Here is a great recipe for grilling up a fresh Red Snapper. I live right on the Gulf of Mexico, and though I haven't been able to go offshore to catch any, my local grocery store carries fresh Red Snapper. Enjoy!
Grilled Red Snapper Tacos
Recipe Name: Grilled Snapper Tacos
Posted By: The Smoker King
Number of Servings: 6
Preparation Time: 45 minutes
| Ingredients: | |
| 2-Red Snapper filets 3/4-Cup Mayo 1-Tbsp Adobo sauce 1-Large Yellow Onion (chopped) 2-Large Bell peppers (chopped) 1 and 1/2-Tbsp Olive oil 1-Tbsp Soy Sauce 4-Limes |
1/4 Cup Cilantro Chopped 1/4-Cup Melted butter (cooled) 6 or 7 Tortillas 1-Fresh Tomato (diced) 1/4 Tbsp Garlic powder 1/4-Tbsp Cumin 1/4 Tbsp Black pepper 1/4 Tbsp Oregano |
Recipe:
1. Place filets in a dish big enough to hold them plus the marinade
2. Mix together garlic powder, cumin, black pepper, oregano, the juice
of one lime, and cooled, melted butter
3. Pour over fish, coating each side evenly
4. Refrigerate for 20 minutes
4. Heat Soy sauce and Olive oil over medium heat in a pan big enough
to saute vegetables in.
5. Saute and caramelize bell peppers and onions in Olive oil/Soy sauce
mixture
6. Mix together Mayo and Adobo sauce.
7. Place fish in a wire mesh fish griller, or in aluminum foil if you
don't have one
8. Brush with marinade juice the fish were in
9. Place fish on grill and squeeze the juice of 1 lime over fish
10. Grill for 4-5 minutes per side, or until fish is cooked thoroughly
Serving suggestions:
1. Heat tortillas
2. Add 1-2 spoonfuls of Mayo/Adobo sauce to the tortilla and spread evenly
3. Fill taco with approximately 1/3 of one fish filet
4. Add sauteed vegetables and a little Cilantro and diced tomato
5. Squeeze a little lime juice over taco and serve