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Moqueca - Brazilian Fish Stew
Serving
Makes enough for 4 portions
Ingredients
- 500 - 700g fresh fish (thicker cuts are best, any white fish is good, can also use salmon, shellfish, prawns as desired)
- 2 limes
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 onion
- 2 medium sized carrots
- 1 red pepper
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 1 jalapeno chilli (or a couple of milder ones to suit your taste)
- 1 tbsp tomato puree
- 2 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp ground cumin
- 200ml fish or chicken stock
- 200 - 250g fresh tomatoes
- 100ml coconut milk (or cream)
- coriander / spring onions / flat leaf parsley to garnish
- salt to season
Method
- Cut the fish into chunky bite sized pieces
- Finely dice the onion
- Dice the carrots
- Dice the pepper
- Crush or finely chop the garlic
- Finely chop the chilli(s) - Note, last time we made this we used 2 Sainsburys 'mixed chillis' Heat rating 2 out of 5, leaving the seeds in, and it carried a lovely heat without being overwhelming
- Zest half of a lime
- Juice a whole lime (obvs, the same lime used above..)
- Place fish into a bowl.
- Add salt.
- Add lime zest
- Add lime juice
- Massage fish lightly to coat all the pieces well.
- Set fish aside.
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