Best 6 Tias Caribbean Fish Packets Recipes

FISH TEA (CARIBBEAN BOUILLABAISSE)

Steps:

• In a large braiser over medium heat melt butter; add onions, garlic, scallion whites, thyme, and bay leaves. Allow to sweat for 5 minutes then add fish stock, raise heat and bring to a simmer. Add potatoes, squash, chayote, Scotch Bonnet pepper, and a little salt. When potatoes are tender, begin layering fish, start with tile, then bass, snapper, and shrimp then adjust with salt and pepper. Simmer fish until firm and flakes to the touch, about 10 to15 minutes. Sprinkle scallion greens and cilantro over top and serve.

TIA'S CARIBBEAN FISH PACKETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
• Take aluminum foil; 2 sheets per person. Double them together. Spray foil with Pam. Place filet on each doubled sheet. Spread walkerswood jerk sauce on filet -- again -- this is spicy stuff so lightly at first!
• Then add the onion, red pepper, yellow pepper, tomatoes, mushrooms, italian seasoning, red pepper flakes and squeeze of lemon juice on each packet.
• Close each packet completely. At this point I take a marker and mark the initial of each person on their packet.
• Place in the oven for 30 minutes.
• Open packet carefully, and put contents over rice. Throw packet away! Easy peasy clean up too !

POISSON CRU OR E'IA OTA (TAHITIAN LIME-MARINATED TUNA)

Steps:

• Mix all the ingredients together in a large, non-reactive bowl and set aside to marinate for 10 to 20 minutes.
• Drain excess liquid and adjust seasoning. Garnish with some freshly chopped green onions and serve in a decorate bowl or large clam shell.
• NOTES: Make sure to use very fresh, high-quality fish for this dish. Such fish is often marked "sushi grade" in the market. Use other fish - halibut, snapper, swordfish - if you like.
• Other possible additions: cubed red peppers, grated carrots, diced red onion, minced garlic.
• Sometimes a pinch of sugar is added to take the edge off the acidity.

CARIBBEAN FISH IN A PACKET

Steps:

• Preheat the oven to 450 deg F.
• Cut 2 sheets of aluminium foil, 12 x 24 inches.
• Fold each sheet of foil over to make a square of double thickness.
• Brush a little oil on the centre portion of each square.
• rinse the fish and prepare all of the ingredients.
• Place a fish fillet on each square.
• Top with the capsicum, and sprinkle with the oliv oil, spring onions, cilantro, lime juice, chiles, salt and pepper.
• Fold the foil into airtight packets.
• Bake for 20 minutes.
• Open carefully[to avoid a blast of steam], and check that the fish is done.
• Transfer the fish,vegetables and juices to serving plates.

TUSCAN FISH PACKETS

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°. In a bowl, combine beans, tomatoes, zucchini, onion, garlic, wine, 1/2 teaspoon salt and 1/8 teaspoons pepper., Rinse fish and pat dry. Place each fillet on an 18x12-inch piece of heavy-duty foil; season with remaining salt and pepper. Spoon bean mixture over fish; top with lemon slices. Fold foil around fish and crimp edges to seal. Transfer packets to a baking sheet., Bake until fish just begins to flake easily with a fork and vegetables are tender, 15-20 minutes. Be careful of escaping steam when opening packets.

FISH PACKETS WITH SNAP PEAS, TOMATOES, AND HERB BUTTER

Steps:

• Preheat oven to 400°F. Mix butter, herbs, 1 tsp. salt, and 1/2 tsp. pepper in a small bowl.
• Fold parchment sheets in half and use scissors to cut halves into 4 large hearts. Unfold and place parchment hearts open on a work surface. Spoon 1 Tbsp. herb butter in the center of one half of each heart, then divide snap peas, tomatoes, and garlic evenly into small piles over butter. Lay fish over vegetables, then top with 1 Tbsp. herb butter; season each with 1/8 tsp. salt and a pinch of pepper. Fold parchment over and crimp edges tightly to form a sealed packet.
• Transfer packets to 2 large rimmed baking sheets, arranging in a single layer. Bake until just cooked through and a tester inserted through parchment slides through fish easily, about 13 minutes. Carefully cut open packets (steam will escape). Top with basil.
• Do Ahead
• Butter can be made 3 days ahead; cover and chill. Fish packets can be assembled 4 hours ahead; chill. Let sit at room temperature 15 minutes before cooking.