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Cajun Snapper

Type: Fish
Serves: 25 people

Recipe Ingredients

1   Vinegar
1   Water
1 1/2 lbs 681g / 24ozGranulated sugar
12   Garlic cloves - chopped, divided
2 tablespoons 30mlTabasco brand Pepper Sauce - divided
2 teaspoons 10mlSalt
1/4 cup 59mlVegetable oil
1/2 lb 227g / 8ozOnions - chopped
1 lb 454g / 16ozGreen peppers - julienned
1/4 lb 113g / 4ozCelery - chopped
2 lbs 908g / 32ozTomatoes - peeled, chopped
  Cornstarch - as needed
15 lbs 6810g / 240ozRed snapper - cleaned, fileted
  Flour - as needed

Recipe Instructions

Heat vinegar and water in saucepan; add sugar and 8 cloves garlic, bring to boil. Reduce heat and simmer 30 minutes or until thickened. Add 1 tablespoon Tabasco brand Pepper Sauce and salt. Keep warm.

Heat oil in skillet; add onion, pepper and celery with remaining 4 cloves garlic and saute 5 minutes. Stir in tomatoes and heat through.

Add vegetables to sauce and thicken with cornstarch, if necessary. Add remaining tablespoon Tabasco brand Pepper Sauce. Cut red snapper in 2-inch chunks, flour and deep-fry.

To serve: Ladle 1/2 cup sauce with vegetables over 6-ounce deep-fried chunks of red snapper.

This recipe yields 25 servings.

Source:
Tabasco's Foodservice recipe archive at - http://foodservice.tabasco.com/

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