Snapper With Orange Chipotle Vinaigrette Recipes

BAKED SNAPPER WITH MANDARIN ORANGES, CASHEWS AND GINGER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (225 degrees C).
• Arrange the snapper fillets in a single layer in the bottom of a lightly greased shallow baking dish. In a medium bowl, stir together the mandarin orange juice, lime juice, brown sugar, soy sauce and sesame oil. Mix in the red pepper flakes, ginger and chopped mandarin oranges. Pour over the snapper in the dish.
• Bake uncovered for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish is opaque. Transfer fillets to serving plates and spoon the sauce over them. Garnish with a sprinkle of cashews and green onion.

SHRIMP BROCHETTES MANGO CHIPOTLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Skewer shrimp by alternating; shrimp, papaya, red pepper, shrimp, poblano, red onion. Combine corn oil and lime juice and set aside.
• In blender puree mango, shallots, garlic, cilantro, chipotles, lemon juice and vinegar. Slowly add in corn oil while blending. Season with Kosher salt and pepper.
• PRESENTATION: Dredge the brochettes into the corn oil-lime mixture and season with salt and pepper. Grill over medium high heat until cooked evenly on both sides. Remove from heat and allow to rest for 2 to 3 minutes. Ladle the vinaigrette across the center of the plate and place the brochette atop the vinaigrette. Garnish with cilantro sprigs and drops of red chili oil and jalapeno hot sauce.

GRILLED LOBSTER WITH ORANGE CHIPOTLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Bring a large kettle (at least 8-quart capacity) three fourths full of water to a boil for lobsters.
• In a blender blend zest, orange juice, vinegar, chipotles in adobo, salt, and sugar until chipotles are chopped fine. With motor running add oil in a slow stream. Vinaigrette may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead and chilled, covered. Bring vinaigrette to room temperature before serving.
• In boiling water partially cook lobsters, 2 at a time, over high heat 3 minutes and transfer with tongs to a colander to drain and cool. (Make sure water returns to a full boil before adding each batch of lobsters.)
• When lobsters are cool enough to handle, remove tails and claws and discard bodies. With kitchen shears halve tails (including shells) lengthwise, cutting off swimmerets on underside of tails if desired. Lobsters may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Prepare grill.
• Grill claws, in batches if necessary, on a rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, turning occasionally, until liquid bubbles at open end, 5 to 7 minutes, and transfer to a platter.
• Stir basil leaves into vinaigrette and reserve 1 1/4 cup in a small pitcher. Brush meat in lobster tails with some vinaigrette. Grill tails, meat side down, in batches if necessary, 3 minutes. Turn tails meat side up, brushing with more vinaigrette, and grill until juices are bubbling and meat is plump and opaque, 3 to 5 minutes. Transfer tails to platter. Lobster may be grilled 2 hours ahead and cooled, uncovered, before chilling, covered.
• Serve lobster warm or chilled with reserved vinaigrette and garnish with basil sprigs.

ORANGE-CHIPOTLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together the orange juice, zest, vinegar, chipotle, and salt. Whisk in the oil until thoroughly mixed. Use fresh or store in the refrigerator up to 2 days.From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

RED SNAPPER WITH CITRUS VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Make vinaigrette:
• Whisk together passion-fruit purée, citrus juices, and vinegar. Add oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified. Stir in remaining vinaigrette ingredients and season with salt and pepper.
• Make squash purée and fry fish:
• Steam squash in a steamer over boiling water, covered, until tender, about 10 minutes. Purée with butter in a food processor and add cayenne and salt to taste. Keep warm, covered.
• Pat fish dry and make 3 diagonal slashes through skin of each fillet. Season with salt and pepper. Heat oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over high heat until hot but not smoking, then fry 3 fillets, skin sides down, until golden, about 3 minutes. Turn and fry about 1 minute more, or until just cooked through. Transfer to a platter and fry remaining 3 fillets in same manner. Serve fish, skin sides up, on a bed of squash pur)e and drizzle with vinaigrette.

RED SNAPPER WITH ORANGE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. Place the fish in a single layer in a 13x9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a small saucepan over medium heat, cook the garlic in butter for 1 minute; pour over fish. Drizzle with orange juice; sprinkle with orange zest. Bake, uncovered, until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork, 10-15 minutes. , In a small saucepan over medium heat, cook garlic in butter until golden brown, 2-3 minutes. Discard garlic. Stir orange juice and ginger into butter; heat through. Cut fish into serving-size pieces; drizzle with orange sauce and sprinkle with parsley.

ORANGE-CHIPOTLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• In a small bowl whisk together the orange juice, zest, vinegar, chipotle, and salt. Whisk in the oil until thoroughly mixed. Use fresh or store in the refrigerator up to 2 days.From "1,000 Mexican Recipes." Copyright 2001 by Marge Poore. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.

RED SNAPPER WITH BASIL VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat broiler and oil a large shallow baking pan (1 inch deep).
• Season fish all over with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper then put skin sides down in baking pan.
• Drizzle fillets with 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon oil (total).
• Broil fish 6 inches from heat until just cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes.
• Transfer to a platter.
• While fish broils, whisk together remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice in a small bowl, then add remaining 5 tablespoons oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified. Stir in basil and spoon vinaigrette over cooked fish.

GRILLED LOBSTER WITH ORANGE CHIPOTLE VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Bring a large kettle (at least 8-quart capacity) three fourths full of water to a boil for lobsters.
• In a blender blend zest, orange juice, vinegar, chipotles in adobo, salt, and sugar until chipotles are chopped fine.
• With motor running add oil in a slow stream.
• Vinaigrette may be prepared up to this point 3 days ahead and chilled, covered.
• Bring vinaigrette to room temperature before serving.
• In boiling water partially cook lobsters, 2 at a time, over high heat 3 minutes and transfer with tongs to a colander to drain and cool. (Make sure water returns to a full boil before adding each batch of lobsters.).
• When lobsters are cool enough to handle, remove tails and claws and discard bodies.
• With kitchen shears halve tails (including shells) lengthwise, cutting off swimmerets on underside of tails if desired.
• Lobsters may be prepared up to this point 1 day ahead and chilled, covered.
• Prepare grill.
• Grill claws, in batches if necessary, on a rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals, turning occasionally, until liquid bubbles at open end, 5 to 7 minutes, and transfer to a platter.
• Stir basil leaves into vinaigrette and reserve 1 1/4 cup in a small pitcher.
• Brush meat in lobster tails with some vinaigrette.
• Grill tails, meat side down, in batches if necessary, 3 minutes.
• Turn tails meat side up, brushing with more vinaigrette, and grill until juices are bubbling and meat is plump and opaque, 3 to 5 minutes.
• Transfer tails to platter.
• Lobster may be grilled 2 hours ahead and cooled, uncovered, before chilling, covered.
• Serve lobster warm or chilled with reserved vinaigrette and garnish with basil sprigs.