Maya Citrus Salsa (Xec) With Red Snapper
- 1 orange
- 1 small grapefruit
- 1 large lemon
- 1/2 cup chopped fresh cilantro leaves
- 1/2 habanero or other chili, seeded and minced, or to taste
- Salt to taste
- 2 tablespoons oil
- 4 red snapper fillets, 4 to 6 ounces each, preferably skin on (and scaled)
- Heat oven to 450 degrees.
- Cut orange in half horizontally and section it as you would a grapefruit; do this over a bowl to capture all its juice.
- Remove seeds and combine flesh and juice in bowl.
- Repeat with grapefruit and lemon.
- Stir in cilantro, habanero and salt.
- Put oil in a nonstick or cast-iron skillet over medium high heat.
- A minute later, add fish, skin side down; season top with salt.
- Cook until skin begins to crisp, 3 or 4 minutes, then transfer to oven.
- Cook another 3 or 4 minutes, or until a thin-bladed knife meets little resistance when inserted into thickest part of fish.
- Serve fish with xec, immediately.
orange, grapefruit, lemon, cilantro, other chili, salt, oil, red snapper
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/1012455 (may not work)