Grilled Snapper with fruit salsa and dirty rice

[nitesite]

Kathy and I wanted to "fancy it up" a little bit when we bought a nice piece of scarlet snapper yesterday.

Here's what I pulled off tonight...

First I made a fruit salsa using several ingredients

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Then the snapper got a light dust of corriander and paprika

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Some olive oil and lime juice went on the fish and then the filets went searing on a hardwood-fired grill

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Almost ready....

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And finally on the plate with some dirty rice and the fruit salsa topping

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The salsa was delicious when mixed into the rice and was excellent on the snapper!

That is all. Carry on. :patriot:

nitesite --- out

[Blackdog]

That looks delish. Love that red snapper.

What a koinkydinc! I had some fruit salsa at a local restaurant, and didn't know what it was. Now I do. The special of the day was pistachio encrusted Sea Bass with this salsa and rice pilaf. That salsa is some sho nuff good stuff. Got a recipe?

[nitesite]

BD~

I just sorta winged it on the salsa. The recipies I have include things like dried red pepper flakes, jalapeno, maple syrup and all kinds of other stuff. But my wife and kids don't like spicy or "exotic" flavors.

So here's what I did with the salsa (everthing was pretty finely diced) and this was on the fly... I would have zipped it up a bit more with some habenero or other pepper but oh well. :(

Red onion
Cantaloupe
Peach
Mango
Capers
Lime Juice
chopped orange sections
Cilantro (about a tablespoon of fresh chopped)
Moscato wine
2-Tbl sugar

The rice was Zatarain's Dirty Rice.

The snapper was doused often with fresh lime juice as it cooked and by itself it was really tasty.

[MakeMineaP99]

I've come to the conclusion the GP folks that represent the South East have never eaten a bad meal.

Nice, Nitesite.

[thorn]

That snapper looks perfect. :)

thorn

[creophus]

Oh my word. That's some good looking food right there.

[Blackdog]

nitesite, from Minnesota to Alabama, a big ol' THANKS!!!

I agree with MMP99. You've shared some mighty fine cuisine. Those pics look.........well, I can almost smell 'em. :-)

BD

[zdogk9]

Chop up about 1/2 a habenero and throw in that salsa

[Pitmaster]

Droolin', Droolin', Droolin'

[Jayhawker]

Chop up about 1/2 a habenero and throw in that salsa
That would really wake it up, if it needed it. For me, I would do it, but I like heat while my wife doesn't.

[eazylivin]

Mighty mighty fine..

[Houla]

:treerat: looks great

[BoltNut]

NITESITE:

Glad to see you took some of the other stuff we talked about and ran with your own ideas...it looks like a FINE MEAL THAT CAN EARN A MAN SOME POINTS!!! ;-)

I'm convinced of the fruit adding a real twist to seafood meals on the grill, especially when you can grill the fruit a little to boot! Speaking of boots...I'm glad to see you work in some shoe shots there too - our wives must think we're insane taking those pictures...some inside jokes are just worth the abuse! :-D

[zdogk9]

The following is what I use when I do Salmon for bunches of people. For us I'll reduce the amounts and add the 1/2 habenero, it's not enough to add much if any heat, but the goodness it adds to the flavor is well worth it. If available I'll throw in some mangos too.

Fruit salsa
4 cup cantaloupe, diced
4 cups pineapple diced
4 cups diced bell peppers
2 cup diced red onions
12 tblsp. lime juice (zest first)
8 tblsp. (1/2 cup) brown sugar
8 teaspoons chopped japaleno
4 tsp kosher salt
2 1/4 tbs lime zest

[BoltNut]

Did some snapper on the grill for some friends (their snapper - their house - their grill) last night, but they knew I might be able to do more than just fry it!

Took some kosher salt, pepper, rosemary, red pepper, paprika (since it was red snapper) and garlic powder...sprinkled on pat-dry fillets...then brushed with lemon butter for a couple minutes on the grill...AWESOME!!!

Took'em off the grill and ate'em before I remembered I have a new CAMERA PHONE now that I coulda took a picture! :-(

[Brass Nazi]

I almost bought some snapper when I was in Kroger last week. I ended up smoking some Salmon instead. I still have a few fillets of snapper in the freezer that I caught when I went to Florida last year.

Here is my preference for fish:

Dolphin>Snapper>Salmon>Walleye>Trout>Crappie>Grouper>Panfish>Catfish

[MONTEGOD7SS]

Grouper is #7? Oh my. That is my favorite fish in the sea, and a close second to crappie which is the greatest thing to ever have gills.

[jawjaboy]

a close second to crappie which is the greatest thing to ever have gills.


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[MONTEGOD7SS]

Good Lord JJB them are some big crappie. We don't grow em that big in TN from what I've seen, so we just catch more of em.

[Brass Nazi]

Georgia and Alabama (and also Arkansas?) are blessed with the largest crappie in the world. I release the ones that are less than 11." 11-12" is an average fish and I routinely catch some that are 15."

[BoltNut]

Nice thing 'bout crappie that big, is that I can fillet and skin them...while I'll eat'em any way I can get'em...I prefer most of my fried fish without bones or skin...although I'm big on them fried tail fins! :-)

[Brass Nazi]

<-- Fillets and skins all fish. No bones for me unless we are talking Grouper jaws................