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Recipe Cajun Red Snapper (Seafood)
Home Cooking Recipes
Required Ingredients:
- 1 teaspoon paprika
- 1/4 teaspoon ground cayenne pepper
- 1 teaspoon ground black pepper
- 1/2 teaspoon onion powder
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme
- 1 teaspoon dried basil
- 1 teaspoon garlic powder
- 1/4 teaspoon dried oregano
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon olive oil
- 6 (6 ounce) fillets red snapper
- salt to taste
Preparing/Cooking:
- On a large piece of wax paper, mix together paprika, cayenne pepper, black pepper, onion powder, thyme, basil, garlic powder, and oregano.
- In a small saucepan, over medium heat, melt butter or margarine with oil.
- Brush both sides of the snapper filets with the butter mixture, reserve the remaining butter mixture.
- Coat both sides of the filets with the seasoning-mixture.
- Heat a large cast-iron skillet over high heat until a drop of water sizzles on it.
- Drizzle half of the remaining butter-oil mixture on one side of fish fillets.
- Place fillets butter side down in pan.
- Cook over a high heat until the fish is deeply browned, about 5 minutes.
- Drizzle remaining butter-mixture over the fish and flip the fish over.
- Cook until fish is browned and flakes when tested with a fork, about 5 minutes more.
- Season to taste with salt.
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