Boiled Red Snapper

Ingredients

• a fresh red snapper which will weigh about five or six pounds
• as much water in the kettle as will cover your fish
• one and a half tablespoons of lemon juice
• two tablespoons of salt
• one tablespoon of vinegar

Method

1. 1

   Clean and scale the fish.

2. 2

   Wash it in cold water.

3. 3

   Add vinegar, salt, and lemon juice to boiling water.

4. 4

   When boiling, add a pint of cold water, then the fish.

5. 5

   Cook for half an hour, then drain and serve with sauce.

Nutrition per serving

Estimated from matched ingredients across 6 servings.

As published

This recipe was extracted from Mrs. Seely's Cook Book: A Manual of French and American Cookery : with .. (1902) by Lida Seely, page 62. The excerpt below is the record exactly as published.

Boiled Red Bnapper Clean and scale a f resh red snapper which wìll weìgh about five or aix pounds. Wash it in cold water. Have as much water in the kettle as will cover your fish. Add vinegar, salt, and lemon juice. To four quarts of water add one and a half tablespoons of lemon juice, two tablespoons of salt, and one tablespoon of vinegar

Cook this with the app: pantry check, scaling, and the assistant.