Escoveitch Fish (journey Into Island Cooking)
published by turner1 on Jul 13, 2009
Recipe.
Ingredients
- Start with Red Snapper (whole and cleaned)
- Rinse fish with tap water
- squirt enough lime juice unto fish until fully rinsed
- take the following spices and in random order sprinkle on fish:
- black pepper (coarse and ground)
- Sea salt
- paprika
- all spice/pimento (whole)
- parsley flakes
- herb garden (combination seasoning)
- Savethe following for later:
- fresh chopped thyme
- scallions
- onions (red & yellow)
- Green peppers
- scotch bonnet peppers or habenero peppers
- 1/4 cup vinegar
- 1/4 soy sauce
- 1/4 cup dices tomatoes/ketchup
Method
- Heat skillet with 1 cup of corn oil
- place one fish in skillet frying each side until golden brown
- place fried fish on serving tray
- place the “saved” ingredients into the skillet (vinegar last)
- lower heat to lowest setting
- add vinegar (chemical sizzling)
- cook for 1-2 minutes
- drain contents of skillet onto fish in serving tray.
- Garnish with lemons and limes.
- Serve. (Warning fish contains bones and boneless snapper is an option)
