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Moqueca de Peixe (Brazilian Seafood Stew)
This is a recipe for the original Bahian moqueca de peixe.
Ingredients
ServingsOriginal: Serves 5
- white fish, Fresh; cut into strips or slices two fingers wide1 kg
- lemon, Juiced1
- onions, Medium; cut into rings2
- bell pepper, One red, one green; cut into rings2
- garlic, Pressed1 clove
- tomatoes, Ripe; optionally peeled, then chopped4
- cilantro, With leaves; finely chopped4 stem
- palm oil, Azeite de dendê; rich, saffron-colored palm oil; must not be omitted12 tbsp
- coconut milk200 ml
- salt
- pepper
Quantities are auto-calculated from the original recipe as a guide. Items without numbers (e.g. “to taste”) are not changed.
Method 5 steps
Leave the fish in a marinade made out of lemon juice and fine powdered pepper for at least 1 hour.
Put the fish, onions, bell peppers, garlic, tomatoes and the cilantro in numerous layers into a pot.
Pour the azeite de dendê and the coconut milk over all, and boil everything for 20 minutes. From time to time, ladle/scoop the liquid from the pot's bottom to its top. Be careful, in order to not break the fish!
Season to taste with salt.
Serve with white rice.
