Best 8 Baked Red Snapper With Fennel And Olives Recipes

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Baked red snapper with fennel and olives is a classic Mediterranean dish that is simple to prepare and bursting with flavor. The delicate taste of the red snapper pairs perfectly with the aromatic fennel and briny olives, while the herbs and spices add a touch of complexity. This dish is perfect for any occasion, from a casual weeknight dinner to a special celebration. Serve it with a side of roasted vegetables or a fresh salad for a complete meal.

Here are our top 8 tried and tested recipes!

RED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL AND GARLIC



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Succulent and tender baked snapper with all your favorite ingredients, garlic, shallots, fennel and white wine.

Provided by IMANKAY

Categories     Seafood     Fish

Time 50m

Yield 6

Number Of Ingredients 10

⅓ cup extra-virgin olive oil
3 cloves garlic, minced
1 bulb fennel, thinly sliced
1 shallot, minced
½ cup chopped fresh parsley
1 (4 pound) whole red snapper
salt and pepper to taste
¼ cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons lemon juice
3 tablespoons minced garlic

Steps:

  • Preheat an oven to 300 degrees F (150 degrees C). Spray a 9x13 inch baking dish with cooking spray.
  • Heat 4 tablespoons of olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in 3 cloves minced garlic, fennel, and minced shallot. Cook and stir until the fennel has begun to soften, about 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Transfer vegetables to a bowl, and stir in chopped parsley. Reserve cooking oil.
  • Season the fish all over with salt and pepper to taste, then stuff snapper with fennel mixture. Use kitchen twine to tie the snapper together in three places. Place the snapper into the prepared baking dish, drizzle with the white wine, lemon juice, and reserved oil. Sprinkle with 3 tablespoons of garlic.
  • Bake in the preheated oven until the fish is no longer translucent, and flakes easily with a fork, about 20 minutes.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 452.1 calories, Carbohydrate 7.1 g, Cholesterol 110.9 mg, Fat 16.6 g, Fiber 1.6 g, Protein 63.3 g, SaturatedFat 2.6 g, Sodium 160.1 mg, Sugar 0.6 g

BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL AND OLIVES



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Light flavorful red snapper dish that is great with potato cauliflower mash.

Provided by JennyM

Categories     Seafood     Fish

Time 55m

Yield 4

Number Of Ingredients 11

1 red onion
1 fennel bulb
2 ribs celery
½ cup pitted olives
2 tablespoons olive oil
1 pinch salt
1 lemon, zested and sliced
1 pound red snapper fillets
½ cup dry white wine
2 tablespoons olive oil
3 tablespoons butter, cut into small pieces

Steps:

  • Combine onion, fennel bulb, celery, and olives in a food processor with a slicing blade; process until everything is cut into a slaw-like consistency. Alternative use a knife to cut onion, fennel bulb, and celery into 1/8-inch thick strips and olives into rounds.
  • Heat 2 tablespoons olive oil in a skillet over low heat. Add vegetable-olive mixture and season with salt and lemon zest. Cook and stir until everything is soft, about 30 minutes.
  • Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C).
  • Spread out vegetable mixture on the bottom of a 9x12-inch pan and set red snapper on top. Drizzle with white wine, olive oil, and lemon juice. Scatter butter on top.
  • Bake in the preheated oven for about 8 minutes. Move oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source and preheat the oven's broiler. Broil red snapper for 2 minutes, making sure that it does not overcook.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 394.9 calories, Carbohydrate 12.7 g, Cholesterol 64.5 mg, Fat 25.8 g, Fiber 4.6 g, Protein 25.1 g, SaturatedFat 7.9 g, Sodium 365.5 mg, Sugar 2.1 g

SNAPPER WITH FENNEL, ONION AND TOMATO



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Provided by Melissa d'Arabian : Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 40m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

Four 4-ounce fish fillets (mild white fish)
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
Salt and freshly ground black pepper
3 tablespoons olive oil
2 small yellow onions, sliced with the grain
1 bulb fennel, cored and cut into very thin wedges
2 tomatoes, cut into small wedges
1 teaspoon herbes de Provence
1/2 cup white wine
1/2 cup chicken stock
1 lemon, juiced
4 small pats butter
Lemon wedges, for squeezing

Steps:

  • Preheat the oven to 400 degrees F.
  • Pat the fish dry and sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a large oven-safe saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium heat and cook the onions and fennel until tender and golden, 8 to 10 minutes. Add the tomatoes and herbes de Provence and cook until the tomatoes begin to soften, another 5 minutes. Increase the heat to high and deglaze the pan with the wine, chicken stock and lemon juice and let bubble for 1 minute.
  • Nestle the fish fillets into the pan, sprinkle with salt and pepper and top each with a pat of butter. Place into the oven and cook until the fish is cooked through, 8 to 10 minutes.
  • Broil just until a bit crusty, about 1 more minute. Squeeze lemon juice on the fish and serve.

