Pan Fried Red Snapper With Salted Black Beans And Chilies Food

CHINESE DEEP-FRIED FISH WITH SPICY BLACK BEAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Remove the head from the fish (or have your fishmonger do this) and cut the fish into 2-inch thick steaks. Put the rice flour on a plate and season it well with salt and pepper; dredge the fish pieces in the rice flour, shaking off any excess.
• In a deep pot or a wok large enough to hold the fish, heat the vegetable oil to 350 degrees F. Carefully put in the fish and deep-fry until it is browned, crisp, and cooked through, about 12 to 15 minutes. Remove the fish pieces and drain them on paper towels; place them onto a platter.
• Carefully drain all but 3 tablespoons of oil from the wok. Stir-fry the scallions, ginger, garlic, and chiles for about 2 minutes. Add the black beans and fry for another minute. Pour in the chicken stock, bring to a boil, and simmer until the sauce begins to thicken, about 10 minutes. In a small bowl mix the cornstarch with 2 tablespoons water making sure to get out all the lumps. Pour this slurry into the black bean mixture (it will thicken immediately) and cook for another 2 minutes. Pour the sauce over the fish pieces, garnish with cilantro leaves, and serve.

FRIED WHOLE RED SNAPPER WITH SPICY CHILE SAUCE

Steps:

• Mix the fish sauce, water, chile garlic sauce, the lime juice, and sugar together in a small pan and bring to a boil.
• Fill a large heavy saute pan with 1-inch of oil and heat for 5 minutes until hot, but not smoking.
• Make 2 diagonal cuts on each side of the fish for ease of cooking. Salt, pepper, and flour both sides of the fish. Fish should be dry, as to not splatter oil when frying. Lower fish into oil, the oil should bubble vigorously. Cook 4 minutes on each side until golden brown. Check cuts on fish for doneness.
• When fish is almost cooked, heat up sauce and stir in cornstarch mixture while sauce is boiling. Sauce should be slightly thick, but not lumpy. Remove fish from oil and slightly dry with paper towels. Add scallions to the sauce and pour over fish to cover. Serve with steamed rice.

PAN FRIED BLUE CORN COATED RED SNAPPER WITH GREEN CHILE AIOLI AND CREAMED KALE

Steps:

• Green Chile Aioli: Combine all ingredients in a blender and blend until smooth.
• Red Snapper: Season the eggs lightly with salt and pepper. Place the eggs, flour, and cornmeal in 3 separate bowls. Season the snapper fillets lightly on both sides with salt and pepper. In a large saute pan over medium-high heat, heat the oil. Dredge each fillet in the flour and shake off any excess. Dip into the beaten egg and let the excess drip off. Dredge both sides lightly in the cornmeal and shake off any excess. Saute for 3 minutes on each side and drizzle with the red pepper sauce. Serve immediately, garnished with green chile aioli.
• Creamed Kale: Blanch the kale in lightly salted water until tender, rinse in ice water, drain and cut into 1/2-inch ribbons. In a large saute pan over medium heat, melt the butter and add the kale, cream and nutmeg. Reduce the heat to low and cook for 5 minutes, or until the cream has reduced and thickened. Season with salt and pepper to taste.

GRILLED RED SNAPPER WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Score the fish twice on each side vertically. Combine the Oriental black beans, garlic, scallions, ginger, peanut oil, salt and pepper. Spread the mixture over the fish and inside the cavity. Let the fish marinate for at least 30 minutes.
• Preheat grill or broiler. Broil the fish for six to seven minutes on each side, or until done. To serve, sprinkle with coriander and garnish with lemon.

PAN-FRIED BLACKENED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Mix paprika, salt, black pepper, onion powder, garlic powder, lemon pepper, and cayenne pepper together in a small bowl.
• Combine olive oil and butter in a small, microwave-safe bowl; heat in microwave until butter is melted, about 1 minute. Stir to blend butter into the oil.
• Brush some of the olive oil and butter mixture over both sides of each red snapper fillet. Sprinkle paprika mixture over both sides of each fillet.
• Heat leftover oil and butter mixture in a skillet over medium-high heat. Fry red snapper until flesh flakes easily with a fork, 4 to 5 minutes per side.

BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• Cook the beans in water to cover with onion, garlic, chili and pepper for about one hour, or until tender. Add salt halfway through cooking time.
• Meanwhile, wipe the snapper inside and out with paper towels. Combine the remaining ingredients except coriander leaves for garnishing in a food processor and process until smooth. Coat the fish with the mixture and leave for a couple of hours.
• Preheat oven to 375 degrees. Bake the fish for 30 to 45 minutes, or until it is cooked through and tested with a fork. Place the fish on a serving platter, garnish with coriander and serve. Pass the beans separately.

PAN-FRIED RED SNAPPER WITH SALTED BLACK BEANS AND CHILIES

Steps:

• Pat fish dry with paper towels. Mix salt, gingerroot, white pepper and 1 teaspoon cornstarch. Coat both sides of fish with gingerroot mixture. Cover and refrigerate 30 minutes. Place beans in bowl cover with warm water. Stir beans about 2 minutes to remove excess salt. Remove beans from water drain well.Cut 3 green onions diagonally into 1-inch pieces. Cut remaining green onion into thin slices. Remove seeds and membranes from chilies. Cut chilies into very thin slices. Mix 1 tablespoon cornstarch, the water and sugar.Heat wok until very hot reduce heat to medium. Add 3 tablespoons vegetable oil tilt wok to coat side. Add fish fry until golden brown, turning once. Reduce heat to low.Cover and cook 10 miutes, turning after 3 minutes. Remove fish from wok.Heat wok until very hot. Add 2 tablespoons vegetable oil tilt wok to coat side. Add beans, green onion pieces, chilies and garlic stir-fry 1 minute. Add broth heat to boiling. Stir in cornstarch mixture cook and stir until thickened. Add fish, wine and sesame oil turn fish to coat both sides. Cook 2 minutes or until fish is hot. Sprinkle with sliced green onion.4 servingsFrom "Betty Crocker's New Chinese Cookbook." Text Copyright 2005 General Mills, Inc. Used with permission of the publisher, Wiley Publishing, Inc. All Rights Reserved.