Jamaican Brown Stew Fish

original post: http://greedygirlcooks.blogspot.com/2016/03/jamaican-brown-stew-fish.html

Ingredients

4 whole fish cleaned and scaled

¼ to ½ teaspoon Salt per fish

¼ to ½ teaspoon Black pepper per fish

¼ cup oil to fry the fish

For the stew

3 tablespoon oil

1 large onion

1 large ripe salad tomato

2 sprigs thyme

½ scotch bonnet pepper

1 teaspoon allspice berries

1 herbox bouillon cube

2 ½ cup water

Instructions

• Season the fish with black pepper and salt, on the skin and insides
• Heat the oil to very hot and fry/brown the fish on both sides until golden brown
• Remove from the oil and set aside
• Pour out excess oil so there is roughly three tablespoons of oil in the pot
• Sauté the onions tomato thyme and hot peppers
• Add the allspice berries and bouillon cube and water allow it to dissolve
• Bring the mixture to a boil before adding the fish
• Add the fish, cover and allow the sauce to reduce while periodically spooning the liquid on top of the fish.
• When the sauce has reduced and slightly thickened fish is ready

Greedy Tips

• Make sure to keep an eye on the sauce as the fish imparts its flavors into the sauce it can dry out really fast. I cant tell you how many times we are watching family feud while cooking and the next thing we know, there is no gravy left because it all dried out and got re-absorbed back into the fish.