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Stew Fish Recipe in White Plate

Stew Fish Recipe

Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Total Time 45 minutes
Course Main Course
Cuisine Jamaican
Servings 4

Ingredients
  

To Wash The Fish

  • 1 Lemon or lime
  • 1 teaspoon Vinegar

To Cook The Fish

  • Salt, to taste
  • ½ teaspoon Black pepper
  • 1 (Near 910 grams) Fresh fish
  • ¼ Cup Cooking oil
  • 1 ½ Scotch bonnet peppers
  • 8 Pimento berries (allspice)
  • 5 Garlic cloves (2 crushed and 3 chopped in half)
  • 1 Stalk scallion, chopped
  • 2 Small tomatoes, diced
  • 1 Bell pepper, chopped
  • 1 Small onion, chopped
  • 3 Sprigs fresh Thyme
  • 1 Cup Water
  • 1 tablespoon Browning sauce

Instructions
 

  • Step 1:
    First of all, you have to wash the fish with lemon (or lime) and vinegar. After the fish is washed, drain any excess water. Then mix ¾ teaspoon of salt and half a teaspoon of black pepper. Rub this mixture all around the fish.
  • Step 2:
    Take a frypan over high heat and put it in the cooking oil. Add the garlic that you chopped (not the crushed ones), the whole bonnet pepper, and 5 of the pimento berries. Next, add the fish and fry on both sides until it turns golden brown.
  • Step 3:
    After the fish is fried, take the pan off the flame. Carefully remove the fish, pepper, garlic, and berries from the pan. Then pour the oil out, until only a tablespoon of it is left in the pan.
  • Step 4:
    Put this frying pan over low flame and add the chopped bonnet pepper, the rest of the pimento berries, the crushed garlic, scallion, the chopped tomato, bell pepper, onion, and thyme. Sauté this mixture for 2 to 3 minutes.
  • Step 5:
    Add a cup of water and the browning sauce to the mixture. Stir this sauce and cover the pan. Leave it to simmer for about 5 minutes then add the fish and pour the sauce over the fish using a spoon. Cover again and let it simmer for 5 more minutes.
    Then it is ready to serve.

Notes

Note from STEP NO 3: Keep the fish ready, it will be used again later.
Keyword Easy Stew Fish Recipe