Easy and Super Tasty Peppered Fish
My Diaspora Kitchen recipe - Nigerian
- Prep time
- 10 min
- Cook time
- 20 min
- Yield
- 8 servings
- Difficulty
- MEDIUM
Ingredients
- 1500 g croaker fish or fish of choice cleaned washed and patted dry.
- 1/2 tsp Salt
- Juice of 2 lemons
- 2 large red bell peppers chopped
- 2 large green bell peppers chopped
- 1 large onion chopped in rings
- 1 tsp bouillon powder
- 3-4 habanero peppers
- 1 small tomato
- 4 tbsp Oil
- 2 cup oil for deep frying
Instructions
- 1
Mix lemon juice and salt
- 2
In a clean bowl, mix fish and marinade together then transfer into a freezer bag and put in the fridge.
- 3
Allow the fish to marinade for 30 mins to an hour
- 4
After the marinade, heat up oil and deep fry the fish at least 3 mins on each side.
- 5
Transfer to a tray lined with paper towel to help absorb excess oil.
- 6
Blend tomato and habanero pepper with as little water as possible and set aside
- 7
While fish is marinating, heat up 4 tbsp of oil, sauté onions.
- 8
Pour in the tomato pepper mix.
- 9
Fry for about a minute
- 10
Then add the chopped red and green bell peppers. and the bouillon powder.
- 11
Stir fry for another two minutes on low heat. Taste for seasoning and adjust accordingly. Then turn off heat.
- 12
After frying the fish, transfer to another tray then pour this sauce over the fish and mix gently to prevent the fish from breaking apart.
- 13
Serve with chips
- 14
Serve in stew
- 15
Serve with frejon