Red Snapper with Basil Vinaigrette

Ingredients

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  6 tbsp or 81g

• Basil

  Fresh

  3 tbsp, chopped or 8g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  3 tbsp or 45g

• Snapper

  Fish, mixed species, raw

  4 fillet or 872g

• Salt

  Table

  1 tsp or 6g

• Pepper

  Spices, black

  ½ tsp or 1g

Directions

1. Preheat broiler and oil a large shallow baking pan (1 inch deep).
2. Season fish all over with 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/4 teaspoon pepper, then put, skin sides down, in baking pan. Drizzle fillets with 1/2 tablespoon lemon juice and 1 tablespoon oil (total).
3. Broil fish 6 inches from heat until just cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes. Transfer to a platter.
4. While fish broils, whisk together remaining 1/2 teaspoon salt, 1/4 teaspoon pepper, and 2 1/2 tablespoons lemon juice in a small bowl, then add remaining 5 tablespoons oil in a slow stream, whisking until emulsified. Stir in basil and spoon vinaigrette over cooked fish.

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