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Baked Snapper

Baked Snapper is a traditional Bahamian recipe for a classic dish of red snapper fillet basted with butter and served with an onion, breadcrumb and tomato puree sauce. The full recipe is presented here and I hope you enjoy this classic Bahamian version of: Baked Snapper.

prep time

20 minutes

cook time

80 minutes

Total Time:

100 minutes

Serves:

4

Rating: 4.5 star rating

Tags : Sauce RecipesBaking RecipesBahamas Recipes

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Ingredients:

1/4 tsp thyme
1 large onion, chopped
300g breadcrumbs
salt and black pepper, to taste
2 tbsp tomato puree
1 snapper fillet (about 1.6kg)
225g butter, melted

Method:

Place the fish in a shallow baking pan that's been well greased. Base with half the melted butter then season with the thyme, salt and black pepper. Cover and place in an oven pre-heated to 180°C and bake for 1 hour, basting occasionally.

Meanwhile, add the remaining butter to a large pan and when melted stir-in the remaining ingredients. When the fish has cooked for 1 hour pour the bread sauce over the top then return to the oven and cook (uncovered) for 20 minutes. Serve hot.