Red snapper is a versatile fish with a mild flavor and firm texture that can be cooked in a variety of ways. It is a popular choice for many seafood lovers due to its delicate taste and flaky texture. One of the most popular ways to prepare red snapper is to cook it with an orange sauce, which adds a burst of citrus flavor to the fish. This dish can be prepared in a variety of ways, including baking, grilling, or pan-searing, and is sure to be a hit at your next dinner party.
Here are our top 14 tried and tested recipes!
BAKED SNAPPER WITH MANDARIN ORANGES, CASHEWS AND GINGER
Steps:
- Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (225 degrees C).
- Arrange the snapper fillets in a single layer in the bottom of a lightly greased shallow baking dish. In a medium bowl, stir together the mandarin orange juice, lime juice, brown sugar, soy sauce and sesame oil. Mix in the red pepper flakes, ginger and chopped mandarin oranges. Pour over the snapper in the dish.
- Bake uncovered for 12 to 15 minutes in the preheated oven, until fish is opaque. Transfer fillets to serving plates and spoon the sauce over them. Garnish with a sprinkle of cashews and green onion.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 255.7 calories, Carbohydrate 20.4 g, Cholesterol 41.4 mg, Fat 8.3 g, Fiber 2.2 g, Protein 26.1 g, SaturatedFat 1.6 g, Sodium 528.6 mg, Sugar 13.2 g
SAUTEED RED SNAPPER FILLETS WITH FENNEL AND ORANGE
Categories Citrus Fish Fruit Vegetable Sauté Dinner Orange Seafood Snapper Fennel Summer Winter Gourmet Pescatarian Paleo Dairy Free Wheat/Gluten-Free Peanut Free Tree Nut Free Soy Free No Sugar Added Kosher
Yield Makes 2 servings
Number Of Ingredients 7
Steps:
- Cut peel and white pith from orange with a sharp knife, then cut sections free from membranes. Squeeze 1 to 2 tablespoons juice from membranes before discarding and reserve. Cut sections into 1/4-inch dice and reserve separately.
- Quarter fennel bulb lengthwise and cut out and discard core. Cut quarters lengthwise into 3/4-inch-thick slices.
- Heat 1 1/2 tablespoons oil in a heavy skillet over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté fennel with fennel seed and salt and pepper to taste, stirring, until edges are browned and fennel is wilted, about 10 minutes. Cook fennel over moderately low heat, covered, stirring occasionally, until tender, about 8 minutes more. Stir in reserved orange juice.
- While fennel cooks, pat fish dry and season with salt and pepper. Heat remaining tablespoon oil in a 9- to 10-inch nonstick skillet over moderately high heat until just starting to smoke, then sauté fish, skin sides down, until skins are golden, about 3 minutes. Turn fish over and sauté until just cooked through, about 3 minutes more.
- Sprinkle fish with lemon juice and serve, skin sides up, on top of fennel and orange dice.
PAN SEARED RED SNAPPER
This is great for a gourmet taste on a tight schedule. Also, my husband, who isn't a fish fan, requests this recipe! Drizzle sauce over fish, and serve with vegetables.
Provided by OCTOBERK8
Categories World Cuisine Recipes Asian
Time 20m
Yield 2
Number Of Ingredients 8
Steps:
- Rinse snapper under cold water, and pat dry. In a shallow bowl, mix together olive oil, lemon juice, rice vinegar, mustard, honey, green onions, and ginger.
- Heat a non-stick skillet over medium heat. Dip snapper fillets in marinade to coat both sides, and place in skillet. Cook for 2 to 3 minutes on each side. Pour remaining marinade into skillet. Reduce heat, and simmer for 2 to 3 minutes, or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 224.3 calories, Carbohydrate 16.5 g, Cholesterol 41.4 mg, Fat 8.5 g, Fiber 3 g, Protein 24 g, SaturatedFat 1.3 g, Sodium 138.7 mg, Sugar 9 g
RED SNAPPER WITH SPICY ORANGE SAUCE
A quick sauce to serve over fish steaks; if you prefer grilled fish, you may want to leave out the dredging.
