We eat a lot of what my store calls "pacific red snapper", which is really just a fancy name for rockfish – it’s sustainable and fished locally. It also happens to be relatively inexpensive.
This recipe takes snapper to a whole new level with a potato crust and yellow pepper salsa. A mixture of shredded potato, herbs and parmesan cheese is pressed onto the top of snapper fillets. The fish goes into a hot pan, potato side down to cook, then is flipped to finish the other side.
The salsa consists of roasted yellow bell peppers, tomato, herbs, capers and onion. I used red onion because the flavor is tamer than yellow or white onion. I also chopped up the capers so that they’d incorporate better into the salsa.
What you end up with is a delicious dish that’s easy enough for a weeknight meal, but also fancy enough for a dinner party.
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61 comments:
Beautiful way to serve snapper.
Wow, that's a really gorgeous photo Sara! Sounds like a delicious meal.
this is gorgeous! I love simple meals like this with fresh ingredients. sometimes simple is tastier than some complicated fancy recipes!
I like trying to buy local, too : )
That recipe looks fantastic!
So interesting with the potato crust. And the salsa is so vibrant and full of color -- of course your excellent photography skills make me want to jump into the computer and eat it up!
This is quite a different dish, in a great way! It's so full of color and that makes it very appetizing1
Oh my goodness - a potato crust and a lovely veggie salsa - I love it!
What a beautiful dish!! One of my favorite cookbooks has a similar dish I always wanted to try, but yours looks waaaaaaaayyy better, with that gorgeous yellow pepper salsa! What a great combination of flavors!
Marvelous! A tasty way of preparing snapper!
Cheers,
Rosa
Now this is totally making my mouth water! Your food always looks so pretty!
I think I pulled this same recipe out of a magazine because I thought it looked good and wow it really does!
What a beautiful looking salsa! Great pic! The snapper is drool-worthy!
Beautiful! I just love that potato crust and the salsa looks so vibrant.
Love the colors and flavors of the yellow pepper salsa. And YES! to wild, sustainable fish!
love the whole fresh seasonal approach to snapper! so uncomplicated, yet intricate in flavors! I LOVE the potato crust!
Gorgeous! The colors and the flavors are just perfect with this dish! It sounds so good :)
What an absolutely gorgeous dinner Sara! The snapper sounds incredible and the salsa sounds delicious! Perfect pairing and your photo is beautiful!
I love the slasa with this. I think the whole salsa idea has really gotten us away from such heavy sauces and so much more healthier!
Gorgeous preparation for snapper! Love the potato crust and the yellow pepper salsa sounds excellent!
Sara,
Healthy and beautiful!
The way we should all be!
Have a great weekend!
Stacey
Seriously fresh flavors in this Sara. i love finding new ways to prepare fish!
The salsa really makes the dish pop. It's nice that you have the option to eat locally. I know I'm glad to have similar options here in nyc. When I was in college in MS though, I couldn't even find an organic apple!
I do the same coating with halibut - but I'm lazy and use shredded hash browns instead of shredding my own potato.
Potato crust is such a brilliant idea.I definitely prefer wild caught fish to farm raised:)
This looks right up my alley! And it's so pretty/perfect for spring. I love the colors!
I try to avoid buying contra-season vegetables.
My brother spent quality time for the hobby: fishing. I therefore had many different kinds of fish, and other shelled seafood daily. Now I live in a place with almost no seafood, it's not fun at all. I had no other choices, but the frozen from the supermarkets.
The fish with the colourful salsa makes a perfect lunch, that even could please a picky one.
The salsa topping is just so colorful and inviting :)
Gorgeous! This looks WONDERFUL!
The crust looks so crispy and delicious. So creative. The salsa is gorgeous!
Great recipe! I've never cooked with snapper before, but also make an effort to seek out wild caught, fresh fish when I'm at the market. I'll have to check it out the next time I'm in the mood for fish. And definitely want to try it Sara style! :)
Easy and fancy, I'm with you!
The salsa looks amazing, I like the addition of bright condiments like these to white fish, it makes them sing (wow, no, that's weird, fish don't sing!).
I wish I had more access to seasonal, local, sustainable foods here. Unfortunately, when the ground is frozen for more than 7 months, not much grows! But as thaw gets closer, the farmer's market is beginning to get better stocked.
Thanks for sharing this great recipe :)
On a dreary day like today, it's uplifting to gaze at something so colorful and delicious looking.
The potato crust sounds great, and the salsa looks so fresh and bright. Great dish.
Sara that photo was amazing you could really see all the details of the dish!
Yum, I bet that would be a wonderful topping for a lot of different fish.
Happy Friday!
~ingrid
my mouth literally started watering when i saw this photo and recipe!
This looks stunning. I shop the same way - no farmed fish and as local as possible - winter is a chaellnge!
I love the color of the salsa! I'm glad you try to buy wild caught fish vs. the farmed ones and buy locally!
WOW Sara, you are one creative and clever blogger.I would never thought topping my snapper with patatoes. Looks delicious!
Your recipes are all so fresh, full of flavor & colors & above all very very Innovative! love it.
Wow, what a gorgeous dish!
Beautiful. Love all the combinations of color and taste!
Looks like a keeper I collect all the fish recipes I can get my hands on. Hoot Hoot
Delicious! I haven't tried a potato crust on a fish before.
psst - left you an award on my blog ;)
Such a great looking fish, love the salsa...I love food with colors, and the one that you featured is so pretty...very tempting.
What an amazing picture! It looks so appealing!
Oh I love the pototo topping! Clever
Oh Sara that's gorgeous! I think I would have used red onion for the color and the taste both. I love red onion anyway.
And I try to buy wild caught too. I figure we're going to end up all eating farmed one day though. :(
Ce que c'est beau à regarder...
J'adore toutes ces couleurs, ça sent l'été ! J'adore aussi le poivron vert.
Ca donne envie de croquer dedans, délicieux !
Kisses from France,
Tatieva
Ahh...wonderful flavours and textures.
That plate looks familiar. I would have never thought of potato crust. It sounds amazing.
Most of what I buy is local too or at least seasonal. However I just cant live without bananas and mangoes. Well I guess I could but I would miss them immensely.
Just what I was looking for, a delicious and simple fish recipe! It looks great, but I bet it tastes even better.
This looks healthy and tasty all at the same time. I love the idea of the potato crust. Great job!
Lovely dish and it looks really tasty. I love the crispy potato crust and the salsa is a wonderful fresh, summery accompaniment.
I have never had snapper before. This recipe looks truly amazing.
That's beautiful! I'd love to make more fish at home except I have cats that go insane whenever I do. :P
I love red snapper - it somehow manages to be both light and meaty. This looks a great dish
Hi Sarah
Gorgeous photo. Tremendous recipe x
Lori - I totally agree with you on the bananas!
I keep thinking I am going to 'encrust' something, and need to go to our local fish market...you guys are right fresh is the best!
I always admire your photos :)
This looks absolutely delicious! And a beautiful picture!
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