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Baked Red Snapper with Mushroom Thyme Sauce sounds like a fancy dinner recipe but it is really a quick, easy and healthy meal. Let the oven do the work and just relax and enjoy your guests or family. Then enjoy a meal together that you can feel good about serving and they can feel good about eating!
Y’all…I am not even gonna lie…this bride stress is kicking my butt!! I have tried to be calm and not let my inner worrywart get the best of me, but I am failing miserably 😥 I am to the point now (23 days and counting) that I just want it to happen!! I don’t like to be the one to make decisions (and I have made way to many with this wedding planning thing) and don’t like to be the center of attention (hello…I’m the bride), so I have been a mess!! I am not sure if it is showing on the outside, but I am sure feeling it on the inside 😥
Ok, thank you for letting me get that off my chest (like you had a choice but hopefully you are still reading) 🙄 Oh, and before I forget, I want to apologize for not sharing as regularly…it seems the blog took a back burner to all things wedding…Now, let’s starting talking about the recipe that I am going to share with you today, Baked Red Snapper with Mushroom Thyme Sauce.
This recipe was born out of shear desperation to get dinner on the table! I know that might sound a bit exagerated, but we had not been to the store in like 3 weeks and there was literally no proteins left in the freezer! My family cannot have a meal without protein (I can) and I was digging through the freezer trying to come up with something!!
I found some red snapper filets in the very back of the freezer…not sure how long they had been there…guess they were okay because we all ate them and everyone is fine…LOL 😆 (Did I really just admit that? Don’t judge me PLEASE!! I don’t need that stress too!! LOL 😆
I figured I could make a fish dinner. We hadn’t done that in a while and the last fish recipe on the blog was this Easiest Baked Salmon with Fresh Herbs recipe that I posted in March, so I thought it was a win win!! I found this recipe from Group Recipes and thought I could make something like that work. We always have thyme growing in the garden, white wine (it is a necessity), olive oil, salt and pepper, so all I needed was mushrooms.
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My lunch hour has become “wedding errand hour” and so while I was out and about I picked up some mushrooms (no time for a full shopping trip) and we were all set!!
I was pleasantly surprized how good this was!! It was super easy and the oven did all the work 😛 You could definitely serve it for a special occasion or any weeknight meal!!
Here is your recipe for Baked Red Snapper with Mushroom Thyme Sauce:
- 1.5 lbs. red snapper filets
- 1 tbsp. extra virgin olive oil
- 8 oz. sliced baby bella (crimini) mushrooms
- 1 tbsp. fresh thyme, chopped (save a sprinkle for garnish)
- sea salt and fresh ground pepper to taste
- ⅓ cup dry white wine
- 1 cup instant brown rice
- Preheat the oven to 450°F.
- Line a large baking dish with aluminum foil.
- Place snapper filets in the dish and pour olive oil over top.
- Add the mushrooms, thyme, salt and pepper.
- Pour the white wine over the fish.
- Cover dish in aluminum foil and bake covered for 10-15 minutes (or more depending on the thickness of your filets), until the fish is white and flaky.
- While the fish is cooking, prepare the brown rice according to package instructions.
- Remove the foil covering and place the dish back in the oven and turn on the broiler to brown the mushrooms. (This happens very quickly (1 minute or so) so watch carefully.
- Remove from oven and serve immediately over prepared brown rice with a garnish of thyme.
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O yum! This looks and sounds fantastic! Love the white wine and thyme!