Veracruz-Style Red Snapper

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I like Veracruz sauce on red snapper, but any white, flaky fish will work for this recipe. Many Veracruz-style fish recipes call for pickled jalapeños, but I think there's plenty of acidity in this from the lime and tomatoes, so I like to use fresh jalapeños instead.

Prep
26 min
Cook
71 min
Servings
Difficulty
Hard

Ingredients

Instructions

  1. 1 Gather the ingredients.
  2. 2 Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C).
  3. 3 Make the sauce: Heat oil in a skillet over medium heat. Add onion; cook and stir until translucent, 6 to 7 minutes. Stir in garlic and cook until fragrant, about 30 seconds.
  4. 4 Stir in capers and caper juice. Add tomatoes, olives, and jalapeño; cook and stir until tomatoes begin to collapse and jalapeño softens, about 3 minutes.
  5. 5 Remove from the heat and stir in oregano.
  6. 6 Make the snapper: Brush 1 teaspoon oil over the bottom of two small baking dishes. In each dish, add 1 tablespoon sauce, followed by a snapper fillet.
  7. 7 Season with cayenne pepper, salt, and black pepper. Cover with more sauce, then drizzle lime juice over top.
  8. 8 Bake in the preheated oven until fish flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 20 minutes.

Nutrition per serving

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