Grouperverzcruz Recipes

Steps:

• Rub both sides of fillets with garlic.
• Sprinkle with salt.
• Arrange fillets in a single layer in a large shallow dish.
• Add lime rind and juice, turning to coat.
• Cover and marinate in refrigerator 1 hour.
• Heat oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat.
• Add onion and saute 5 minutes or until golden.
• Stir in olives and next 6 ingredients (olives through tomatoes).
• Reduce heat and simmer, uncovered, 10 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• Stir in capers.
• Remove from pan.
• Melt butter in pan over medium-high heat.
• Add fillets, cooking 3 minutes on each side or until fish flakes easily with fork.
• Pour tomato mixture over fillets and cook 5 minutes or until thoroughly heated.
• Sprinkle with cilantro.
• Serving size: 1 fillet and 1/2 cup tomato sauce.

Steps:

• Brush the fish with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and grill for 2 minutes on each side. Remove and cover.
• Heat olive oil in a non-corrosive saute pan over medium-high heat, add onions and garlic and cook until soft. Add wine and reduce. Add tomatoes, green olives, capers and pepper, sugar and bay leaf and bring to a boil and cook until thickened. Reduce heat, add grilled fish and cook for 2 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 425°F.
• In a large sauté pan set over medium-high heat, melt the butter. Add the onion, mushrooms, bell pepper, and jalapeño, and cook until softened, about 8 minutes. Add the tomato puree, diced tomatoes, wine, chili sauce, lemon juice, capers, parsley, garlic, thyme, and salt, and cook for 5 minutes.
• Pour half of the sauce into the bottom of a 9 x 13-inch casserole dish. Season the snapper fillets and the shrimp with salt and pepper, and lay them on top of the sauce. Pour the remaining sauce over the seafood. Bake for 15 to 18 minutes or until the fish is flaky.
• note
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Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350°.
• Mix lemon juice, butter and garlic; set aside. Mix together spices and breadcrumbs.
• Rinse grouper and pat dry; place into 9x13 baking dish. Sprinkle all of breadcrumb mixture over fish and drizzle with all of butter mixture.
• Bake until fish flakes, about 12-15 minutes.

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
• Heat olive oil in a skillet over medium heat. Stir in onion; cook and stir until onions begin to turn translucent, 6 to 7 minutes.
• Cook and stir in garlic until fragrant, about 30 seconds. Add capers and caper juice; stir to combine.
• Stir in tomatoes, olives, jalapeno pepper, . Cook and stir until jalapeno pepper softens and tomatoes begin to collapse, about 3 minutes. Remove from heat; stir in oregano.
• Drizzle 1 teaspoon olive oil into a small baking dish. Sprinkle in 1 tablespoon of the tomato-olive mixture. Top with 1 snapper fillet, salt, black pepper, and cayenne pepper. Top with more filling and juice from 1 lime. Repeat with remaining snapper fillet, seasoning, and lime juice in a second baking dish.
• Bake in the preheated oven until fish is flaky and no longer translucent, 15 to 20 minutes.