Carolina Gold Barbecued Grouper Cheeks

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Preparation info
  • Makes

    2–4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Salt & Shore: Recipes from the Coastal South

By Sammy Monsour and Kassady Wiggins

Published 2024

  • About

Groupers—including black, gag, and red—are a dependable set of species to source, as they’re wild caught throughout the South Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico, and US Caribbean year-round. With a firm and flaky texture and mild flavor, grouper is uniquely delicious and is often described as being a cross between halibut and bass. Groupers are quite large and can range from fifty to one hundred pounds, yielding massive fillets and collar cuts—and cheek meat similar in size to hog jowls.

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