snapper fish

Ingredients

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  1 medium or 15g

• Oranges

  Raw, navels

  1 fruit or 140g

• Lemon juice

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 15g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  3 tbsp or 41g

• Snapper

  Fish, mixed species, raw

  1 oz or 28g

Directions

1. PREPARATION: Slice scallion. Chop pistachios or pecans.
2. Preheat broiler.
3. Put fish, skin side down, on foil-lined rack of a broiler pan. Sprinkle with 1/8 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoon pepper (total), then brush with 1 tablespoon oil.
4. Broil 4 to 5 inches from heat until just cooked through, 6 to 8 minutes.
5. Meanwhile, grate zest from orange with a Microplane and squeeze 1/4 cup juice.
6. Whisk together zest, orange juice, lemon juice, 1/4 teaspoon salt, and 1/8 teaspoon pepper, then add remaining 2 tablespoons oil in a slow stream, whisking. Stir in scallion.
7. Transfer fillets (without skin; it will be stuck to foil) with a metal spatula to plates, then drizzle with some of vinaigrette and sprinkle with nuts. Serve remaining vinaigrette on the side.

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