How to Cook Fried Stew Fish and Red Beans | Trini Cookbook

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk + cornstarch

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining creaminess.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: serrano pepper

Jalapeño offers heat with more availability.

Soak dry red beans in 6 cups of water for 5 hours.

Drain the beans.

Pressure cook the beans until done.

Heat 2 teaspoons of oil in a pot.

Add 1/4 cup of ketchup, garlic, and 1 scotch bonnet pepper; sauté for 10 minutes on medium heat.

Add cooked beans to the pot.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of black pepper, 1 onion, 1 tomato, and 2 chopped bell peppers; stir together.

Add 1/4 cup of ketchup and cook covered for 3 minutes.

Fry the fish separately.

Add the fried fish to the pot with the beans and vegetables; cook for 10 minutes on medium heat.

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