Red Snapper With Hot Pepper And Cilantro Food

RED SNAPPER WITH CILANTRO, GARLIC, AND LIME

Steps:

• Preheat broiler and lightly oil a shallow baking pan (1 inch deep).
• Pat fish dry, then arrange, skin sides up, in 1 layer in baking pan. Brush both sides of fish with 3 tablespoons oil total and sprinkle with salt and pepper. Toss together cilantro, garlic, and zest in a small bowl.
• Broil fish 6 inches from heat, without turning over, until just cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes. Transfer fish, skin sides up, with a metal spatula to a platter, then sprinkle with cilantro mixture and drizzle with remaining 3 tablespoons oil.

RED SNAPPER WITH HOT PEPPER AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Place half of the jalapeno rings, half of the ginger and the cilantro stems in the cavity of the fish. Place the fish in a 14-by-9-by-2-inch oval dish. Coat both sides of fish with the lime juice. It is fine for the tail to hang over the edge of the dish. Scatter the remaining jalapeno, ginger and cilantro leaves around the fish.
• Cover the dish tightly with microwave plastic wrap, making sure the tail is well covered and plastic adheres to dish. Cook at 100 percent power in a high-power oven for 11 minutes. Prick plastic to release steam.
• Remove from oven and uncover. Sprinkle the salt into the broth made by the fish. Serve immediately, spooning the broth over the fish.

SALT AND HERB CRUSTED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F. Line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• With a sharp knife, make 5 slits, at an angle and about 1 1/2 inches apart, on each side of the fish. Rub 1 tablespoon of the olive oil over each side of the fish, then season each side with Creole seasoning. Place the fish on the prepared baking sheet. Combine the kosher salt, herbs, lemon zest, and juice, orange zest and juice, and black pepper in a large mixing bowl. Mix well. Mound the mixture evenly on the surface of the fish, leaving the head and tail uncovered. With your fingers, firmly press the mixture into the flesh. Bake for 1 1/2 hours. Remove from the oven and cool for 2 minutes.
• With the back of a heavy spoon or a mallet, lightly pound the salt crust to crack it open, beginning at the tail end. Carefully pull off the salt crust. Then, with a small spatula or wide knife, remove the flesh from the bone on the top side of the fish. Remove the back bone, then serve the flesh from the bottom side of the fish. Spoon the rice in the center of each serving plate. Lay the fish on top of the rice. Spoon some of the salsa over each serving.
• Combine all of the ingredients in a mixing bowl and toss well. Allow the salad to sit for 15 minutes before serving.

CURRIED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Cut the red snapper into small pieces and place in a bowl. Season with the salt, black pepper, scallion, and curry powder.
• Allow the fish to marinate in the refrigerator for at least 1 hour.
• When you are ready to proceed, heat the butter and oil in a large saute pan. Add the fish and saute until it is lightly browned on both sides. Add the peppers, garlic, coconut milk, water, tomatoes, and onions. Cover the fish and bring to a boil. Reduce the heat, cover the pan, and simmer until the fish is tender, about 20 to 25 minutes, adding more water if necessary. Also, add a touch more curry, if necessary, for your taste. Finish with fresh cilantro leaves.
• Serve this splendid dish with white rice and fried plantains.

ROASTED WHOLE RED SNAPPER WITH SPANISH SPICES AND SAFFRON-YELLOW PEPPER VINAIGRETTE WITH BRAISED BROCCOLI

Steps:

• For the vinaigrette: In a blender or food processor, combine the peppers, vinegar, garlic, saffron, honey, and mustard and blend 30 seconds. With the motor running, slowly add the oil until it emulsifies. Season to taste with salt and pepper.
• For the snapper: Preheat oven to 450 degrees F. Place cumin and coriander in a spice grinder and grind finely. Mix together the cumin, coriander, paprika and zest and place on a large plate. Score the fish on each side, season with salt and pepper and dredge 1 side in the spice mixture. Heat the olive oil in a large oven-proof saute pan, over high heat until smoking. Place the fish, spice-side down into the pan and saute until golden brown. Turn the fish over, place in the oven and continue cooking for 6 to 8 minutes or until cooked through. Fillet the fish and drizzle with the Yellow Pepper-Saffron Vinaigrette.
• For the broccoli: Heat oil in a medium Dutch oven over medium heat. Add anchovies and cook for 1 minute. Add garlic and cook until lightly golden brown. Add wine and bring to a simmer. Add broccoli and chicken stock, cover and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Remove cover and cook until all liquid has evaporated and the broccoli is tender.

