Best Stuffed Red Snapper Recipes

CARIBBEAN STUFFED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Wash the fish and rub inside and out with the quartered lime and salt. Refrigerate for at least 10 minutes. Wipe off the lime juice and salt. Preheat the oven to 300 degrees F or prepare the barbeque grill.
• Combine all the stuffing ingredients and fill the cavity of the snapper. Bake or grill the fish until the flesh is opaque, allowing about 10 minutes per pound. Do not overcook.

GRILLED STUFFED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat coals in a covered grill to high heat.
• To Make Stuffing: Melt 2 tablespoons butter or margarine in a skillet. Add the bread crumbs. Saute and stir the mixture over medium-high heat till the bread crumbs are browned. Remove the bread crumbs to a mixing bowl.
• Melt 1 tablespoon butter or margarine in the skillet and saute the onions, celery and garlic until tender; add to bread crumbs in mixing bowl, then stir in shrimp, crab, parsley, salt and pepper and toss gently.
• Cut foil to form a double-thickness 18x12-inch rectangle. Lay the fish fillets on the double thickness of foil. Mound the stuffing on top of the fillets.
• Curl up the edges of the foil to form a tray. In a covered grill, arrange the preheated coals at either side of the grill. Test for medium heat above the center of the grill. Place the fish in foil in the center of the grill rack. Cover and grill for 20 to 25 minutes or just until the fish flakes easily.

CRAB-STUFFED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Saute onion in butter until golden.
• Remove from heat and mix in the crab meat, bread crumbs, parsley, heavy cream, and lemon thyme.
• Sprinkle cavity of fish lightly with salt and pepper. Stuff the fish and skewer edges securely.
• Mix wine and butter together. Place fish in a greased baking pan, pour wine-butter mixture over fish.
• Bake in 400°F oven, uncovered for 30 minutes or just until the flesh is opaque, basting frequently with wine sauce.

NEW ORLEANS BAKED STUFFED RED SNAPPER WITH CREOLE SAUCE

Steps:

• Make Creole sauce: In 2 T. hot butter in medium saucepan, saute celery, 1/2 cup o nion, the green pepper and garlic, stirring, until onion is golden-brown - 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes, bay leaf, chili powder, 1 t. salt, sugar, and 1/8 t. pepper. Bring to a boil, stirring constantly; reduce heat; simmer, uncovered and stirring occasionally, 20 minutes or until thickened. Makes about 2-1/2 cups sauce.
• Make stuffing: Trim crusts from bread and grate on medium box grater or use food processor. Set aside (makes about 2 cups).
• In 1/4 cup hot butter in medium skillet, saute green onion, stirring for 3 minutes. Add parsley, salt, and pepper; mix well. Add bread crumbs; toss to mix well.
• Preheat oven to 400 degrees. Wash fish inside and out under cold running water. Drain well; pat dry with paper towels.
• Line a shallow roasting pan with foil; butter foil. Place fish in prepared pan; brush inside of fish with mixture of melted butter, salt and pepper. Fill cavity with the stuffing; close the opening with skewers or wooden picks. Pour 2 T. lemon juice over the fish.
• Bake, uncovered, 30 minutes. Pour 1 cup sauce over fish. Bake, basting twice, 10 minutes longer, or until fish flakes easily with a fork. With 2 wide spatulas, remove fish to serving platter. Garnish with chopped parsley and pass rest of sauce on the side.

GRILLED FRESH RED SNAPPER STUFFED WITH LOBSTER IN A CURRY MANGO MOJITO

Steps:

• Preheat a grill to a medium heat. In a small bowl, combine the rosemary, olive oil, garlic, salt, and pepper. Rub this mixture inside and outside the entire fish. Place lobster inside cavity of fish and wrap the fish in a plantain leaf. Grill over medium heat for about 5 minutes per side. The fish should be opaque when fully cooked. Serve with Curry Mango Mojito sauce.
• In a small bowl, gently mix all ingredients until well combined. Heat a small saute pan over medium heat and saute until warmed through. Serve with fish.

STUFFED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 330 degrees. Gut the fish and wash it, making an incision in the belly through to the bone. Put it in a pan and add salt, pepper, and brush some olive oil, and a little butter. Saute the chopped onions and the liver until it is golden in color. Add the pine nuts and rice. Add some water or fish stock. Cook rice about seventy percent. Stuff the fish from the head to the belly. Fill the whole cavity. Sew the cavity shut to prevent the stuffing from leaking out. Add some thick sliced potatoes to the bottom of the pan. Add some salt and pepper to the potatoes. Sprinkle the fish and the potatoes with the finely chopped parsley and place in the oven. Bake for 40 minutes at 350 degrees.

MUSHROOM STUFFED BAKED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Rinse, pat dry, and finely chop 1/4 pound mushrooms. Quarter remaining mushrooms or drain canned mushrooms. Set aside.
• In a small skillet, melt 2 tablespoons butter, add celery and 3 tablespoons of the onion. Saute for 5 minutes. Combine sauteed celery mixture with mushrooms, water chestnuts, , bread crumbs, egg, soy sauce, parsely, and salt amd pepper. Mix well and spoon into fish cavities. Secure openings with skewers or toothpicks. Sprinkle both sides of each fish with salt and pepper. Place in a large baking dish. Dot with remaining 2 tablespoons of butter, 2 tablespoons onion, the wine, and water.
• Bake uncovered for 45 to 50 minutes. Baste occasionally. Test with a fork. When fish flakes, it's done.

GRILLED STUFFED RED SNAPPER

Steps:

• Preheat BBQ to high heat to make stuffing. Melt butter in skillet, add bread crumbs saute and stir the mixture over med high heat until bread crumbs are browned. Remove crumbs to mixing bowl. Melt butter and saute onions, celery and garlic until tender, add to breadcrumbs in mixing bowl, then stir in shrimp, crab, parsley, salt and pepper and toss gently. Cut foil to form double thickness 18x12 inc rectangle. Lay the fish on the foil. Mound the stuffing on top of the fish. Curl up the edges of foil and form a tray. In the grill arrange the preheated coals at either side of the grill. Test for medium heat above the centre of the grill. Place the fish in the center of the grill rack. Cover and grill for 20-25 mins or just until the fish flakes easily.