatively, use two pots fitted with steamer inserts.) Season fish using remaining 1/8 teaspoon each salt and pepper. Arrange in a single layer in bottom basket. Cover, and set over boiling water. Steam until fish is almost cooked through, about 5 minutes. Put spinach into top basket, and set over bottom basket. Steam until spinach is bright green and just wilted, about 2 minutes more.
• Divide spinach among 4 plates. Top each with fish and 1/2 cup salsa. Serve remaining salsa on the side.

CURRIED CARROT AND RED SNAPPER CHOWDER

Steps:

• Put the broth ingredients, except carrot juice, in a large pot. Add 6 quarts of cold water and bring to a boil over high heat. Lower the heat and simmer, until reduced to 2 1/2 quarts, about 2 to 3 hours. Strain through a sieve lined with cheesecloth. Combine the carrot juice or grated carrots and 1 1/2 quarts of broth in a blender. Purée until liquefied. Strain. Set aside.
• Heat 1 teaspoon of the olive oil in a saucepan. Add the onion and garlic. Cook until soft, about 5 minutes. Add the curry powder and continue cooking for 3 minutes, stirring often. Add the carrot broth, 3 cups of celery root and 2 cups of the potatoes. Simmer for 15 minutes. Purée in a blender or food processor until smooth. Strain into a clean saucepan.
• Heat the remaining olive oil in a skillet. Fry the celery leaves until crisp. Drain on paper towels. Score the carrots lengthwise with a channel knife. Cut into very thin slices crosswise. Set aside in a bowl of ice water.
• Warm the soup over medium-low heat, but do not allow it to boil. Add the remaining celery root and potatoes. Simmer until tender, about 3 to 5 minutes. Add the fish and scored carrots. Season to taste with salt and pepper and simmer gently until the fish is cooked through, about 3 minutes. Ladle into 4 warmed soup bowls. Garnish with fried celery and serve.

THE CARIBBEAN ROOM'S RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• To make the sauce.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter.
• Add the shrimp and mushroom caps and cook for ten minutes over medium low heat.
• Add green onions, crawfish tails, wine, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, thyme, pepper and salt, and simmer gently for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• As the sauce is cooking.
• In a shallow bowl, mix the beaten egg with the milk to create an egg wash.
• Place the flour in a second shallow bowl or plate.
• Place a large skillet over medium heat and warm the oil.
• Dip each fish fillet in the egg wash and dredge in the flour.
• Pan fry until a light golden brown, turning once.
• Place the fillets on serving plates and top with sauce.
• Note: The Caribbean Room serves these with tiny boiled potatoes with parsley.