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Barbecued Snapper With Butter and Lemon

Here's how you make Barbecued Snapper With Butter and Lemon
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  • Servings: 4
  • Prep: 15m
  • Cook: 10m
  • The following recipe serves 4 people.

Ingredients

The ingredients are:
  • 4 (400 g) red snapper (baby whole, cleaned)
  • 2 lemons (1 thinly sliced 1 cut into wedges to serve)
  • 8 sprigs parsley (fresh flat leave)
  • 100 g butter
  • Salt and pepper
We recommend you get your ingredients ready before you start cooking. Once you're ready, here are the steps to making this delicious recipe

How to Make

  • Step 1: Preheat a barbecue on medium high heat with hood closed.

  • Step 2: Rinse fish inside and out under cold running water and pat dry with paper towel.

  • Step 3: Make 3 shallow cuts, in the thickest part of each side of the fish.

  • Step 4: Divide lemon and parsley between each fish's cavity.

  • Step 5: Divide 1/8th of the butter in the cavities and the remainder divide and dot on the top of each fish and season with salt and pepper.

  • Step 6: Place 1 piece baking paper in centre of 1 piece of foil (needs to be more that twice the length of the fish), place fish on top.

  • Step 7: Bring 2 sides of foil up towards the centre and fold foil edges to create a seal.

  • Step 8: Roll up remaining ends of foil to enclose the fish.

  • Step 9: Repeat wrapping process with other 3 fish.

  • Step 10: Barbecue fish, with hood closed for 8 to 10 minutes or until cooked through.

  • Step 11: Suggested you serve with steamed baby potatoes, parsley and lemon wedges.


Tips & Variations

Don't forget the following tips and variations.
  • Aluminium foil

We hope you enjoy this recipe!

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