Red Snapper With Warm Tomato Salad Recipes

SPICY RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• In a large skillet, heat olive oil. Add onion, garlic, red pepper and capers. Saute over medium heat until onion is soft.
• Add the tomatoes with juice, and the wine. Reduce heat to low and simmer. Break up the tomatoes with a spoon as the sauce cooks.
• Once sauces begins to thicken add the snapper fillets and push them down into the pan. Cover and cook over low heat until the fish flakes with a fork, about 15 to 20 minutes.

RED SNAPPER WITH ATHENIAN SAUCE

Steps:

• Combine green bell pepper, tomato, onion, olive oil, olives, lemon juice, green onion, capers, garlic, sugar, salt, and pepper in a heavy pan over medium-high heat. Saute until all ingredients are slightly wilted, 5 to 10 minutes. Remove from heat and keep warm.
• Heat olive oil in a heavy pan over medium heat. Add snapper fillets to hot oil. Sprinkle Greek seasoning on top and cook for 2 to 3 minutes. Turn fish over and cook on the other side for 2 more minutes. Turn fish back to the original side and finish cooking until fish is tender and flakes easily with a fork, another 1 to 2 minutes.
• Pour still-hot Athenian sauce over fish just before serving. Sprinkle about 2 ounces feta cheese and 1 tablespoon of parsley over each portion.

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.

GRILLED RED SNAPPER WITH A FRESH CITRUS SALAD

Steps:

• Preheat the grill to high heat.
• Cut 3 thin slices into both sides of each fish. Drizzle both sides of the fish with 6 tablespoons of the olive oil, sprinkle with salt and black pepper, and put 4 cloves of the garlic into each fish cavity. Grill the fish until golden and browned, 3 to 5 minutes per side. Lower the heat to medium, throw the Scotch bonnet peppers on the grill, close the lid and continue cooking for 10 minutes.
• Combine the orange segments, mango, onions and papaya in a large bowl. Add the remaining 2 tablespoons olive oil, the lemon juice, lime juice, orange juice, cilantro and some salt and black pepper. Mix together, and then transfer to a serving platter.
• Gently place the fish over the citrus salad. Arrange the star fruit, if using, lemon slices, lime slices, orange slices and Scotch bonnet peppers on the platter and serve.

OVEN-ROASTED SNAPPER WITH TOMATO AND CAPER SALSA

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F, line a shallow baking pan with foil and coat with nonstick spray.
• Place the snapper, skin side down on the prepared pan. Drizzle with about 1-1/2 tablespoons of the lemon juice and 1 tablespoon of the olive oil. Season with salt and pepper and set aside.
• Heat the remaining tablespoon of olive oil along with the butter in a pan over medium heat. Add the red onion and cook just until softened, about 2 minutes.
• Stir in the tomatoes and capers. Season to taste with salt and pepper and remove from the heat. Stir in the parsley and remaining lemon juice and set aside.
• Roast the fish for 8 to 12 minutes (depending on thickness), until opaque in the center, but still moist. Do not overcook.
• To serve, transfer the fish to a platter and garnish with sprigs of parsley and lemon wedges.

RED SNAPPER WITH WARM TOMATO SALAD

Steps:

• Mix tomato wedges, red onion, basil, dill, mint, olive oil and minced garlic in medium bowl. Season salad to taste with salt and pepper.
• Cut 4 foil pieces, each large enough to enclose 1 fish fillet completely. Place foil pieces on work surface. Place 1 red snapper fillet in center of each foil piece. Season snapper fillets with salt and pepper. Top each fillet with 1/4 of tomato salad. Fold up foil around fish and salad; seal foil on all sides, enclosing fish and salad completely.
• Prepare barbecue (medium-high heat) or preheat broiler. Place foil packages, folded sides up, on grill or broiler pan. Grill or broil until fish is cooked through and salad is warm, about 12 minutes. Transfer foil packages to plates; allow diners to open their own packages.