Do you eat red snapper skin?
Chef's answer
All snapper are good to eat in that they are all lean, low-fat fish with a mild flavor and edible skin. I love skin-on snapper because, once scaled, you can eat the skin of a snapper and it will taste a bit like a crispy potato chip. ... Think about your frying pan or wok, and if the fish fits, keep it whole.
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As far as it being rubbery and tough that sounds like the fish was overcooked. Try cooking it much less and you should be OK. I'd venture to say that the filets still had skin on them. The skin will shrink at a different rate than the flesh, causing curling.
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Red snapper is a low-calorie, high-protein fish that contains all nine essential amino acids. 3? It's also packed with Vitamins D and E, the minerals magnesium and selenium, and is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids. It does have moderately high levels of mercury, however, which can pose a health risk.
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Red snapper is a low-calorie, high-protein fish that contains all nine essential amino acids. 3? It's also packed with Vitamins D and E, the minerals magnesium and selenium, and is a good source of omega-3 fatty acids. It does have moderately high levels of mercury, however, which can pose a health risk.
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Good choices are safe to eat one serving a week. They include bluefish, grouper, halibut, mahi mahi, yellowfin tuna and snapper. Fish to avoid shouldn't be eaten at all because they have the highest mercury levels. They include King mackerel, marlin, shark, and swordfish.
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The meat on the tilapia has very mild flavor which make it similar to the red snapper meat flavor which is also not very strong. Furthermore the tilapia meat itself is very lean without too much fat content which make it taste fresh. Meanwhile on the red snapper, it has more fat content especially on the male fish.
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English language common names include northern red snapper, sow snapper, rat snapper, mule snapper, chicken snapper, gulf red snapper, american red snapper, caribbean red snapper, pensacola red snapper, mexican red snapper, red snapper, mutton snapper, and bream.
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The northern red snapper (Lutjanus campechanus) is a species of snapper native to the western Atlantic Ocean, the Caribbean Sea, and the Gulf of Mexico, where it inhabits environments associated with reefs....Northern red snapperFamily:LutjanidaeGenus:LutjanusSpecies:L. campechanusBinomial name12 more rows.
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