Baked Snapper with Chilies, Ginger and Basil

Name: Baked Snapper with Chilies, Ginger and Basil
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h
Yield: 1
Cuisine: Global
Ingredients: 5 leaves basil; 1 Tbsp brown sugar; 2 Tbsps fish sauce; 118 milliliters fresh basil leaves; 1 teaspoon minced fresh ginger; 2 cloves garlic, minced; 2 Tbsps peanut oil; 2 red chile peppers, sliced diagonally; 680 grams whole red snapper, cleaned and scaled; 1 Tbsp rice vinegar; 2 tomatoes, seeded and sliced; 2 Tbsps water; 1 yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced

Baked Snapper with Chilies, Ginger and Basil requires about 1 hour from start to finish. For $14.35 per serving, you get a main course that serves 1. Watching your figure? This gluten free, dairy free, and pescatarian recipe has 1115 calories, 147g of protein, and 38g of fat per serving. If you have garlic, brown sugar, basil leaves, and a few other ingredients on hand, you can make it. To use up the fresh ginger you could follow this main course with the Fresh Ginger Cookies as a dessert. If you like this recipe, you might also like recipes such as Baked Snapper with Mandarin Oranges, Cashews and Ginger, Clam soup with ginger and chilies, and Pork with pineapple, ginger and chilies.

Instructions

Preheat oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Line a roasting pan with aluminum foil.

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Stuff the cavity of the snapper with 1/2 cup basil leaves and set aside.

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Snapper

Heat the peanut oil in a large skillet over high heat until it begins to smoke.

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Place the snapper in the skillet, and quickly brown on both sides, about 1 minute total.

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Snapper

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Place the fish into the roasting pan, and sprinkle with fish sauce. Reserve the peanut oil in the skillet.

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Fish Sauce

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Fish

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Bake fish in preheated oven until the flesh flakes easily with a fork, 25 to 30 minutes.

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Fish

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Meanwhile, heat the remaining peanut oil over medium heat. Stir in the garlic, ginger, chile peppers, and yellow pepper and cook until the peppers have softened, about 5 minutes. Stir in the sugar, rice vinegar, water, and tomatoes. Bring to a simmer over medium-high heat until thickened to desired consistency.

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Pour the sauce over the snapper, and garnish with the remaining basil leaves to serve.

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Servings:

5leaves

basil 1Tbsp

brown sugar 2Tbsps

fish sauce 118milliliters

fresh basil leaves 1teaspoon

minced fresh ginger 2cloves

garlic, minced 2Tbsps

peanut oil 2

red chile peppers, sliced diagonally 680grams

whole red snapper, cleaned and scaled 1Tbsp

rice vinegar 2

tomatoes, seeded and sliced 2Tbsps

water 1

yellow bell pepper, seeded and diced

Recommended wine: Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, Pinot Noir

Pinot Grigio, Gruener Veltliner, and Pinot Noir are my top picks for Fish. Fish is as diverse as wine, so it's hard to pick wines that go with every fish. A crisp white wine, such as a pinot grigio or Grüner Veltliner, will suit any delicately flavored white fish. Meaty, strongly flavored fish such as salmon and tuna can even handle a light red wine, such as a pinot noir. The Tangent Paragon Vineyard Pinot Gris with a 4.6 out of 5 star rating seems like a good match. It costs about 12 dollars per bottle.