Crispy Garlic Jelepeno Red Snapper

We are so lucky that this amazing fish is available to us here. This is one of the bests fishes to fry as a whole fish. We get it from the fish market from Downtown Los Angeles. The best snapper to fry in my opinion is as small as you can get them, about 1 1/2 pounds. If it’s any bigger it’s a lot harder to get it crispy.

Ingredients:

Red Snapper

• 1 - 1 1/2 pounds of red snapper - 1 per person - make sure they clean it for you and cut the fins off

• fresh garlic

• jalapeno

• lemon

• salt

• pepper

• Oil - grape seed oil for deep frying

• flour - your choice - I used rice flour

Asparagus with apple smoked bacon

• apple smoked bacon

• fresh asparagus

• garlic

• aged mild balsamic vinegar

Oven Roasted Potatoes with Chimichurri

• 1 large potato per person

• oil

• chimichurri

Instructions:

• salt the fish on both side and let it sit - red snapper does not really have a fishy smell but this will help eliminate any of the odor might has

• After it sat for at least for 1/2 an hour wash the salt off and pet dry it with a paper towel on both side

  (I know this does not sound like fun but I usually cut the eyes out because if you leave it in sometimes when you start frying the fish it will leak in the oil ….yikes)

• Cut slices into the fish (refer to pictures and video)

• cut up garlic into small pieces and fill these cuts with garlic

• Put the cut up Jalapeños  in the belly of the fish

• Put ground salt and pepper all over on the fish

• pet it with flour on both sides

• heat the oil and make sure it’s really hot then carefully place the fish in it

• Fry it for 2 minutes or so and then turn it around

• Fry the fish each side for a few minutes and keep turning it around until it’s nicely brown on both sides and looks crispy

• Then take it out and place it on a plate with paper towel that it can soak up any of the oil

Asparagus with Apple Smoked Bacon

• Cut the asparagus in half then the long way

• cut up the bacon in small pieces and sautée them until a bit crisp with garlic

• Add in the asparagus and sprinkle it with aged balsamic vinegar and cook it for a few minutes

  (asparagus cooks pretty fast so taste and make sure it’s still half crispy when you turn it off)

Oven Roasted Potatoes with Chimichurri

• cut up the potatoes in small pieces

• Mix them with 2 tablespoon of chimichurri

• put it in the hot skillet in the oven

• stir the potatoes after each 10 minutes and remove them when they are soft

Don’t forget the lemon at the end :)

Bon Apetit!