Baked Red Snapper With Tomato Orange And Saffron Recipes

OVEN ROASTED RED SNAPPER FILLETS WITH TOMATOES AND ONIONS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F and line a baking sheet with parchment paper.
• Combine the tomatoes, basil, onions, and olives in a bowl. Season with salt and pepper, to taste. Season both sides of the fillets with 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon pepper, and Essence. Arrange the fish on the baking sheet, followed by the tomato mixture and then the lemon slices. Drizzle 1 tablespoon of olive oil over each fillet.
• Bake for 15 to 20 minutes, or until the snapper is cooked through. To serve, place a portion of Rice Pilaf on an entree plate. Use a spatula to remove the fish, along with the tomatoes, onions and lemons from the baking sheet and place over the Rice Pilaf. Drizzle with tomato water, if desired, and garnish each fillet with a chiffonade of fresh basil.
• Combine all ingredients thoroughly.
• Recipe from "New New Orleans Cooking", by Emeril Lagasse and Jessie Tirsch, published by William and Morrow, 1993.
• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F.
• Melt the butter in a large ovenproof saucepan or Dutch oven over medium-high heat. Add the onions and cook, stirring, until soft, 3 to 4 minutes. Add the rice and cook, stirring, until opaque and nutty in aroma, 2 to 3 minutes. Add the chicken broth and salt, stir well, and bring to a boil. Cover with a tight-fitting lid and transfer to the oven. Bake until the rice is tender and the liquid is absorbed, 25 to 30 minutes.
• Remove the rice from the oven and let stand, undisturbed, for 5 to 10 minutes. Fluff the rice with a fork and stir in the green onions, if desired. Serve hot.
• Combine all ingredients in a blender or food processor. Add just enough olive oil for flavor and season with salt and pepper, to taste.

RED SNAPPER WITH TOMATO-SAFFRON VINAIGRETTE

Steps:

• Broil the snapper if you wish. I prefer to pan broil them in a heavy non-stick pan.
• First, rub salt and freshly ground pepper into the surface of the fish.
• Add a film of oil to the pan and set over medium high heat.
• Cook the fillets until done, about 3-5 minutes on each side, according to the thickness of the fish.
• When done, remove to serving a plate and keep warm.
• Heat the oil in a small skillet.
• Add the saffron and cook over low heat for 5 minutes.
• Add the shallot and minced garlic and cook, stirring occasionally, until fragrant, about 2 minutes.
• Add the tomatoes and cook until slightly softened, about 3 minutes.
• Add the chicken broth and cook just until the tomatoes begin to break down, about 3 minutes longer.
• Remove from the heat.
• Add the vinegar and chopped parsley and season with pepper.
• Spoon the tomato vinaigrette sauce on the fish and serve.

OVEN BAKED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 450 degrees F.
• Wash the fish thoroughly and dry on paper towels. Score both sides of fish 3 times. Combine the minced garlic and jalapeno and stuff mixture into each of the 6 slits. Rub the fish with salt, pepper and all-purpose seasoning. Let fish marinate for 30 minutes (or overnight in the refrigerator for more intense flavor.)
• In a medium skillet over medium heat, melt 1 tablespoon butter. Add the okra and bell pepper and cook until just tender, about 5 minutes. Make a slit down the center of the fish's belly. Stuff the belly of the fish with the okra and peppers and the chopped parsley. Place the fish on a rectangular piece of buttered foil. Place the remaining butter on top of the fish and drizzle with with the white wine.
• Seal the fish in the foil, but leave a slight opening to allow the steam to escape. Place the fish on a baking sheet and bake until cooked through, about 10 to 15 minutes.
• Remove from the oven, and transfer from foil to a serving dish, along with the juices collected in the foil.

BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH TOMATO, ORANGE AND SAFFRON

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Combine first 7 ingredients in 9-inch square baking dish. Bake 15 minutes.
• Top hot tomato mixture with snapper. Brush snapper with oil. Season with salt and pepper. Cover and bake until fish is just cooked through, approximately 20 minutes. Serve.