Grilled Snapper With Lemon Basil Beurre Blanc Food

GRILLED SNAPPER VERA CRUZ

Steps:

• Brush the fish with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and grill for 2 minutes on each side. Remove and cover.
• Heat olive oil in a non-corrosive saute pan over medium-high heat, add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add wine and reduce. Add tomatoes, green olives, capers and pepper, sugar and bay leaf and bring to a boil and cook until thickened. Reduce heat, add grilled fish and cook for 2 minutes.

RED SNAPPER WITH LEMON BUTTER

Steps:

• Roll the fish lightly in flour mixed with salt and pepper.
• Heat oil in skillet; cook fish until brown on both sides (3 minutes per side).
• Remove fish to platter and keep warm.
• To skillet add butter and lemon; allow to simmer 1 minute.
• Pour over the fish.
• Sprinkle with parsley.

SNAPPER WITH BLISTERED BEAN SALAD AND CHILE VINEGAR

Steps:

• Prepare a grill for medium-high heat. Put a large cast-iron skillet on grill to heat.
• Meanwhile, stir chile, garlic, vinegar, and brown sugar in a small bowl until sugar is dissolved; season chile vinegar with salt. Set aside. Toss onions, sugar snap peas, and 1 1/2 tsp. oil in a large bowl; season with salt.
• As soon as skillet is hot, add vegetables and cook, stirring occasionally, until blistered and crisp-tender, 6-8 minutes for onions and about 4 minutes for sugar snap peas. Transfer to a platter.
• Toss green beans and 1 1/2 tsp. oil in another large bowl and cook directly on grill grate on one side until blistered, lightly charred, and crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer to platter with onions and sugar snap peas and toss to coat; drizzle reserved chile vinegar over.
• Wipe out skillet with paper towels. Add 1 Tbsp. oil and set back on grill. Season snapper all over with salt and cook, skin side down, in skillet until skin is golden brown and crisp, about 4 minutes. Turn and cook just until cooked through, about 2 minutes.
• Set snapper on top of bean salad and top with basil and peanuts.

GRILLED SNAPPER WITH LEMON BASIL BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• Puree basil leaves and heavy cream in a blender and reserve. In a medium saucepan, bring wine, vinegar, lemon juice and minced onion to a simmer, uncovered. When liquid has been reduced down to 1/4 its original volume (about 5-10 minutes), turn off heat and whisk in the cream/basil mixture, being sure to spoon in all basil shreds.
• Add butter to mixture one tablespoon at a time, whisking continuously, until all is used. Return pot to low heat for a few seconds, if necessary, so last butter pats melt. Strain sauce, and add salt to taste. Set aside.
• Prepare a grill. Grill fish 8 minutes per side, until skin is crispy. Lift meat from bones and place on plates. Drizzle with beurre blanc and serve.

RED SNAPPER WITH LEMON BEURRE BLANC & ASPARAGUS

Steps:

• Bring a large pot of salted water to a boil & prepare a bowl of ice water. Cut the bottom inch off the asparagus. Cook the asparagus in the boiling water for 3 minutes and then transfer to the ice water.
• In a small sauce pot, combine the white wine, shallots, black peppercorns and lemon juice. Bring to a boil and then reduce the heat to a simmer. Let simmer and reduce until only 2 tablespoons of liquid remain. Strain, discard the shallots and peppercorns and return the reduction to the stove on minimum heat. Whisk in 120g of cold butter, one cube at a time, whisking constantly. Wait until the last cube is fully incorporated before adding the next. Do not let the sauce get too hot or it will separate. If the butter starts melting too quickly, remove from heat and whisk for 2 minutes before continuing to add the butter. When all the butter is incorporated, season with salt and keep in a warm place.
• Season the snapper fillets with salt & pepper. Heat 1 tablespoons of butter in a large non-stick frying pan and add the snapper fillets skin side down. Gently press down each fillet with a spatula to prevent curling. Sear on medium heat for 6 minutes, then turn the fillets and cook for one more minute.
• Heat 1 tablespoon of butter in a frying pan and sautee the asparagus until warmed through, about 3 minutes.
• To serve: Divide the asparagus among 4 plates and then spoon the beurre blanc over the asparagus. Place one fillet of snapper in the center of each plate.

