If you are a chili fan, you want to try the healthy chili and crab stuffed red snapper recipe. It combines the delicious taste of chili with crab and fresh vegetables. The nutritional value of this meal is incredibly high, which is easy to see when you consider the ingredients.

The crab meat is full of protein. Add onto this the vitamins, minerals, and other substances that are found in vegetables, and you have a great all around meal that is perfect for the whole family.

Ingredients (Serve 4)

• 4 red snappers, cleaned and scaled
• 2 tbsp dry sherry
• salt and pepper
• stir fried shredded vegetables, to serve
• wedges of lime and red chilli strips, to garnish

Stuffing

• 1 small red chilli
• 1 garlic clove
• 1 spring onion
• ½ tsp finely grated lime rind
• 1 tbsp lime juice
• 100 g white crab meat, flaked

1. Rinse the fish and pat dry on absorbent kitchen paper. Season inside and out and place in a shallow dish. Spoon over the sherry and set aside.
2. Meanwhile, make the stuffing. Carefully halve, deseed and finely chop the chilli. Place in a small bowl.
3. Peel and finely chop the garlic. Trim and finely chop the spring onion. Add to the chilli together with the grated lime rind, lime juice and the flaked crab meat. Season with salt and pepper to taste and combine. Spoon some of the stuffing into the cavity of each fish.
4. Bring a large pan of water to the boil. Arrange the fish in a steamer lined with baking parchment or in a large sieve and place over the boiling water. Cover and steam for 10 minutes. Turn the fish over and steam for 10 minutes or until the fish is cooked.
5. Drain the fish and transfer to serving plates. Garnish with wedges of lime and serve with stir fried vegetables.

“Always wash your hands thoroughly after handling chillies as they can irritate your skin and eyes”.

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