🇳🇬 Nigerian Fish Stew Recipe | How to Cook Fish Stew | Infoods

fish

🥗Healthier: tofu

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Tofu is plant-based and lower in cost, while canned fish is often more affordable.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: sunflower oil

Olive oil is healthier, while sunflower oil is typically cheaper.

scotch bonnet peppers

🥗Healthier: jalapeños

💰Cheaper: bell peppers

Jalapeños provide heat with fewer calories, and bell peppers are more accessible.

seasoning cubes

🥗Healthier: homemade spice blend

💰Cheaper: salt

A homemade blend can reduce sodium and enhance flavor.

De-scale and wash the fish several times until clean, then cut into chunks.

Prep the vegetables: tomatoes, onions, red capsicum, garlic, ginger, and coriander.

Heat half a cup of cooking oil in a pan over medium-high flame.

Fry the fish for 2 minutes per side, sprinkling with a little salt while frying.

In a blender, combine roughly chopped tomatoes, red capsicum, onions, one scotch bonnet, and 1/4 cup of water; blend until smooth.

Check the fish, ensuring it has a golden brown color, then transfer to a plate and scoop out some oil from the pan.

Transfer the blended tomato paste into the pan, add onion powder, garlic powder, and two seasoning cubes.

Add garlic to the tomato mixture, reduce the flame to low, and cook for 5 minutes until thickened.

Add half a cup of water and stir, then carefully place the fried fish into the tomato stew.

Cook the fish in the stew for around 5 more minutes over low flame to soak in flavors.

Squeeze in a teaspoon of lemon juice and coat the fish with the sauce.

Garnish with coriander before serving over jollof rice.

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