Brazilian Fish Stew - Moqueca

Ingredients

• Halibut

  Fish, atlantic and pacific, raw

  24 oz or 680g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Lime juice

  Raw

  1 lime yields or 44g

• Olive oil

  Salad or cooking

  2 tbsp or 27g

• Onions

  Sweet, raw

  1 onion or 331g

• Salt

  Table

  ½ tsp or 3g

• Carrots

  Raw

  1 cup chopped or 128g

• Red bell pepper

  Sweet, raw

  1 medium or 119g

• Garlic

  Raw

  4 cloves, minced or 12g

• Jalapeno

  DoubleDave's Pizzaworks

  ½ serving or 7g

• Tomato paste

  Canned, without salt added

  1 tbsp or 16g

• Paprika

  Spices

  2 tsp or 4g

• Cumin

  Spices, cumin seed

  1 tsp, ground or 3g

• Chicken stock

  Soup, home-prepared

  1 cup or 240g

• Tomatoes

  Red, ripe, raw, year round average

  1 ½ cup cherry tomatoes or 223g

• Coconut milk

  Nuts, frozen (liquid expressed from grated meat and water)

  14 oz or 397g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Scallions

  Spring onions or scallions (includes tops and bulb), raw

  ½ cup, chopped or 50g

• Lime juice

  Raw

  1 tbsp or 15g

Directions

1. Rinse and pat dry the fish and cut into 2 inch peices. Place in a bowl. Add salt, zest from half the lime and 1 tablespoon lime juice. Massage lightly to coat all pieces well. Set aside.
2. In a large saute pan, heat the olive oil over medium high heat. Add onion and salt, and saute 2-3 minutes. Turn heat down to medium, add carrot, bell pepper, garlic and jalapeno and cook 4-5 more minutes. Add tomato paste, spices and stock. Mix and bring to a simmer and add tomatoes. Cover and simmer gently on medium low for 5 mintues or until carrots are tender.
3. Add the coconut milk and taste and add more salt if necessary.
4. Nestle the fish in the stew and simmer gently until it's cooked through, about 4-6 minutes. Spoon the flavorful coconut broth over the fish and cook until desired doneness or longer for thicker pieces. ( You can also finish this in a 350F oven).
5. Taste and adjust salt and squeeze with lime.
6. To serve, serve over rice, sprinkle with cilantro or scallions and a squeeze of lime.
7. Drizzle with a little olive oil if you like.

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