Seafood Recipes-Vera Cruz Red Snapper

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Veracruz Red Snapper
Huachinango a la Veracruzana


1 whole red snapper 
4 tomatoes
12 olives, 
pitted and halved
6 chiles largos
1 onion, sliced
2 cloves of garlic, 
chopped
2 laurel leaves
1 pinch of oregano
2 teaspoons of lime juice
oil
salt

Clean the fish 
without cutting off either 
the head or the tail. 
With a fork, 
make several holes 
on both sides 
of the fish and 
season it with salt
and lime juice. 
Let it season 
for a half hour.

Fry approximately 
10 minutes 
in the onion, garlic, 
tomato, laurel oregano 
and salt.

Place the fish 
in a casserole dish. 
Add the tomato sauce, 
chilis, olives,
and sliced onions. 
Bake on a medium 
temperature until the 
fish is well cooked. 
Serve with white rice.



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