Recipe
June 21, 2011
Moqueca De Peixe Fish Stew Recipe
Step 1: Mash garlic cloves and make a paste by mashing the sea salt and garlic together. Rub the cleaned fish with the garlic and salt mixture. Set aside.
Step 2: In a Dutch oven or clay pot, sauté the onions and bell peppers in 1/3cup dende oil over medium heat until translucent.
Step 3: Add the fish, tomatoes, coconut milk, and 1/2 cup dende oil. Bring the mixture to a boil, add the cilantro and cook for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked through. Drizzle remaining dende oil over dish.
Step 4: Season to taste with salt and lime juice.
Step 5: Serve hot with cooked white rice and farofa de dende*.
* Farofa de dende is used as a condiment for many Brazilian dishes, it’s a lot like couscous flavoured with oil. Delicious stuff.
Directions
Yield:
Step 1: Mash garlic cloves and make a paste by mashing the sea salt and garlic together. Rub the cleaned fish with the garlic and salt mixture. Set aside.
Step 2: In a Dutch oven or clay pot, sauté the onions and bell peppers in 1/3cup dende oil over medium heat until translucent.
Step 3: Add the fish, tomatoes, coconut milk, and 1/2 cup dende oil. Bring the mixture to a boil, add the cilantro and cook for 5 minutes or until the fish is cooked through. Drizzle remaining dende oil over dish.
Step 4: Season to taste with salt and lime juice.
Step 5: Serve hot with cooked white rice and farofa de dende*.
* Farofa de dende is used as a condiment for many Brazilian dishes, it’s a lot like couscous flavoured with oil. Delicious stuff.