Salt-Baked Red Snapper

Name: Salt-Baked Red Snapper
Prep time: 1 h
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 2 h
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: American
Ingredients: 1 tablespoon (18 g) kosher salt; 1 tablespoon (6 g) black pepper; 1 teaspoon cayenne powder; 2 teaspoons ground cumin; Grated zest of 1 lime; Grated zest of 1 lemon; Juice of 1 lime; Juice of 1 lemon; 1 whole red snapper, gutted and cleaned; 2 tablespoons (30 ml) olive oil; 1 lime, sliced; 1 lemon, sliced; 6 parsley sprigs; 6 cilantro sprigs; 1 cup (240 ml) water, plus more as needed; 7 ½ pounds (3.4 kg) kosher salt, plus more as needed; 6 limes, sliced; 6 lemons, sliced

Preparation info

2
servings

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
2 hr

Appears in

Food by Fire

By Derek Wolf

Published 2021

About

The premise of salt baking is that you trap the food’s moisture inside a salt crust to cook it without drying out the food. There are no big secrets. Just read the instructions that follow thoroughly regarding the water to salt ratio to create the ideal salt crust.

Ingredients

For Seasoning

1 tablespoon (18 g) kosher salt
1 tablespoon (6

Americas
United States
Fish course
Pescatarian
Gluten-free

Method

To make the seasoning: In a small food-safe bowl, stir together the salt, black pepper, cumin, cayenne, lemon and lime zest, lemon and lime juice, and oil until a paste forms.
To make the red snapper: Start by removing the fins from the snapper and scoring the skin with 3 cuts down the fish only ¼ inch (0.6 cm) deep.
Lather the red snapper, inside and

Ingredients

For Seasoning

Method

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