Cooked! Mediterranean Whole Roasted Snapper with Chefleen
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Ingredients
2 large whole snapper fish, cleaned and gutted
2 garlic bulbs
2 teaspoon ground cumin
2 teaspoon ground coriander
salt to taste
1 teaspoon black pepper
1 teaspoon ground sumac
1/2 cup chopped fresh dill
3 bell peppers, different colors, sliced in rounds
1 large tomato, sliced into rounds
1 medium red onion, sliced into rounds
Greek extra virgin olive oil
2 lemons
Get Cooking
Preheat the oven to 375 degree F. (my stove is electric which has a higher heat so you may want to use 425 if you have gas)
Pat the snapper fish dry. With a large knife, make two slits on each side of the fish. Fill the slits and coat the gut cavity of each fish with the minced garlic.
To make the spice mix, combine the cumin, coriander, salt, pepper and sumac in a small bowl. Use 3/4 of the spice mix to season the snapper on both sides; pat the spices into the fish pushing into the slits you made earlier. Keep the remainder 1/4 of the spice mix aside for now.
Stuff each gut cavity with the chopped dill, and as much of the sliced peppers, tomatoes and onions as possible.
Place the stuffed fish in a lightly oiled baking sheet. Add the remaining sliced vegetables to form a frame around the fish. Sprinkle the vegetables with salt and the remaining 1/4 of the spice mix.
Drizzle everything generously with olive oil.
Place the baking sheet on the lower rack of your 375 degrees F heated oven. Roast for 25 minutes until the fish flakes.
Transfer the fish to a serving platter and squeeze juice of one lemon all over it.
Use the slits you made earlier to cut through and portion the fish. Serve it with wedges of the remaining lemon.