Provided by ChrisMc
Categories Spicy
Time 15m
Yield 2 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Dredge fish in flour, 1/2 tsp salt, and 1/4 tsp pepper, and pan fry in oil.
- Melt butter and combine with concentrate, chili, and remaining salt and pepper.
- Pour sauce over fish, garnish with parsley, and serve.
RED SNAPPER A L' ORANGE
Another quick and easy fish dish I have not tried. Hope someone out there will like it and let me know.
Provided by Tebo3759
Categories Very Low Carbs
Time 35m
Yield 6 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 6
Steps:
- Combine salt, pepper, juice, rind, and oil.
- Place fish in single layer in an oiled oven ready dish.
- Pour sauce on top.
- Sprinkle with nutmeg.
- Bake at 350 for 20-30 minutes or until fish is cooked.
BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH TOMATO, ORANGE AND SAFFRON
Categories Fish Tomato Bake Valentine's Day Low Fat Wheat/Gluten-Free Orange Snapper Saffron Bon Appétit
Yield Serves 2
Number Of Ingredients 9
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.
RED SNAPPER BAKED WITH ORANGE
Make and share this Red Snapper Baked with Orange recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Mirj2338
Categories Lunch/Snacks
Time 55m
Yield 8 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 5
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 400° F.
- Place the fish in a large baking pan.
- Dot each piece of fish well with butter and sprinkle with parsley and pepper.
- Lay the orange slices over the fish.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
- Reduce heat to 350° F.
- ,and bake for 20 minutes more or until the fish flakes at the touch of a fork.
RED SNAPPER WITH ATHENIAN SAUCE
Greek-inspired pan-fried seasoned fish is topped with 'Athenian sauce.' You can use any type of fish. The key to this dish is that the fish and the sauce are cooked separately. Serve over rice or pasta.
Provided by Will McIntyre
Categories World Cuisine Recipes European Greek
Time 35m
Yield 4
Number Of Ingredients 17
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 961.9 calories, Carbohydrate 21.6 g, Cholesterol 153.2 mg, Fat 66 g, Fiber 3.3 g, Protein 68.3 g, SaturatedFat 16.1 g, Sodium 4132.5 mg, Sugar 8.9 g
ZUCCHINI-WRAPPED RED SNAPPER WITH TOMATO, CUMIN, AND ORANGE SAUCE
Steps:
- Preheat oven to 450°F.
- In a small dry heavy skillet, toast seeds over moderate heat, shaking skillet, until fragrant, being careful not to burn them, and cool.
- Brush an ovenproof skillet large enough to hold red snapper fillets in one layer with 3 tablespoons oil and cook onion over moderate heat, stirring, 5 minutes, or until softened and slightly golden.
- Stir in seeds, cinnamon, and garlic and cook, stirring, 1 minute. Add tomatoes and zest and cook, stirring, 5 minutes or until tomatoes are slightly softened. Stir in wine and cook, stirring, until most of liquid is evaporated. Remove pan from heat and stir in orange juice, parsley, and salt and pepper to taste.
- Pat fillets dry and season with salt and pepper.
- Trim ends of zucchini and with a mandoline or other hand-held slicing device, slice zucchini lengthwise into about twenty-eight 1/8-inch-thick strips. On a work surface, arrange fillets in one layer and place about 7 zucchini strips crosswise on top of each fillet, overlapping them slightly and leaving ends of fillet exposed. Carefully tuck ends of zucchini strips under each fillet and with a long spatula, transfer zucchini-wrapped fillets, zucchini strip ends down, to tomato sauce (fillets should be in one layer). Brush tops of fillets with remaining tablespoon oil and bake fillets in skillet in middle of oven 15 to 20 minutes, or until just cooked through.
- Discard zest and divide fillets and sauce among 4 plates. Garnish fillets with parsley.
ORANGE-GLAZED RED SNAPPER
Make and share this Orange-Glazed Red Snapper recipe from Food.com.
Provided by Wildflour
Categories < 15 Mins
Time 15m
Yield 4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 4
Steps:
- Place filets on an ungreased shallow baking pan.