FIESTA RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Heat oil in large skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion and sauté 3 minutes. Add green chilies, 2 tablespoons chopped cilantro and garlic; sauté 2 minutes. Mix in tomatoes with juices, breaking up tomatoes with back of fork. Sprinkle fish with salt and pepper; place fish atop sauce. Bring to simmer. Cover skillet, reduce heat to medium-low and simmer until fish is just opaque in center, about 8 minutes.
• Transfer fish to platter. Simmer sauce to thicken slightly, if desired. Season sauce with salt and pepper. Spoon sauce over fish. Sprinkle with remaining 2 tablespoons cilantro. Surround with lime wedges and serve.

PANFRIED RED SNAPPER WITH CHIPOTLE BUTTER

Steps:

• Mash together butter, chipotles to taste, adobo sauce, and salt with a fork until blended.
• Pat fish dry and cut each fillet in half crosswise, then season with salt and pepper. Spread flour on a plate and dredge fish, knocking off excess.
• Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in a 12-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then panfry fish, skin sides up first, in batches, turning over once, until browned and just cooked through, 4 to 6 minutes. Transfer as cooked with a slotted spatula to plates and add more oil to skillet as needed. Top fish with dollops of chipotle butter.

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.

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 CITRUS VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Preheat grill to medium-high heat. Spray grill basket with nonstick nonflammable cooking spray. Sprinkle fillets evenly with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/2 teaspoon pepper. Grill fish in grill basket for 2 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily when tested with a fork.
• In a small bowl, combine oil, remaining 1/4 teaspoon salt, remaining 1/4 teaspoon pepper, vinegar, cilantro, lime zest, lemon zest, and orange zest. Drizzle vinaigrette over fish. Serve.

RED SNAPPER WITH SPICY SOY GLAZE ON SAUTEED VEGETABLES AND SWEET POTATOES

Steps:

• Separately cut carrots and bell pepper into thin strips and diagonally cut snow peas into 1/2-inch pieces. Chop coriander. Peel sweet potato and, if desired, with a channel knife cut 4 lengthwise grooves (one every quarter turn). Cut potato crosswise into 12 slices (about 1/4 inch thick) and in a steamer set over 1 inch boiling water steam slices, in one layer if possible, covered, until just cooked through and tender but not falling apart, about 8 minutes.
• Remove steamer from heat and season potato with salt and pepper. Keep potato warm in steamer, covered. In a small saucepan heat glaze and keep warm, covered.
• Preheat oven to 275°F.
• In a non-stick skillet heat 1/2 teaspoon oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté 2 fillets, skin sides down, pressing on fish with a metal spatula to help skin brown evenly, until skin is golden brown, about 1 minute. With spatula turn fillets over and sauté until golden, about 30 seconds more. Transfer fillets, skin sides up, to a non-stick baking pan and sauté remaining 2 fillets in 1/2 teaspoon oil in same manner. Bake fish in middle of oven until just cooked through, about 3 minutes.
• While fish is baking, in a large non-stick skillet heat 1/2 teaspoon remaining oil over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking and sauté carrots until barely tender, about 2 minutes. Add remaining 1/2 teaspoon oil, bell pepper, and snow peas and sauté vegetables, stirring, until just tender, about 30 seconds. Add cabbage and onion and sauté, stirring, until just tender, about 1 minute. Immediately transfer sautéed vegetables to a bowl and toss with coriander, vinegar, and salt and pepper to taste.
• Divide potato among 4 plates and top with sautéed vegetables. Put fillets, skin sides up, on vegetables and drizzle with some glaze.
• Garnish plates with lime wedges and serve remaining glaze on the side.

SEARED RED SNAPPER WITH GINGER, GARLIC AND CILANTRO SOY SAUCE

Steps:

• Dredge fish in cornstarch to coat.
• Heat the olive oil to hot, in an appropriate sized pan, and cook (fry) the fish until just done, about 2-3 minutes.
• Remove fish from pan and set aside.
• Heat sesame oil in the pan until steaming.
• Add ginger and garlic.
• Apply this mixture over fish.
• Combine the soy sauce and water and pour over the fish.
• Now add the cilantro on top and then the sesame seeds (I like toast seeds for a nice flavor).

BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH CITRUS - TOMATO TOPPING

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 475 degrees.
• Coat the Red Snapper on both sides with some of the olive oil and sprinkle with salt and pepper.
• Place the fish in a 9-inch glass pie dish.
• Mix remaining oil, tomatoes w/green chilies, tangerine pieces, green onions and cilantro in a small bowl.
• Season topping to taste with salt and pepper, and fish herbs.
• Spoon the topping over the Red Snapper.
• Bake until Snapper is just opaque in center, about 15-20 minutes.
• Can be cooked through if preferred.
• Sprinkle almonds on top of each serving.

BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH GARLIC, LIME, AND CILANTRO

Steps:

• Spray a baking dish with cooking spray. Place red snapper skin-side down in the baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with garlic, garlic salt, and red pepper. Spread cilantro evenly over the fish; squeeze lime evenly on top.
• Marinate in the refrigerator, 30 minutes to 1 hour.
• Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt butter and pour evenly over the fish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until flesh flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 18 minutes. Serve with juices spooned over the fish, if desired.

RED SNAPPER WITH SWEET PEPPER AND GARLIC SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat the oil in a large, nonstick skillet. Season the snapper with salt and pepper and add to the skillet. Cook for 2 minutes on each side. Pour tapenade sauce over fish, cover and cook for 5 minutes. Divide among 4 plates, spoon with the sauce, sprinkle with parsley and serve immediately.

RED SNAPPER EN PAPILLOTE WITH CILANTRO-LIME VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Make the snapper: Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Place fish on one side of a 12-by-16-inch piece of parchment. Season cavity with salt and pepper, and arrange lime and 1/2 the garlic. Season outside of fish with salt and pepper. Sprinkle remaining garlic on fish, and drizzle with oil and lime juice.
• Fold parchment over fish, and seal by making small, tight overlapping folds along edges and ends. Transfer to a baking sheet, and roast until packet puffs and turns light golden, about 20 minutes. Open fish packet carefully. Fish should be opaque in center; if it is not cooked through, reseal parchment and continue roasting.
• Make the vinaigrette: Puree all of the ingredients in a blender until smooth.
• Transfer fish to cutting board discarding parchment. Debone if desired, and garnish with cilantro. Serve immediately with vinaigrette on the side.

RED SNAPPER WITH SOY ORANGE GLAZE

Steps:

• Using a zester or hand-held cheese grater, zest the oustide of the orange and set aside zest. Peel the orange by cutting off the skin. Then segment the orange and set aside segments.
• In a bowl mix soy sauce, rice vinegar, olive oil, 1 tsp black pepper, red pepper, 1/2 tbsp orange zest (from the skin of the orange), honey, chopped cilantro and orange juice.
• Pour mixture over fish and marinate for 30 minutes to an hour.
• Place fillets on a medium heat grill, reserving the left-over marinade. Grill fillets on each side for 2-3 minutes depending on thickeness of the fillets.
• In a separate pan, pour in remaining marinade and add orange segments. Reduce over medium high to high heat until thick and bubbly.
• Remove fish from grill and top with the reduced marinade sauce.
• Garnish with cilantro.

RED SNAPPER WITH BLACK BEANS

Steps:

• In a large saucepan, combine the beans, onion, 1 tablespoon oil, vinegar, mustard, garlic, 1/8 teaspoon salt, dash pepper and pepper sauce. Cook, uncovered, over low heat for 10 minutes, stirring occasionally. , Meanwhile, in a shallow bowl, combine the flour and remaining salt and pepper. Dip fillets in flour mixture. , In a large skillet, heat butter and remaining oil over medium heat. Cook fillets for 5-6 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with a fork. Top with black bean mixture; sprinkle with cilantro.

RED SNAPPER WITH SWEET AND HOT PEPPER SAUCE

Steps:

• Heat one tablespoon of the oil in a heavy saucepan. Add the red peppers, green chili and onion and saute over low heat until soft, but not brown. Stir in the garlic, cook a few seconds longer, then add the water. Allow to simmer about 20 minutes, until the peppers are very tender.
• Meanwhile, preheat a grill or broiler and oil the rack. Mix the lime juice with two tablespoons of the olive oil and brush over the fish. Allow to marinate until ready to cook the fish.
• When the peppers are tender, puree the contents of the saucepan in a food processor or blender. Season with the paprika and to taste with salt and pepper. Stir the last tablespoon of the olive oil. Return to saucepan and simmer, then cover to keep warm.
• To grill the fish, place the fish on the grill skin side up. Cook about six minutes, until the fish is lightly seared. Using a large spatula, turn the fish, cook very briefly on the other side, then transfer to warm plates. To broil the fish, broil it skin side down until the fish is cooked through and lightly seared, six to eight minutes. Do not turn it. Transfer the fish to a warm plate.
• To serve, spoon some of the pepper sauce over and around the fish and garnish with coriander.