Red Snapper, Veracruz (Huachinango Ala Veracr)
- 4 pounds red snapper fillets
- 2 tablespoons salt
- 3 tablespoons lime juice
- 3 pounds tomatoes peeled, seeded, chopped, save seed and peel
- 4 tablespoons olive oil
- 1 large white onion thinly sliced
- 15 each green olives pitted
- 3 tablespoons capers drained
- 6 each green chili peppers canned, or jalepenos
- 1 1/2 tablespoons italian parsley flat leaf
- 1 each sweet red bell peppers canned or fresh, cut into strips
- Rinse the fish well in cold water to remove any remaining scales.
- Pierce the flesh on both sides with a sharp fork and rub in the lime juice and about 2 teaspoons of the salt.
- Set the fish aside to season in an ovenproof dish into which it will just fit.
- If dish is too large the sauce will dry up.
- Preheat oven to 350F (180C).
- Heat the oil in a heavy frying pan.
- Add the onions and fry gently, stirring from time to time, until they are wilted but not browned.
- Add the chopped tomatoes.
- Press the seeds and pulp through a strainer to extract all the juice and add it with the olives, capers, half of the parsley and salt to taste.
- Cook over a fairly high flame until the sauce is well-seasoned and reduced-- about ten minutes.
- Pour the sauce over the fish.
- Cover the dish with foil and bake for 25 minutes.
- Remove foil, turn the fish over and continue baking, uncovered, basting with the sauce from time to time for a further 25 minutes or until fish is done.
- When tested with a fork the flesh should flake easily away from the bone.
- Sprinkle with the rest of the parsley and decorate with the strips of red pepper.
- Serve the fish with plenty of the sauce and hot tortillas and/or white rice.
red snapper, salt, lime juice, tomatoes, olive oil, white onion, green olives, capers, green chili peppers, italian parsley, sweet red bell peppers
Taken from recipeland.com/recipe/v/red-snapper-veracruz-huachinang-40428 (may not work)