ROASTED RED SNAPPER WITH FRESH HERBS, GARLIC AND OLIVE OIL



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Provided by Food Network

Categories     main-dish

Time 30m

Yield 2 servings

Number Of Ingredients 8

1 (2 to 2 1/2-pound) red snapper, cleaned but with head and tail
1/3 cup olive oil
Fresh lemon juice to taste
2 large cloves garlic, minced fine
Fresh rosemary and thyme, crumbled
Salt and pepper to taste
Lemon wedges as an accompaniment
Fresh rosemary, thyme or parsley sprigs for garnish, if desired

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 450 degrees. Pat dry the fish and rub inside and out with the olive oil, lemon juice, garlic, rosemary, thyme and salt and pepper to taste. Arrange the fish in an oiled baking dish and bake it for 20 minutes, or until it flakes easily. Transfer to a serving plate, pour juices around fish and garnish with lemon wedges and fresh herbs.;

BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL-SCENTED TOMATO SAUCE



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Categories     Fish     Tomato     Bake     Quick & Easy     Snapper     Fennel     White Wine     Healthy     Bon Appétit

Yield 2 servings; can be doubled or tripled

Number Of Ingredients 9

2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 large onion, sliced
1 28-ounce can Italian plum tomatoes, drained
1/4 cup dry white wine
2 2 1/2 x 1-inch pieces orange peel (orange part only)
1/4 teaspoon fennel seeds
1/8 teaspoon dried crushed red pepper
Salt and pepper
2 3/4-inch-thick red snapper or other firm white fish fillets

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 400&;deg;F. Heat 1 tablespoon oil in heavy medium skillet over medium heat. Add onion and saut&;eacute; until tender, about 8 minutes. Add tomatoes, wine, orange peel, fennel seeds and crushed red pepper. Boil gently until reduced to chunky sauce, breaking up tomatoes with spoon, about 12 minutes. Season with salt and pepper. (Can be prepared 1 day ahead. Cover and chill. Rewarm before continuing.)
  • Pour remaining 1 tablespoon oil into small baking dish. Add fish and turn to coat with oil. Sprinkle with salt and pepper. Spoon warm sauce over fish. Bake until just cooked through, about 20 minutes. Serve immediately.

RED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL & MUSHROOMS



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Fennel has a slightly licorice taste and the combination of this with the mushrooms and tomatoe & fish gives an almost haunting flavor.

Provided by Bergy

Categories     Vegetable

Time 50m

Yield 4 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

3 -5 lbs red snapper, gilled,gutted and scales removed ("or" other firm flesh white fish)
1 teaspoon salt
3 cloves garlic, slivered thinly
1/4 cup olive oil
1 lemon, thinly sliced
1 lb fresh fennel, root cut off and outer stalk removed if necessary,feathery tops reserved
1 lb mushroom
1 cup chopped tomato
1 cup dry white wine or 1 cup vegetable stock
fresh ground pepper
salt

Steps:

  • Rinse the fish well.
  • Cut 3 or 4 gashes on each side of the fish, from top to bottom Salt the gashes and the cavity.
  • Heat oven to 450 degrees F.
  • Push half the garlic slivers into the gashes.
  • Rub the fish with a little olive oil and pour the rest on the bottom of a baking pan.
  • Spread the lemon slices on the bottom of the pan, top the lemon slices with 1/2 of the sliced fennel.
  • Place the fish on the fennel, spread the tomatoes, mushrooms, wine or stock over and around the fish.
  • Add salt& pepper and the remaining fennel.
  • Cover with aluminium foil and back for 20-30 minutes.
  • Uncover and sprinkle the chopped feathery tops over the fish, continue baking until done apprx 5-10 minutes.
  • To serve scoop the flesh from the fish with a spoon and top with the veggies and sauce.

