Grilled Whole Snapper
For Dinner ( Fish and Seafood )
Published on 22/05/11
15 minutes to prepare and 15 minutes to cook
Serves 4
Description
You have to use fresh fish for this. Get the whole fish and have your fish monger scale it for you.
To feed 4, you'll want a relatively large snapper.
Ingredients
• 1 whole red snapper, about four pounds, scaled and cleaned – make sure its fresh• 1 blood orange, cut into ¼ inch thick slices
• 1 meyer lemon, cut into ¼ inch thick slices
• ¼ cup of olive oil
• Six whole springs of thyme
• 1 tablespoon of sea salt
• 1 teaspoon of freshly ground white pepper
• Zest of ½ of a grapefruith
Instructions
• Cut slits parallel to the fish’s gills, down each side of the fish, each slit going from backbone to the bottom of the fish, each slit about 1.5 inches apart• Rub both sides of the fish, including inside the slits with the oil
• Sprinkle the salt and pepper inside of each slit
• Add one slice of the orange or lemon in each slit, alternating with a different citrus slice in each slit
• Heat a grill to medium high heat, about 350 degrees
• Oil the grill rack well
• Add the fish to the grill and grill on each side, five minutes per side.
• Transfer the fish to a large serving plate and allow each person to pull pieces of the fish off with a central fork
Notes
Suggested Wine Pairing
This is a clean, robust fish that I think goes well with a light bodied Pinot Noir or Beaujolais, served chilled.
posted 1 decade ago
I like the way you serve it... I love dishes that you can just put in the middle of the table that everyone can share from. I think I'll try that next time I have some friends over for dinner :) Will definitely be breaking out the vino as well!
posted 1 decade ago
Mmmm... hope to make this one day!! Thanks for posting!