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Fish stew with coconut milk

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Ingredients for 2 servings:

  • 400 g sweet potatoes
  • 500 ml coconut milk
  • 2 small onions, red
  • e.g. chili pepper(s), amount according to taste
  • 1 tsp turmeric powder
  • 2 bay leaves
  • 1 tsp vegetable broth, instant
  • 1 tbsp lemon juice
  • 350 g fish fillet(s), e.g. pollock or cod
  • 1 ½ tbsp fish sauce from the Asian store
  • Salt and pepper, freshly ground
  • some parsley, freshly chopped

Instructions

Working time approx. 20 minutes; Cooking/baking time approx. 20 minutes; Total time approx. 40 minutes

slightly Asian-inspired

Peel the sweet potatoes and cut into approximately 1 cm cubes. Slice the onions into strips. Pour the coconut milk into a saucepan, add the chili, bay leaves, lemon juice, turmeric, stock powder, and onion strips, and bring to a boil. Add the sweet potato cubes and cook for about 10-12 minutes, until the sweet potatoes are just tender. Cut the fish fillet into approximately 2 cm pieces and add to the sweet potatoes. Simmer for another 5 minutes. Stir in the Asian fish sauce and season the stew with salt and freshly ground pepper. Serve on plates and sprinkle with fresh parsley.

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Written by John Myers

Professional Chef with 29 years of industry experience at the highest levels. Restaurant owner. Beverage Director with experience creating world-class nationally recognized cocktail programs. Food writer with a distinctive Chef-driven voice and point of view.

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