Whole Red Snapper

TTC

On my weekly Publix run this morning I noticed a couple of whole red snapper in the fish case. They were in great condition, clear eyes, clean smell, so I jumped all over a 3.5 pounder.

Made a mixture of salt, pepper, parsley, garlic, ginger, lemon juice, and olive oil that I stuffed in the slits that I cut on each side. Stuffed cavity with lemon and parsley.

Grilled at 425 direct about 10 minutes per side.

On grill

Flipped over:

On the platter ready to serve:

Served with boiled new potatoes, and a lemon/shallot butter sauce

tulocay

Yessir!!

Dobie

Yum =P~

theyolksonyou

In my best Homer Simpson drooling voice. "Mmmm snapper...."

pgprescott

I love seeing some of you guys with cooks out of the everyday line up. Nice looking meal.

NPHuskerFL

Hellzya!!! Looks freaking awesome!

Mickey

You nailed that. Next time they have them try this frying outside whole. Just another way. Have done both and both are very good.

Mattman3969

That sir is a great lookin snapper you got there!!! I will definitely be putting that on call before long.

PNWFoodie

I have never had snapper. Mild fish? Dense?

SGH

That's some fine looking snapper you got there. If you ever get the chance, try it fried as well like @Mickey said above. It is outstanding fried. Again, excellent looking fish.

ChicagoEgghead20

beautiful looking fish, i've seen them often at Costco when they bring in fish for the weekends, I'll have to try one of those soon.

badinfluence

Oh snap that looks so damn good.

Phatchris

I love me some snapper

TTC

Thank you all for the kind words. It was a really fun (and really yummy) cook. It actually did not need the shallot/lemon butter sauce - the herb mix really infused the flesh with flavor and the sauce took some of the crispiness of the skin away.

I will absolutely do it again, and frying it sounds intriguing.