Crispy Garlic Butter Snapper

by Sabrina Snyder

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Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
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Crispy Garlic Butter Snapper is a tasty seafood dinner prepared with a golden finish and served with an aromatic sauce. Ready in 15 minutes!

Feel like you’re having an extravagant meal all while preparing this quick dish. Try Oven-Baked Salmon, and Baked Fish for more Seafood Recipes. 

Serving plate with fried fish fillets.
Raw fillets of fish.
Raw fish coated in flour and seasonings, frying in pan.
Close up of golden fried fish fillet with fork on plate.
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Why You’ll Love This Snapper?

  • An impressive dinner without much work, it comes together on the stovetop in around 15 minutes.
  • The buttery garlic white wine sauce complements the mild and lightly sweet flavor of the snapper, and doesn’t overpower the fish.

Sabrina’s Crispy Garlic Butter Snapper Recipe

This Crispy Garlic Butter Snapper recipe is as straightforward as it is quick, without sacrificing quality. The fool-proof instructions prepare a succulent fish fillet, and it’s great for special occasions or a simple weeknight dinner. Along with this delicious dish, round out your meal with your favorite side dishes like Glazed Carrots, Garlic Roasted Red Potatoes, and some Garlic Bread. I’ve also included air fryer instructions below for an alternative cooking method.

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Crispy Garlic Butter Snapper Recipe

Crispy Garlic Butter Snapper is a tasty seafood dinner prepared with a golden finish and served with an aromatic sauce. Ready in 15 minutes!
Yield 4
Prep Time 7 minutes
Cook Time 8 minutes
Total Time 15 minutes
Course Dinner
Cuisine American
Author Sabrina Snyder
Serving plate with fried fish fillets.
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Ingredients
 

  • 4 fillets snapper , skin on
  • 1 teaspoon kosher salt
  • 1/2 teaspoon coarse ground black pepper
  • 1/4 cup flour
  • 1/3 cup unsalted butter
  • 3 cloves garlic , minced
  • 1/2 cup white wine
  • 2 tablespoons parsley , minced

Instructions

  • Season snapper with salt and pepper.
  • Dredge snapper in flour, pat away excess flour.
  • Add butter to a large skillet on medium high heat.
  • Add fish, skin side down, and cook for 4 minutes, then flip and cook for 2 minutes.
  • Remove from the pan, add garlic and white wine.
  • Cook 2 minutes, or until reduced by half.
  • Add fish back to the pan, top with parsley and serve.

Nutrition

Serving: 1 Fillet | Calories: 344kcal | Carbohydrates: 7g | Protein: 36g | Fat: 18g | Saturated Fat: 10g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 4g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 104mg | Sodium: 696mg | Potassium: 757mg | Fiber: 0.4g | Sugar: 0.1g | Vitamin A: 823IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 70mg | Iron: 1mg

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Chef’s Note

This recipe calls for skin-on snapper fillets. I highly recommend keeping the skin on as it crisps up beautifully during cooking. The skin adds to the texture, flavor, and helps keep the fillet from drying out. However, you can remove the skin if you prefer. 

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Can this be made ahead of time?

Yes, you can store the cooked fish in the fridge for 3 days, or the freezer for 3 months. When you’re ready to serve, preheat your oven to 275 degrees and line a rimmed baking sheet with aluminum foil. Place the fish fillets in a single layer on the baking pan and put them in the oven until heated through. This will take about 15 minutes for frozen fish, and 10 minutes or less for fish you kept in the fridge. Prepare more wine sauce to serve on top. 

How to Store

  • Serve: Don’t leave at room temperature for more than two hours, or it can start to go bad. 
  • Store: To keep fresh, wait for it to cool, then transfer the fillets to an airtight container to store in the fridge for 3-4 days. 
  • Freeze: To keep longer, store in a freezer bag and keep the recipe frozen for up to 3 months. 

Air Fryer Method

  • Season and bread the fish fillets according to the original recipe instructions. 
  • Spray the air fryer basket with a light coating of oil. 
  • Then place snapper fillets in a single layer skin side down, and don’t overcrowd the basket. 
  • Air fry at 375 degrees for 7 minutes. Then cook the next batch to finish. 
  • Prepare the wine sauce on the stovetop while you air fry the fish. 

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Close up of golden fried fish fillet.

About the Author: Sabrina Snyder

Sabrina is a professionally trained Private Chef of over 10 years with ServSafe Manager certification in food safety. She creates all the recipes here on Dinner, then Dessert, fueled in no small part by her love for bacon.

Sabrina Snyder is a professionally trained personal and private chef of over 10 years who is the creator and developer of all the recipes on Dinner, then Dessert.

She is also the author of the cookbook Dinner, then Dessert – Satisfying Meals Using Only 3, 5 or 7 Ingredients, published by Harper Collins.

She started Dinner, then Dessert as a business in her office as a lunch service for her coworkers who admired her lunches before going to culinary school and becoming a full time personal chef and private chef.

As a personal chef Sabrina would cook for families one day a week and cook their entire week of dinners. All grocery shopping, cooking and cleaning was done along with instructions on reheating. As a private chef she cooked for private parties and cooked in family homes in the evenings for families on a nightly basis after working as a personal chef during the day.

Sabrina has been certified as a ServSafe Manager since 2007 and was a longstanding member of the USPCA Personal Chef Association including being on the board of the Washington DC Chapter of Chefs in the US Personal Chef Association when they won Chapter of the year.

As a member of the community of food website creators Sabrina Snyder has spoken at many conferences regarding her experiences as a food writer including the Indulge Food Conference, Everything Food Conference, Haven Food Conference and IACP Annual Food Professionals Conference.

Sabrina lives with her family in sunny California.

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