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Red Snapper with Orange Sauce Recipe

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“A tangy orange sauce, seasoned with garlic and ginger, really brings out the best in these red snapper fillets,” says Barbara Nowakowski of Mesa, Arizona.

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Red Snapper with Orange Sauce Recipe

Prep/Total Time: 30 min.

Yield: 6 Servings

15 15 30

Ingredients

2 pounds red snapper fillets
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/8 teaspoon pepper
2 garlic cloves, minced
1 tablespoon butter
3 tablespoons orange juice
1 teaspoon grated orange peel
ORANGE SAUCE:
1 garlic clove, peeled
2 tablespoons butter
3 tablespoons orange juice
1/8 teaspoon ground ginger
2 tablespoons minced fresh parsley

Directions

Place the fish in a single layer in a 13-in. x 9-in. baking dish coated with cooking spray; sprinkle with salt and pepper. In a small saucepan over medium heat, cook the garlic in butter for 1 minute; pour over fish. Drizzle with orange juice; sprinkle with orange peel. Bake, uncovered, at 400° for 10-15 minutes or until fish flakes easily with a fork.
In a small saucepan over medium heat, cook garlic in butter for 2-3 minutes or until golden brown; discard garlic. Stir orange juice and ginger into butter; heat through. Cut fish into serving-size pieces; drizzle with orange sauce and sprinkle with parsley. Yield: 6 servings.

Nutrition /Facts: 5 ounces cooked fish equals 206 calories, 8 g fat (4 g saturated fat), 69 mg cholesterol, 222 mg sodium, 2 g carbohydrate, trace fiber, 30 g protein. Diabetic Exchanges: 4 lean meat, 1 fat.

Originally published as Red Snapper with Orange Sauce in Taste of Home February/March 2006, p48

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Reviewed on Aug. 01, 2012 by jmkasprak

I'm just not sure that the orange did much to enhance the flavor of the fish, and I didn't care for the garlic and orange combination, but that's just my opinion.

Reviewed on Feb. 22, 2008 by Spiritwolf

This looks sooo YUMMMM