Recipe: Eating on a Dime Stewed Fried Fish

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Stewed Fried Fish. Heat a grill pan over high heat. This hearty stew can be made with any firm flesh fish such as king fish, croaker, red snapper or halibut. The fish version of Jamaican brown stew chicken, it is first fried them simmered down in a down to a sweet-savory sauce.

This fish holds it's shaped very good when under pressure.

The fish has to be fried then simmered and you don't want it to break up.

If in dire need kingfish would also be a good option.

You can have Stewed Fried Fish using 12 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you achieve it.

Ingredients of Stewed Fried Fish

1. Prepare 1.5 kg of croaker fish.

2. You need 2 of medium sized tomatoes.

3. You need 4 of fresh pepper.

4. It’s 1 of medium sized red bell pepper.

5. You need 1 of medium sized onions.

6. Prepare 1 teaspoon of curry.

7. You need 1 teaspoon of rosemary leaves.

8. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of dried grounded garlic powder.

9. It’s 1/2 teaspoon of dries ginger powder.

10. It’s 1 spoon of vegetable oil.

11. It’s 1 of crayfish seasoning cube.

12. It’s to taste of Salt.

Tilapia in brown stew fish can work BUT know that when it's simmering down it might break up a lot.

As I mentioned, any fish that is fleshy and firm would do.

Caribbean Fish Stew - A simple stew with marinated red snapper and tilapia, infused with spices, herbs bell peppers, tomatoes, and onions - Simply delicious.

I first had this Caribbean style stew at a hole in the wall restaurant and it was really really flavorful.

Stewed Fried Fish step by step

1. Cut fish into small sizes.

2. Wash thouroughly using salt and water.

3. Marinate fish using curry, seasoning, garlic and ginger powder for 2 hours or overnight.

4. Blend tomatoes, pepper, bell pepper and tomatoes into smooth paste.

5. Fry paste using vegetable oil for about 5-8 minutes.

6. Fry fish in hot vegetable oil until properly cooked.

7. Add fried fish into cooked paste and allow to cook for an additional 5 minutes on low heat.

8. Add salt to taste.

9. Serve with jollof rice, boiled yam, boiled potatoes, salad or any other food of your choice..

All the way to the bones! (I love nibbling on bones).

The result is a nice crunchy piece of fish with a great ratio of flesh to batter.

This batter can be adapted for many other types of fish like, catfish, banga mary, butter fish, or any white flaky fish you choose.

My mom used to make these delicious little fried fish called coco belly fish to top our dhal and rice meal.

The fish turned out so great.