POTATO CRUSTED SNAPPER IN BEURRE BLANC SAUCE

Steps:

• Using a Chinese or a regular mandoline, finely julienne the potatoes, and immediately put them into cold water and rinse thoroughly. Repeat 2 or 3 more times, or until water is clear. (The purpose of this is to rinse all the starches and sugars so potatoes do not burn when cooking). Drain water from potatoes and towel dry thoroughly. In a mixing bowl, add potatoes and season with salt and pepper. Add about 1/2 cup of the warm clarified butter, or enough to coat.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees F.
• Season snapper well with salt and pepper. Take julienned potaotes and put a thin layer on the top side of the fish only. In a large saute pan heat about 1/4-inch of clarified butter over medium-high heat. Carefully lay fillets in pan, potato side down, and pan-fry until potatoes are golden brown. Turn fish over and finish cooking in pan in the oven. Place 1 fillet on each of 4 dinner plates. Top with Beurre Blanc Sauce and garnish with lemon herbs.
• Heat cream in a heavy saucepan over medium-high heat until reduced to 3/4 cup. Reserve. In a large skillet, reduce wine, peppercorns, lemon juice, and shallots over high heat until almost dry (only a little liquid remains). Add reduced cream, whipping constantly. Remove from heat, and slowly whip in butter until thickened and smooth. Serve over snapper.

GRILLED RED SNAPPER WITH LEMON CHIVE SAUCE

Steps:

• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium-high heat and lightly oil the grate.
• Place snapper on a large plate; squeeze juice of 1 lemon onto each side and inside cavity. Set snapper aside to marinate, about 10 minutes. Combine soy sauce, butter, and ginger in a small bowl. Mix remaining lemon juice, tomatoes, chives, chile pepper, sugar, and salt together in a separate bowl.
• Heat a large skillet to smoking hot over medium-high heat. Cook snapper until just beginning to brown, about 1 minute per side.
• Place snapper on preheated grill; brush with soy mixture on each side. Grill, basting occasionally with soy mixture, until snapper flakes easily with a fork, 4 to 6 minutes per side.
• Transfer snapper to serving platter. Pour tomato mixture over snapper to serve.

RED SNAPPER GRILLED ON LEMON, HERBS AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Season the inside and outside of the fish by rubbing in the garlic,and sprinkling on salt and pepper.
• Place some herbs and garlic inside of fish.
• Brush the surface of the hot grill with olive oil.
• Place onions, some herbs and lemon slices on grill.
• Place fish on top of lemons and onions.
• Close grill top.
• Cook for about 10 minutes then carefully remove fish to platter then flip onions and lemons place other side of fish on lemons and onions and cook for 10 more minutes to desired doneness.

GRILLED RED SNAPPER WITH LEMON AND JALAPENO

Steps:

• Place snapper fillets in a glass baking dish and pour Italian dressing over top. Gently turn fish to evenly coat. Cover the dish with plastic wrap and marinate in the refrigerator, 8 hours to overnight.
• Preheat an outdoor grill for medium heat. Make a tray with aluminum foil and spray with cooking spray.
• Remove fish from the dressing and place on the foil tray. Place lemon slices and jalapenos on top. Discard any remaining dressing.
• Place the tray on the preheated grill and cook until fish begins to turn a nice, light color and flakes easily with a fork, 5 to 6 minutes per side.

RED SNAPPER WITH SHERRY BEURRE BLANC

Steps:

• In a small saucepan cook the Sherry, the shallot, the white wine, the vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste over moderately high heat until the liquid is reduced to about 2 tablespoons, remove the pan from the heat, and whisk in the butter, 1 piece at a time, adding each new piece before the previous one has melted completely. (The sauce should not get hot enough to liquefy. It should be the consistency of thin hollandaise.)
• On a foil-covered broiler pan broil the fillets under a preheated broiler about 4 inches from the heat for 4 to 5 minutes, or until they just flake, divide them between 2 plates, and spoon the sauce over them.