Red Snapper Puttanesca (Cooking Light)

Submitted by appleydapply

"This flavorful recipe is from a 1996 Cooking Light magazine. I made a few adjustments for my family's preferences, but it is still a tasty, very low-fat recipe."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 20 ounces red snapper fillets or 20 ounces other white fish fillets
• 1 tablespoon lemon juice
• 1⁄4 teaspoon ground black pepper
• 2 teaspoons olive oil
• 2 scallions, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves, peeled and minced
• 1 (14 ounce) can diced tomatoes, drained
• 8 nicoise olives, pitted and sliced
• 2 tablespoons drained capers
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh basil
• 1 teaspoon dried oregano
• 1 bay leaf
• 1⁄4 cup chopped fresh flat-leaf parsley (Italian) or 1 tablespoon dried parsley
• 1⁄2 lemon, cut into 4 wedges
• optional flat leaf parsley (to garnish)

directions

1. Preheat an oven to 350°F (180°C).
2. Place the snapper fillets in a shallow glass baking dish and top with the lemon juice and pepper.
3. Heat the oil in a large nonstick frying pan over medium heat. Add the scallion and garlic and sauté, stirring frequently, for 2 minutes. Add the drained tomatoes, olives, capers, anchovies, basil, oregano and bay leaf. Bring to a boil, reduce the heat to low and simmer for 5 minutes.
4. Pour the sauce over the fillets and top with the chopped or dried parsley. Cover with aluminum foil and bake until the fish just separates when pressed with a fork, about 30 minutes. Remove and discard the bay leaf.
5. To serve, divide among 4 individual plates. Top each with a lemon wedge and a parsley sprig.

Reviews

[januarybride]

A very nice recipe and great way to use all those wonderful herbs growing in the garden!!!! My fish monger was OUT of red snapper this morning, so I used cod since they were nice long, thick cuts of fish (and they were on sale for only $4.99 a pound). So good. The only substitution was to use lemon pepper in place of regular pepper when I initially seasoned the fish. Great stuff! Made for PHOTO TAG.

 

[JOOLES]

Wow this sounds lovely, i will defietly be trying this. x