Baked Red Snapper with Garlic, Lime, and Cilantro recipe

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Ingredients

cooking spray
2 pounds skin-on red snapper fillets
2 cloves fresh garlic, minced
1 pinch garlic salt, or to taste
1 pinch ground red chile pepper, or to taste
½ cup chopped fresh cilantro
1 lime
2 tablespoons butter

Nutrition Info

188.7 calories
carbohydrate: 0.7 g
cholesterol: 65.7 mg
fat: 5.9 g
fiber: 0.1 g
protein: 31.3 g
saturatedFat: 2.9 g
servingSize: -
sodium: 151.5 mg
sugar: 0.1 g
transFat: : -
unsaturatedFat: : -

Directions

  1. Spray a baking dish with cooking spray. Place red snapper skin-side down in the baking dish. Sprinkle evenly with garlic, garlic salt, and red pepper. Spread cilantro evenly over the fish, squeeze lime evenly on top.

  2. Marinate in the refrigerator, 30 minutes to 1 hour.

  3. Preheat the oven to 425 degrees F (220 degrees C). Melt butter and pour evenly over the fish.

  4. Bake in the preheated oven until flesh flakes easily with a fork, 15 to 18 minutes. Serve with juices spooned over the fish, if desired.

Recipe Yield

4 servings

Recipe Note

A delicious and easy red snapper dish, with the flavors of the summer. You can substitute almost any firm-fleshed fish, but snapper is my favorite!

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