Snapper Veracruz & Grilled Tuna

It was time for fish and while freezer diving, I found a piece of tuna for Cindy and a package of snapper for the rest of us, both from our trip to the Florida panhandle last winter.

For the snapper, I used the following Bobby Flay recipe for Snapper Veracruz and followed it as written except we only had three pieces of fish and I cooked the sauce to nearly done before grilling the fish.

Snapper Veracruz Ala Bobby Flay

Ingredients:

4 snapper fillets, 6 ounces each (I used 3)

2 tablespoons olive oil

Salt and freshly ground pepper

2 tablespoons olive oil

1 large onion, finely sliced

2 cloves garlic, finely chopped

1/4 cup dry white wine

2 large tomatoes, chopped

1/4 cup green olives, pitted and chopped

2 tablespoons capers, drained

1 serrano pepper, finely chopped

1/2 teaspoon sugar (I omitted)

1 bay leaf

Directions:

1. Brush the fish with olive oil, season with salt and pepper and grill for 2 minutes on each side. Remove and cover.

2. 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. (With the liquid in the tomatoes, my sauce would not thicken).

I wasn’t sure about grilling snapper so I left the skin on and grilled the meat side first then flipped to the skin side and it held together very well.  To get the fish done enough, I cooked it a little longer on the grill and then to a 130F internal temp in the sauce.

For Cindy's tuna, I cranked the grill to high, seasoned the fish with lemon pepper, salt, and olive oil and cooked 1½ minutes on each side.

Cindy said it was cooked just right for her.

We sided the fish with a salad and this is my plate with homemade feta salad dressing.

I thought mine was delicious and would definitely make it again and Bev and Pat had their usual “too fishy” reaction – I really just need to give up on them and fish.

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Have a great day and thanks for stopping by Almost Heaven South.

Larry

6/3/18 Meal Date