Chef Kelvin Fernandez taught Chef Palak Patel how to make Caribbean pescado en coco with red snapper on Instagram Live today. Here's the complete recipe and video.
Ingredients
- 1 red snapper
- 1 yellow pepper
- 1/2 white onion
- Salt
- Pepper
- 1/4 teaspoon turmeric
- 1/4 teaspoon paprika
- 1 cup coconut milk
- Cilantro
- Serve with white rice
White Rice
Ingredients
- 1 part rice
- 2 parts liquid
Directions
- Bring seasoned liquid to a boil and add salt and bay leaf.
- Add rice, stir and cover. Cook on low heat for 20 minutes and then stir and let sit.
Directions
- Season snapper skin with salt and pepper.
- Julienne the yellow pepper and white onion.
- Cook the red snapper skin-side down for 3 minutes until nice and crispy. Turn over and remove.
- Add onions and sweat out until soft.
- Add yellow pepper and cook until soft.
- Add coconut milk and bring to a boil.
- After the coconut sauce reduces by half, add the snapper.
- Once the snapper is cooked and tender, turn off heat and add cilantro.
- Serve the rice in the center, add snapper on top followed by sauce around the plate.
- Garnish with toasted coconut flakes if available.
See Chef Kelvin's salmon recipe, and study fish from fabrication to dish in Culinary Arts.
