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Snapper with Blistered Bean Salad and Chile Vinegar

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If there is one time we’d want to cheat and cook something indoors, it would be to make a pot of rice to soak up the extra dressing in this snapper recipe.

Recipe information

  • Yield

    4 servings

Ingredients

1 habanero chile, seeds removed, finely chopped
1 small garlic clove, finely chopped
1/2 cup unseasoned rice vinegar
4 1/2 teaspoons light brown sugar
Kosher salt
2 small red onions, cut through root ends into 8 wedges
2 cups sugar snap peas, strings removed
2 tablespoons olive oil, divided, plus more for drizzling
1 pound green beans, trimmed
4 (6-ounce) snapper fillets
1 cup torn basil leaves
1/4 cup crushed salted, dry-roasted peanuts

Preparation

  1. Step 1

    Prepare a grill for medium-high heat. Put a large cast-iron skillet on grill to heat.

    Step 2

    Meanwhile, stir chile, garlic, vinegar, and brown sugar in a small bowl until sugar is dissolved; season chile vinegar with salt. Set aside. Toss onions, sugar snap peas, and 1 1/2 tsp. oil in a large bowl; season with salt.

    Step 3

    As soon as skillet is hot, add vegetables and cook, stirring occasionally, until blistered and crisp-tender, 6–8 minutes for onions and about 4 minutes for sugar snap peas. Transfer to a platter.

    Step 4

    Toss green beans and 1 1/2 tsp. oil in another large bowl and cook directly on grill grate on one side until blistered, lightly charred, and crisp-tender, about 3 minutes. Transfer to platter with onions and sugar snap peas and toss to coat; drizzle reserved chile vinegar over.

    Step 5

    Wipe out skillet with paper towels. Add 1 Tbsp. oil and set back on grill. Season snapper all over with salt and cook, skin side down, in skillet until skin is golden brown and crisp, about 4 minutes. Turn and cook just until cooked through, about 2 minutes.

    Step 6

    Set snapper on top of bean salad and top with basil and peanuts.

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