Best Huachinango Veracruzana Mexican Red Snapper With Tortillas Recipes

VERACRUZ RED SNAPPER: HUACHINANGO A LA VERACRUZANA

Steps:

• Clean the fish without cutting off either the head or the tail. With a sharp knife, score the fleshy part of the snapper. In a bowl, combine the garlic, lime juice, water, clove, and pepper to make the marinade. Pour the marinade over the fish and allow the marinade to penetrate the snapper for 30 minutes.
• Pour a tablespoon of oil into a hot pan and sear the fish for a few minutes on each side. Add the chicken broth and begin to add the remaining ingredients.
• First, add the sliced onion, bay leaves, and oregano. Next, pour in the fresh tomato puree, followed by the whole plum tomatoes. Add the pickled chiles, crushed olives, and capers. Season with salt and continue simmering for 15 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle the whole olives and chopped parsley over the snapper and serve on a large dish.

HUACHINANGO A LA VERACRUZANA (VERACRUZ-STYLE RED SNAPPER)

Steps:

• Place fish in a nonreactive dish and season with salt and pepper. Pour the lime juice over the fish, cover with plastic wrap, and refrigerate for 1 hour.
• In a Dutch oven over moderate heat, heat the olive oil until hot but not smoking. Add the onion, season with salt, cover, and sweat until translucent, about 2 minutes. Add the garlic and sauté briefly, then add the tomatoes and more salt. Cover and cook until the tomatoes change color. Lower the heat and add the olives, capers, raisins, jalapeños, and bay leaves. Cover and simmer until the sauce thickens, about 10 to 15 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, remove the bay leaves, and keep warm until ready to serve.
• Preheat the oven to 350°F.
• Place 1/2 cup of the sauce in the bottom of an ovenproof dish. Remove the fish from the marinade and arrange it on top of the sauce. Pour the remaining sauce over the fish then scatter the potato slices on top. Cover and bake until the fish flakes when tested with a fork, about 45 minutes. Garnish with the parsley and serve with the Arroz Blanco.

VERACRUZ RED SNAPPER: HUACHINANGO A LA VERACRUZANA

Steps:

• Clean the fish without cutting off either the head or the tail. With a sharp knife, score the fleshy part of the snapper. In a bowl, combine the garlic, lime juice, water, clove, and pepper to make the marinade. Pour the marinade over the fish and allow the marinade to penetrate the snapper for 30 minutes.
• Pour a tablespoon of oil into a hot pan and sear the fish for a few minutes on each side. Add the chicken broth and begin to add the remaining ingredients.
• First, add the sliced onion, bay leaves, and oregano. Next, pour in the fresh tomato puree, followed by the whole plum tomatoes. Add the pickled chiles, crushed olives, and capers. Season with salt and continue simmering for 15 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle the whole olives and chopped parsley over the snapper and serve on a large dish.

HUACHINANGO A LA VERACRUZANA (BAKED RED SNAPPER VERACRUZ)

Steps:

• Place fillets in a single layer, in a greased 9x13" baking dish.
• Prick fillets with a fork and sprinkle with salt and lime juice.
• Set aside to season, for several hours in refrigerator.
• Drain.
• Pour sauce over fillets.
• For sauce:.
• Saute onion and garlic in hot oil until tender.
• Add remaining sauce ingredients.
• Cook over medium high heat 5-10 minutes until sauce is well seasoned and some of the liquid has evaporated.
• After step #9 you would then bake for awhile, correct? Like at 350 for 20-30 min?

RED SNAPPER (HUACHINANGO) IN VERACRUZ SAUCE

Steps:

• Season the fish with lime juice, salt and pepper and set aside.
• Sauce:.
• Heat oil in large skillet and saute the garlic, onion and poblano or green pepper until the onions are translucent.
• Add the tomatoes, cilantro, olives, chiles, sherry, capers, oregano, thyme and white pepper.
• Simmer for 10 minutes.
• Place fish in baking dish and pour the sauce over the fish.
• Bake at 375 for 15 to 20 minutes.

RED SNAPPER VERACRUZANA (HUACHINANGO A LA VERACRUZANA)

Steps:

• To Prepare the Sauce:.
• Heat oil in saucepan. Brown 3 garlic cloves and discard. Mince remaining garlic.
• Brown garlic and onion in oil. Add tomatoes, olives, capers, bay leaves, oregano, thyme, marjoram, salt, pepper and chilies.
• Simmer 2 ½ hours, stirring occasionally. Sauce will be thick. Remove from heat and set aside. Use as directed.
• To Prepare the Fish:.
• In blender or food processor, blend lime juice, garlic, bay leaves, oregano, oil, salt and pepper to make a marinade. Place fish in large baking dish and pour marinade over it. Cover and marinate about 1 hour in the refrigerator.
• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F. Remove fillets from marinade and place in another large baking dish. Bake until fish is done, about 15 minutes, basting with some of the tomato sauce occasionally. Do not overcook.
• To serve, place fillets on a platter and cover with remaining sauce, which has been warmed. Any extra sauce can be served on the side, accompanied with white rice.