Red Snapper Curaçao Style Recipes

RED SNAPPER CURAçAO STYLE

Steps:

• Prepare for frying the red snapper.
• Make a marinade with the lime juice, scallions, clove of garlic and salt and pepper.
• Rub the fish with the marinade and set it aside for at least one hour.
• Melt in a heavy skillet the butter.
• Cut the fillets in serving pieces and coat them with flour.
• When the skillet is very hot, fry the fish quickly until it is nicely browned and crisp.
• Place in a baking dish and keep it warm in the oven.
• IN the fish drippings sauté until the onion is transparent the onion, green pepper and cloves of garlic.
• Add and simmer about twenty minutes the tomatoes and add the salt and pepper.
• The Creole sauce should be rich and thick.
• Just before serving place the red snapper pieces in the sauce and heat them thoroughly.
• To make carrot rice, sauté lightly in butter one minced onion and a grated carrot. Stir them into simmering rice when the water is almost absorbed.
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THE CARIBBEAN ROOM'S RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• To make the sauce.
• In a large saucepan, melt the butter.
• Add the shrimp and mushroom caps and cook for ten minutes over medium low heat.
• Add green onions, crawfish tails, wine, lemon juice, Worcestershire sauce, bay leaves, thyme, pepper and salt, and simmer gently for 15 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• As the sauce is cooking.
• In a shallow bowl, mix the beaten egg with the milk to create an egg wash.
• Place the flour in a second shallow bowl or plate.
• Place a large skillet over medium heat and warm the oil.
• Dip each fish fillet in the egg wash and dredge in the flour.
• Pan fry until a light golden brown, turning once.
• Place the fillets on serving plates and top with sauce.
• Note: The Caribbean Room serves these with tiny boiled potatoes with parsley.

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.

BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH SHRIMP AND MUSHROOMS

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Spray a 9x13-inch baking dish with cooking spray.
• Melt butter for cream sauce in a large skillet over medium-low heat. Add onion, celery, bell pepper, and garlic. Cook and stir until vegetables soften and onion turns translucent, 5 to 7 minutes.
• Whisk flour and Creole seasoning into onion mixture to make a paste. Slowly add half-and-half, whisking constantly. Whisk in sherry, lemon juice, basil, and thyme. Season with salt and pepper. Cook, stirring constantly, until sauce thickens, 3 to 4 minutes. Remove from heat. Add mozzarella; stir until melted and combined.
• Lightly season snapper and shrimp on both sides with seafood seasoning. Arrange snapper in a single layer in the prepared baking dish. Top with shrimp and mushrooms. Pour cream sauce over top. Sprinkle with Parmesan.
• Bake, uncovered, in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork and shrimp are bright pink on the outside and the meat is opaque, about 30 minutes.