Coconut Lime Fillets
Coconut milk and lime juice bring a taste of the tropics to the red snapper fillets.
Ingredients
- 6 eggs
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 4 1/2 cups fine breadcrumbs
- 3 cups flaked unsweetened coconut
- 2 Tbs lime zest, minced
- 24 red snapper fillets
- salt, to taste
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 2 1/2 cups mustard lime sauce (recipe follows)
- Mustard Lime Sauce1 1/2 cups reduced calorie mayonnaise
- 1/4 cup dijon mustard
- 3/4 cups lime juice
Directions
- Combine egg and milk in a shallow dish. Set aside.
- Combine breadcrumbs, coconut and lime in a separate shallow dish and set aside.
- Lightly season fillets with salt and pepper, dip into egg mixture, then dredge in coconut mixture.
- Arrange fillets on a lightly greased parchment-lined sheet pan.
- Bake at 450° F for 15 minutes until fish flakes easily.
- Serve each fillet with approximately 11/2 tablespoons of Mustard Lime Sauce.
- Mustard Lime SauceWhisk together ingredients until smooth.
Recipe courtesy of the National Fisheries Institute
Nutrition Facts
Calories 581
Calories from Fat 267 (46%)
(47%)Total Fat 31g
(101%)Saturated Fat 20g
Polyunsaturated Fat 5g
Monounsaturated Fat 3g
(45%)Cholesterol 134mg
(19%)Sodium 458mg
(33%)Potassium 1148mg
Total Carbohydrate 24g
(24%)Dietary Fiber 6g
Sugars 4g
Sugar Alcohols 0g
(103%)Protein 51g
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