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🐟 Spice Up Dinner with Haitian-Inspired Snapper & Creole Sauce!

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Celebrate Haitian Heritage Month—One Seared Snapper at a Time!

Hey Reader!

In honor of Haitian Heritage Month, I’m sharing one of my favorite bold and flavorful dishes:
​Seared Snapper with Spicy Creole Sauce and Roasted Vegetables.

This dish brings the heat in the best way—with a sizzling Creole-style sauce, seared golden snapper, and oven-roasted veggies that balance it all out. It's inspired by the home-cooked poul nan sòs I grew up eating, but this version is all about the fish!

And if you're curious about the history behind Creole cuisine and its roots in Haitian culture, I’ve sprinkled in a few links throughout the post just for you foodie nerds.

Let’s cook something bold and beautiful this month.

Have Fun!
​Chef Maika

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I am a professionally trained chef, recipe developer, ​culinary educator. My goal is to create, educate and discover tools that ​will bring the joy and passion of global cuisine to food enthusiasts ​and home cooks through exploration, experimentation, and tasting.

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