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Red Snapper Veracruz Style - Huachinango A La Veracruzana Recipe
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Lunasea / All my dishes 7 months ago
In a traditional Veracruzan household, you would find papas cambray (roasted tiny white potatoes) and a bowl of savory white rice served alongside. Two hours of the prep time is for chilling the sauce. Enjoy. Recipe adapted from Bon Appétit.
Prep:140m Cook:35m Servings:6
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Ingredients
- For Sauce:
- 1 28-ounce can diced tomatoes in juice, well drained, juices reserved
- 1/4 cup extra-virgin olive oil
- 1/4 cup finely chopped white onion
- 3 large garlic cloves, chopped
- 3 small bay leaves
- 2 tablespoons chopped fresh parsley
- 1 teaspoon dried Mexican oregano
- 1/4 cup chopped pitted green olives
- 2 tablespoons raisins
- 2 tablespoons drained capers
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- 6 4- to 5-ounce red snapper fillets
- 3 pickled jalapeño chiles, halved lengthwise
Directions
- Make Sauce:
- Place drained tomatoes in medium bowl. Using potato masher, crush tomatoes to coarse puree. Drain again, reserving juices.
- Heat oil in heavy large skillet over medium-high heat.
- Add onion and stir 30 seconds. Add garlic and stir 30 seconds.
- Add tomato puree and cook 1 minute. Add bay leaves, parsley, oregano, and 1/4 cup reserved tomato juices. Simmer until sauce thickens, about 3 minutes.
- Add olives, raisins, capers, and all remaining reserved tomato juices. Simmer until sauce thickens again, stirring occasionally, about 8 minutes.
- Season sauce to taste with salt and pepper. (Can be made 1 day ahead. Cover and refrigerate.)
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- Cook Fish:
- Preheat oven to 425°F.
- Spread 3 tablespoons sauce in bottom of 15x10x2-inch glass baking dish.
- Arrange fish atop sauce. Sprinkle fish lightly with salt and pepper.
- Spoon remaining sauce over.
- Bake uncovered until fish is just opaque in center, about 18 minutes.
- Using long spatula, transfer fish with sauce to plates. Garnish with pickled jalapeño halves.
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merlin 7 months ago said:
Luna,
This makes you want to get up and shout !Viva Mexico! I have some striper filets in my freezer that have Veracruz written all over them now.