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Red Snapper topped
with Creamy Shrimp Sauce
Recipe By :Dottie
Categories:Fish/Seafood
2 pounds red snapper -- 4 fillets
-cleaned
1 stick butter
1/2 cup heavy cream
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 pound shrimp -- peeled, deveined and cut in 1/2
1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper -- more or less to taste
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon dried parsley
Melt 1/2 the butter in a skillet.
Sprinkle cayenne and salt on fillets.
Score skin on fish so that it won't curl up or remove skin all
together. Saute garlic in melted butter for a few seconds, then
place fish in
skillet in a single layer. Cook for approx 4 minutes, then turn
and cook 4
minutes on the other side, browning slightly.
Remove fish and raise heat to med/high. Add remining butter,
cream,
parsley and shrimp. Simmer for about 6 minutes or until shrimp
turns pink and
sauce thickens slightly, stiring often. At this point, you can
stir 1/4 cup
grated parmesan or shredded swiss cheese into sauce.
Put fillets back in the sauce to warm through. Serve fillets
with sauce and
shrimp spooned over all. To double or triple recipe, add another
1/2 stick of butter and 1/2 cup
cream. Cook fish in batches and add slightly less butter per
batch.
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2629 Calories (kcal);
156g Total Fat; (54% calories from fat); 282g Protein; 11g Carbohydrate;
1438mg Cholesterol; 3304mg Sodium |
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