Snapper With Lemon, Capers and Baby Potatoes

Submitted by I'mPat

"From our local state paper The West Australian by Margaret Johnson. Times at this point are estimated."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 12
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 750 g potatoes (baby or chats)
• 30 g butter
• 700 g red snapper (cut into 4 pieces (175g each)
• 30 g butter
• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 2 tablespoons capers (drained or rinsed if they come in salt)
• 1⁄3 cup parsley (flat leaf chopped)
• 1⁄2 cup lemon juice
• 1⁄2 cup chives (cut into 2cm lengths)
• salt
• black pepper
• 1 lemon (cut into 4 wedges)

directions

1. Simmer the potatoes in salted water until they are tender (skin on).
2. Season well with salt and pepper and coat them with the first lot of butter and keep warm.
3. To cook the fish, heat a medium pan and add the second lot of butter and the olive oil.
4. Cook the fish until it is golden brown on both sides and just cooked through (timing will depend on thickness).
5. Place the fish onto warm serving plates.
6. Add the capers, parsley and lemon juice to the pan, scraping up all the brown bits.
7. Season well and pour over the fish.
8. Fold the chives through the potatoes and serve those alongside with the lemon wedges.

Reviews

[breezermom]

Loved the sauce, loved the capers and the lemon. I didn't have fresh parsley and chives (shame on me!), but since I'm getting ready to go out of town, I just used dried. This is wonderful. The potatoes are delicious exactly as stated, but even more delicious dragged through the lemon-caper sauce from the fish. Thanks for sharing!

 

[Deantini]

I made this recipe using very fresh snapper filets; the potatoes were great, but we found that the sauce was too tangy for the fish, it seemed to overpower a bit. I am not sure why, maybe my lemon was more tangy because other reviewers especially liked the tanginess. I am surprised because we use lemon in many things

 

[Annacia]

This is a wonderful recipe that becomes a wonderful meal. I had to use frozen snapper but thats a price you pay for moving away from the coast unfortunately. We both loved it and I found it easy to put together. The flavors are paired very well and I really enjoyed the capers. Thanks Pat for a winner that I'll make again. :D

 

[Sharon123]

I ended up using grouper for this because the snapper wouldn't be in for 3-4 more days and I didn't want to wait any longer! I used fingerling potatoes. This was delicious! I served some tartar sauce on the side for my DH-he has to have it! Thanks for a lovely dinner! Made for the Australian Make My recipes game!

 

[TasteTester]

What a treat this was! I bought some really fresh snapper from the market, and the ingredients in this recipe enhanced its mild taste, with a little bit of tangy flavor from the capers. We loved it! I used little Yukon potatoes and the pan sauce was so good over them, as well as over the fish. My husband has already asked for this again, and since it's a firm fish I'm going to try grilling it and making the pan sauce separately (the sauce won't have the browned bits from the fish, but I like to experiment). Thanks for posting this terrific recipe.