Aly's Famous Fish Stew

First you take the peanuts and you crunch em, you crunch em. Then you take the grapes and you smush em, you smush em…

Welcome to my very first food post. I will spare you the blah blah blah’s and dive right on into the recipe.

Ingredients:

2 yellow onion 

4 cloves of garlic 

2 red bell peppers 

4 big tomatoes

1 jalapeño  

2 Lime

2 cans of coconut milk

1lb fish 

1lb shrimp 

Cilantro 

Seasonings:

Salt 

Pepper

Ginger powder

Garlic powder

Onion powder

Recipe:

Chop everything. Put it in a big pot & cook! Right? I don’t know how to write a recipe. Let’s try.

Okay…. Here goes nothing.

1. Chop the onions and cook them on low/medium heat with a bit of olive oil until translucent

2. Add in the garlic, cook till you can smell it and it smells yum

3. Add in the peppers

4. Add in the tomatoes and make sure to include all the juice from the cutting board

5. Season with whatever seasonings you feel like. I use ginger powder, garlic powder, onion powder and a little red pepper flakes.

6. sweat the veggies for 5-10 minutes, the liquid that comes out will be part of the broth

7. Add in the coconut milk & lime

8. Add in the shrimp & fish & cilantro. Cover with a lid and simmer on low for 20 minutes

9. EAT!

   You will know it’s ready when the shrimp are pink and the fish is flakey.

NOTE: I will chop as the onion is going and continue to just chop along the way. Salt at each step. A little salt & pepper goes you go.

Serve with a baguette, roasted garlic and top with a little parmesan

If you are feeling feisty, I recommend experimenting by adding anything you damn well please. This is your day! This is your dinner! This is your fish stew!

Things I had added in:

Corn

Calamari

Basil

Plantains

I’ve done an Asian version with bok choy and fresh ginger 

You know I am not a food blogger cause the only photo I have, the soup is barely in frame. Also forgot napkins and Tim’s drink. Was just in a rush to get the shot so we could eat!