- Broil 4-6" from heat for 5-6 minutes.
- Combine marmalade, butter and mustard; spoon over filets.
- Broil 3-4 minutes longer or til fish flakes easily with a fork. *Do not turn!
- 4 servings.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 293.9, Fat 5.9, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 87.5, Sodium 156.6, Carbohydrate 13.5, Fiber 0.2, Sugar 12.1, Protein 44.9
BAKED RED SNAPPER WITH FENNEL-SCENTED TOMATO SAUCE
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
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 SOY ORANGE GLAZE
Looking for a new twist to grilling Snapper? This glaze is a tangy mix of citrus, sweet, spicey and salty. I serve it with fried rice and asparagus. Yum!
Provided by Emur80
Categories High Protein
Time 40m
Yield 2-4 serving(s)
Number Of Ingredients 10
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.
Nutrition Facts : Calories 416.1, Fat 16.7, SaturatedFat 2.5, Cholesterol 79.9, Sodium 1607.4, Carbohydrate 17.3, Fiber 2.2, Sugar 11.9, Protein 48.6
RED SNAPPER WITH SWEET PEPPER AND GARLIC SAUCE
Provided by Molly O'Neill
Categories dinner, main course
Time 10m
Yield Four servings
Number Of Ingredients 4
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 FRANçAISE WITH BUTTER AND LEMON SAUCE
What makes Française ("in the French style") different from other sautéed dishes is the eggs. Anything cooked à la Française is dredged in flour first, then dipped in beaten eggs before you sauté it. Most similarly prepared dishes are dredged in flour only. The eggs add a lot of flavor and texture-but also fat. I tried using a low-fat egg substitute, and it worked like a charm. Matter of fact, enough calories were shaved off that I was able to put some butter back in and still keep it under 240 calories per serving. Now that's what I'm talking about!
Yield serves 4
Number Of Ingredients 9
Steps:
- Season the fish with salt and pepper. Put the 1/2 cup flour in a shallow dish. Put the egg substitute in another shallow dish. Dredge the fillets in the flour, shaking off any excess. Then coat the fillets in the egg substitute and let them sit in the substitute until ready to add to the pan.
- Heat 2 large nonstick sauté pans over medium heat. When the pans are hot, spray them with cooking spray and add 2 fillets to each pan. Cook until the fillets are golden brown and just cooked through, about 2 minutes per side. Transfer the fish to a serving platter, and tent it with foil to keep them warm.
- In one of the sauté pans, melt the butter over high heat. Whisk the remaining 2 tablespoons flour into the butter. Add the lemon juice and chicken broth, and bring the sauce to a boil. Reduce the heat to low and simmer, whisking constantly, until the sauce thickens, about 2 minutes.
- Stir in the parsley, and season the sauce with salt and pepper to taste, if desired. Spoon the sauce over the fish, and serve.
- Fat: 36g (before), 8.6g (after)
- Calories: 611 (before), 232 (after)
- Protein: 29g
- Carbohydrates: 11g
- Cholesterol: 57mg
- Fiber: 2g
- Sodium: 396mg
Tips:
- To ensure the freshest red snapper, look for fish that has bright red eyes, firm flesh, and a mild, briny smell.
- If you're using frozen red snapper, thaw it in the refrigerator overnight or under cold running water for 30 minutes.
- Pat the red snapper dry with paper towels before cooking to help the skin crisp up.
- Season the red snapper liberally with salt and pepper before cooking. This will help to enhance the natural flavor of the fish.
- Be careful not to overcook the red snapper. The fish is best when it is cooked through but still flaky and moist.
- Serve the red snapper immediately with your favorite sides. Some popular options include roasted vegetables, mashed potatoes, or rice.
Conclusion:
Red snapper is a delicious and versatile fish that can be cooked in a variety of ways. Whether you're pan-frying, baking, or grilling it, red snapper is sure to please everyone at the table. With its mild flavor and flaky texture, red snapper is a great choice for both casual and formal meals. So next time you're looking for a seafood dish that's both delicious and healthy, give red snapper a try!
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