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Alabama Baked Red Snapper

By Diana Rattray, About.com

This recipe was shared on our forum by DocDonald.

Ingredients:

  • 1 ea red snapper whole 3-lb.
  • 1 ea garlic clove minced
  • 1 ts salt
  • 1/2 ts pepper
  • 1/2 ts brown sugar
  • 1/4 ts thyme dried & crumbled
  • 1 lg bay leaf
  • 5 tb bacon grease
  • 1 tb lemon juice fresh or lime
  • 2 ea onions med. chopped
  • 4 ea celery ribs sliced thin
  • 1/2 lg green pepper chopped small
  • 2 tb parsley chopped
  • 1 tb dill fresh chopped
  • 1/2 cup green onions, chopped, green tops only
  • 2 cups stewed tomatoes, chopped
  • 1/4 tb Worcestershire sauce

Preparation:

Remove head & tail then clean fish, place fish in buttered baking dish. Mix in a small bowl the salt, pepper, garlic, bacon fat & lemon juice. Rub this mixture in & on the fish inside & out with this mixture. Cover then refrigerate for 1-hr. Add all other ingredients except the scallions & dill. Place in pre-heated 375-deg F oven & bake for 1-hr. or until fish becomes flakey. Sprinkle with the dill and scallions and serve.
Serves 6.
Shared by DocDonald. Origin: Aunt Mary Gill, Mobile-Al, circa 1982

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