Easy Braaied Snoek with Sweet Apricot Marinade

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Fire up the braai for this easy braaied snoek with sweet apricot marinade. A simple South African favorite with apricot jam, butter, and oil for rich, tangy flavor.

Easy Braaied Snoek with Sweet Apricot Marinade

There’s nothing quite like a fresh snoek sizzling over the coals, brushed with a sweet and tangy apricot marinade. This easy braaied snoek recipe uses just a few simple ingredients, apricot jam, butter, and oil. To bring out the natural flavor of the fish while keeping it moist and tender. A true South African braai favorite that’s quick to prepare, full of flavor, and perfect for sharing with family and friends for lunch or dinners, with side dishes.

Nothing like fresh fish from the sea. Baked or fried or grilled for a tasty meal. The snoek is a cold water fish, and has very tender soft white meat. Barbecue or braaiing over coals is just what is needed, to keep it together while grilling. The marinade is very simple popular and sweet and tasty. So delicious.

FAQ’s

How do you know when snoek is done?

You can test whether the snoek is ready by inserting a fork in the thickest part and slightly turning the fork. If the flesh flakes, the snoek is ready.

Which Robertson product is used with glazed snoek on the braai?

Apricot jam is traditionally used in the Cape for creating a fruity glaze for braaied fresh snoek. In this recipe, we’ve combined it with honey, soy sauce, butter, garlic, chilli flakes and Robertsons Braai & Grill All-in-One to create an irresistibly spicy basting sauce.

Why is snoek fish salty?

The Snoek fish is dried and cured with salt, hence preserving it for eating later on. But it comes from the salty sea, and it is in the flesh.

How do you remove salt from salted snoek?

Place the fish into a large bowl and pour boiling water over the fish. The water should cover the fish. Cover the bowl and let the saltfish soak overnight. The following morning, drain off the salty water.

Ingredients for Easy Braaied Snoek with Sweet Apricot Marinade

1. fresh snoek 🐟
2. butter 🧈
3. olive oil
4. apricot jam
5. salt and pepper

See the amounts for the ingredients and how to grill this soft fresh fish, and make this simple popular apricot jam marinade to bast it with. See attached recipe, and its downloaded or printable, and even use online with the cook mode. 😋

This Snoek is a long bodied and long head cold water fish has a lot of bones in the flesh as well. The fishing vessels that go out to sea catch the fish on a hand line and place the fish on ice to keep its firmness and freshness.

How To grill a Fresh Tasty Snoek Braai

Once the snoek has been gutted(stomach out) and head cut off and scaled, then the fish is either smoked or dried as another method.

The grilling of this fish on a braai is very popular for the South African people. Glazed with apricot jam for some sweetness. The snoek fish is gutted and opened for fillets.

A snoek fish grilling on coals on a braai. Notice that the skin still kept on the fish for the protection of the meat while grilling (prevent the meat from breaking up)

This process of grilling

The fish fillets are placed between the double sided grill and closed to keep it from falling. The closed grill holds the fish in place as it turned around. But for the start of the grilling process the fish is first grilled with the skin side down.

Once its grilling you baste the fish with a apricot jam mixture. The snoek fillets should grill within 6-10 minutes (depending on the thickness of the flesh) that is for each side.

Below is a fresh tasty snoek braai

Break the white flesh away from the skin once the fish has cooked and place on a plate.

Do not use a knife to cut the soft white flesh of the fish, as that will cut the soft bones as well. Therefore pulling fish from the braai or grill is the better option and allows the bones to stay behind or intact. Pull the cooked flesh away parallel with the bones to leave them in tacked.

What goes with snoek?

Snoek fish normally eaten with :

1. baked sweet potato
2. salads.
3. Grilled Corn on a Braai or Barbecue
4. Easy Creamy Corn Casserole
5. creamy potato salad
6. Homemade Garlic Braai Loaf
7. Toasted Braai Grilled Sandwiches (braaibroodjie)
8. Roasted Meats and Vegetables
9. chakalaka
10. pap and chakalaka
11. grilled pineapple

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