Vernons Jerk Snapper Recipes

JERK RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• For the jerk sauce: Peel and roughly chop the ginger. Add it to a blender, along with soy sauce, allspice, pepper, palm sugar, thyme, habanero, garlic, scallions, and salt. Blend until smooth. Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed. Pour into a bowl and set aside.
• Cook the fish: Heat a dry cast iron skillet over high heat to smoking. Place the fish on a flat surface, skin side up, and score it diagonally to ensure even cooking. Trim the fish by removing the very end of the tail and then cutting along the inseam, separating the belly meat and the center cut. Slice both pieces into 2-ounce portions. Season with salt and pepper. Add the oil to the hot pan, followed by the snapper, skin side down. Lightly press the fish so that it lays flat in the pan. After 2 minutes, turn the fish and cook another 2 minutes. Remove to a platter. Place a spoonful of jerk sauce under each piece, plus more on top, and serve.

KEVIN NURSE'S JERK RED SNAPPER AND ISLAND SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat grill.
• Put all the spices, garlic, scallions, peppers, lime juice, salt, to taste, and a dash of soy sauce in a blender. Combine ingredients with oil to make a paste. Score the fish, and then rub the marinade into the fish. Place in a resealable plastic bag and refrigerate for 30 minutes. Remove the snapper from the bag and place on a greased grill, cooking each side for 7 minutes without flipping.
• While the fish is cooking, brush the zucchini with oil, and season with salt and pepper. Put zucchini slices and whole bell peppers on grill, cooking until the zucchini is tender and red pepper blackened. Set zucchini aside and let the red pepper steam in a covered bowl for a few minutes before removing the skins. Serve vegetables with the whole fish, garnished with Island Salsa.
• Combine the chopped the fruit and onion in a bowl. Stir in the red wine vinegar and cilantro. Then add salt and pepper, to taste. The salsa will be served on the side to cool off the spice of the fish.

JERK SNAPPER

Steps:

• Mix together ingredients for the jerk rub and massage it generously into the fillets.
• Refrigerate fish for about 1 hour.
• Preheat oven to 400°F.
• Lightly oil a baking sheet large enough to hold the fish in a single layer.
• Place fillets on baking sheet and drizzle the tops lightly with olive oil.
• Bake at 400F for 6 minutes.
• Turn fillets and drizzle once more with a little olive oil.
• Continue baking for 4-6 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork (time may vary depending on how thick your fish is).
• Just prior to serving, drizzle cooked fillets with lemon juice, a little soy sauce, and however much pepper sauce you prefer.
• Serve hot.

VERNON'S JERK SNAPPER

Steps:

• In a blender, combine the jerk sauce, onion, thyme leaves, scallion, chili, port (if using) and 2 cups of water. Process until smooth. Pour the mixture into a shallow, nonreactive baking pan. Add the fish, cover and marinate in the refrigerator for 2 hours, turning once after 1 hour.
• Prepare a grill or preheat the broiler. Remove the fish from the marinade and place on a fish grid. Grill or broil until the fish flakes easily with a fork, 5 to 8 minutes per side.