Name: Escovitch Fish
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 2 Pounds Red Snapper; 1/2 cup Vegetable Oil; 1 clove peeled crushed Garlic; 1/2 tsp Ginger; 2 sprigs Thyme; 1 Bay Leaf; 0.5 Red Pepper; 0.5 Yellow Pepper; 1 sliced Onion; 1 chopped Carrots; 1 tbs Sugar; 1/2 tsp Allspice; 1 tsp Worcestershire Sauce; 1 Scotch Bonnet; 1 Lime; 3/4 cup Malt Vinegar; pinch Pepper

Seafood

4 servings

519 cal/serving

Instructions

Step 1

Rinse fish and rub with lime and pepper

Red SnapperLimePepper

Step 2

Set fish aside or keep warm in oven

Red Snapper

Step 3

Heat vegetable oil until hot, add fish and fry 5–7 minutes per side until cooked and crispy, remove and set aside leaving 2–3 tablespoons oil

Vegetable OilRed Snapper

Step 4

Stir-fry bay leaf, garlic and ginger in reserved oil about 1 minute

Bay LeafGarlicGinger

Step 5

Add onion, red pepper, yellow pepper, thyme, scotch bonnet, sugar and allspice and stir 2–3 minutes

OnionRed PepperYellow PepperThymeScotch BonnetSugarAllspice

Step 6

Add malt vinegar, mix, adjust pepper to taste and simmer about 2 minutes

Malt VinegarPepper

Step 7

Discard bay leaf and thyme sprig and spoon sauce over fish to serve

Bay LeafThymeRed Snapper