ROASTED RED SNAPPER WITH OLIVES



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Categories     Olive     Roast     Low Cal     Snapper     White Wine     Winter     Thyme     Gourmet

Yield Serves 12

Number Of Ingredients 9

For sauce
1/3 cup dry white wine
3 garlic cloves, sliced thin
1/4 cup fresh lemon juice
1/3 cup extra-virgin olive oil
1 1/2 tablespoons chopped fresh thyme leaves
1 1/2 cups mixed green and black brine-cured olives (preferably unpitted)
six 6- to 7-ounce red snapper fillets with skin
6 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil

Steps:

  • Preheat oven to 425°F.
  • Make sauce:
  • In a small skillet boil wine with garlic until reduced to about 2 tablespoons. Add remaining sauce ingredients and salt and pepper to taste and bring to a simmer. Sauce may be made 1 day ahead and chilled, covered. Reheat sauce to warm before proceeding.
  • Pat snapper fillets dry and season with salt and pepper. Divide oil between 2 shallow baking pans large enough to hold fillets in one layer without touching and spread oil evenly. Heat baking pans in upper and lower thirds of oven 7 minutes. Working quickly, put fillets, skin sides down, in hot baking pans and roast in upper and lower thirds of oven 7 to 10 minutes, or until fish is just cooked through.
  • Transfer fillets with a metal spatula to a large platter, turning them skin sides up, and top with sauce.

RED SNAPPER WITH TOMATO AND OLIVES



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I first tried this recipe when Loblaws changed their name to Loblaws Great Food and they were giving out food samples and recipe cards. It is a very tasty recipe.

Provided by Eldeevee

Categories     Very Low Carbs

Time 30m

Yield 10 serving(s)

Number Of Ingredients 11

25 kalamata olives, rinsed, pitted and roughly chopped
2 1/2 teaspoons capers, rinsed
2 1/2 tablespoons red onions, finely diced
8 plum tomatoes, cut into medium dice
10 large basil leaves, roughly chopped
1/2 cup flat-leaf Italian parsley, roughly chopped
1 1/2 cups extra virgin olive oil
1 teaspoon red pepper flakes
10 (6 ounce) red snapper fillets
6 tablespoons fresh lemon juice (from 2 lemons)
salt and pepper, to taste

Steps:

  • In large bowl stir together olives, capers, red onion, tomatoes, basil, 3 tbsp parsley and 1 C olive oil. Season with salt, fresh black pepper and red pepper flakes and let stand at room temperature for 30 minutes.
  • In large fry pan, heat 3T remaining olive oil until hot. Working in batches, season fillets with salt and pepper. Cook on one side until opaque, about 3 minutes, lowering heat if necessary to prevent burning. Turn fillets over and cook 3 minutes more. Transfer to platter and loosely cover with foil to keep warm. Cook remaining batches wiping pan clean between batches and starting with fresh oil for each batch.
  • Remove fish to a serving platter pour lemon juice into pan and swirl around to combine with pan juices. Drizzle over fish and garnish with tomato-olive mixture.

Tips:

  • Choose the Freshest Red Snapper Possible: Freshness is key to a flavorful and succulent baked red snapper. Look for fish with bright red eyes, firm flesh, and a mild, briny aroma.
  • Properly Clean and Prepare the Red Snapper: Before cooking, clean and scale the red snapper thoroughly. Remove the gills and entrails, and rinse the fish inside and out with cold water. Pat dry with paper towels.
  • Use High-Quality Ingredients: The quality of your ingredients will greatly impact the taste of your baked red snapper. Use fresh fennel, ripe olives, and flavorful herbs and spices.
  • Do Not Overcook the Fish: Red snapper is a delicate fish that can easily become dry and overcooked. Bake it just until the flesh is opaque and flakes easily with a fork.
  • Pair with Complimentary Sides: Baked red snapper pairs well with a variety of sides, including roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes, or a light salad. Consider serving it with a lemon wedge for a refreshing touch.

Conclusion:

Baked red snapper with fennel and olives is a delicious and healthy seafood dish that is perfect for a special occasion or a weeknight meal. By following the tips and recipe provided, you can create a flavorful and impressive dish that will wow your family and friends. The combination of delicate red snapper, aromatic fennel, briny olives, and flavorful herbs creates a harmonious and satisfying meal that is sure to be a hit. Experiment with different variations of the recipe, such as using different types of olives or herbs, to find your perfect combination. Enjoy this delicious and nutritious baked red snapper for a memorable dining experience.

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