I started this blog with an aim to post one recipe per week. Today it’s Friday again, and Friday has been our day to eat fish. For those of you who don’t like fish: Don’t worry, I will post something else soon.
I wanted to cook something new so I did some research how fish could be cooked, and found Moqueca, a Fish Stew from Brasil. This recipe is my adaption to what I found online.
Ingredients:
- 650 g Red Snapper filets
- 1 lime
- 2-3 Tbsp coconut oil
- 1 medium red onion
- 2 medium yellow onions
- 6 garlic cloves
- 3 carrots
- 1 red paprika
- 1/2 yellow paprika
- 1 green chili ( I could not get jalapeños, but the green chili worked very well)
- 1 Tbsp tomato paste
- 400 ml can of diced tomato
- 2 tsp sweet paprika
- 1 1/2 tsp cumin
- 300 ml fish stock
- 400 ml coconut milk/cream
- cilantro
- salt to taste and to marinate the fish with
(1) Cut the fish filets in bite size chunks, get 1/2 of the zest and 2 Tbsp of juice from the lime (keep the other half of zest and leftover juice aside. You can mix it with rice as a side dish) and mix everything adding one teaspoon of salt. Let it marinate while you start preparing for the stew.
(2) Thinly dice the onions and green chili. Cut carrots and paprika in cubes, crush garlic, chop cilantro.
(3) Heat the coconut oil in a pot/pan and fry the onions on high heat until they turn lightly brown.
(4) Add carrots, paprika, carlic and chili and slow cook on medium heat for about 8min.
(5) Add sweet paprika, cumin, tomato purée and fish stock. Bring to simmer, then add diced tomatoes. Cover the pot and cook for 10min.
(6)Add coconut milk and salt to taste.
(7) Gently add the marinated fish and let boil until fish is done. Make sure to cover the fish in the sauce. Before serving, add cilantro. Bon appetit!
(8) Rice garnished with leftover lime zest and juice fits well. Put up some Brazilian Jazz music and start dreaming while eating.
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