How To Make Fosforera (Venezuelan Seafood Soup) | StoryBites

beef

🥗Healthier: chicken

💰Cheaper: pork

Chicken is leaner and pork is often less expensive.

cheese

🥗Healthier: nutritional yeast

💰Cheaper: processed cheese

Nutritional yeast offers a cheesy flavor with fewer calories.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: avocado oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Avocado oil has a higher smoke point and is healthier.

potatoes

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: yams

Sweet potatoes are more nutritious and yams are often cheaper.

Cook the octopus in its own water in a hot pan for 30 minutes.

Heat oil in a pan and add the octopus.

Prepare sofrito by dicing onions, capsicums, garlic, parsley, and coriander.

Add red chilies to the sofrito, removing the seeds.

Toast the fish heads to extract flavor.

Combine the octopus with the sofrito and cook together.

Add water to the mixture and bring to a boil.

Add two spoons of pumpkin puree for sweetness.

Add prawns, squid, and monk fish to the boiling mixture.

Add a pinch of turmeric powder and remove foam for a clear soup.

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