Easy Cajun Style Red Snapper recipe

My kids love any type of fried fishes for dinner.

Simple grilled or baked fish could satisfy their hunger easily, especially after a long day at school.

In Asian countries, fish recipes are common because it is much cheaper than chicken, pork or beef.

You can buy 3 pieces of fish for $3 to feed a family of 4 but you cannot get this price for chicken,pork of beef.

However, kids do get bored with the same taste of the regular fish if you don’t think of another new recipe with different flavor. Kids are our tester and perfect judges for your new fish recipes. You can trust them because kids are very honest with their comments.

Today, I tried something new, Cajun Style Red Snapper and I am glad to say that my kids could tolerate on Cajun spice very well.

Cajun mixture can be easily prepared at home with just a few common spices; namely:

• paprika
• cayenne pepper
• ground cumin
• mustard powder
• dried thymedried
• Dried oregano

Just mix them all together, then saute garlic and onions until aromatic. Mix them together and spread over the body of the fish. However, make sure to cut a few slashes on the fish, to allow the cajun mixture to penetrate into the flesh. If you have extra cajun spice mixture, stub it into the fish stomach, taste superb when cooked throughly with butter or baked in the oven.

Fish

Honestly, you can choose any type of fish that your kids prefer. Red Snapper is cheaper in the market, with less fishy odor and tender white flesh.

Alternatively, you could buy Grouper, Seabass or Yellowscadtail fish.

Cod fish or dory fish are acceptable too.

I bought 3 pieces of Red Snapper today, for a price of $5 which is considered cheap compare to other type of fish. Just make sure to clean the fishes well, remove the scales and marinate the cajun spice overnight for better flavor or an hour if you are in a hurry.

Cajun Style Red Snapper

Ingredients

• 2 Red Snapper-cleaned and scales removed
• 1 tbsp unsalted butter
• 2 tbsp olive oil

Cajun Mixture

• 3 cloves of garlic-chopped
• 1/2 onion-sliced
• Salt and pepper
• 1 tsp paprika
• 1/2 tsp cayenne pepper
• 1/2 tsp ground cumin
• 1/2 tsp mustard powder
• 1 tsp dried thyme
• 1 tsp dried oregano

Method of prepare

• Cut 3 slashes on both sides of each fish. Sprinkle a little salt and pepper on both sides of each fish.
• To make the cajun mixture, pound garlic and onion with a mortar and pestle or a food blender.
• Stir in the remainding spice with mix ingredients.
• Spread the cajun mixture over each fish, make sure the cajun goes into the slashes.
• Lay the fish in a shallow dish, cover with a plastic cling wrap and chill in the fridge for an hour.
• In a large wok, heat up butter and olive oil until hot.
• Slip in the Red Snapper and fry each fish for 5-10minutes per side.
• Make sure both fishes are cooked and a little charred is alright.

Tips:

Serve Cajun Red Snapper with slices of tomato, lemon and fresh coriander.

Goes well with brown or white rice.

Written by peachpurple

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Article checked by plagium

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