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Boil Fish

Name: Boil Fish
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bahamas
Ingredients: 4 fillets White Fish Fillet; 2 Potato; 1 Onion; 1/2 Celery; 3 Lime; 1/2 Chili pepper; A pinch Thyme; 20g Butter; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 800ml Water; To taste Corn grits

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

White fish quickly simmered with lime and potatoes — a Bahamian breakfast fish dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Boil fish is a Bahamian breakfast staple: white fish such as grouper is simmered in water with onion, potatoes, celery, and thyme and seasoned with lime and chili. It's eaten with grits (corn porridge) or johnny cake. Simple, it shows off the freshness of the fish.

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a morning in a seaside Bahamian home, a clear stew of white fish and potatoes is served in bowls beside corn porridge.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets
Potato 2
Onion 1
Celery 1/2
Lime 3
Chili pepper 1/2
Thyme A pinch
Butter 20g
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 800ml
Corn grits To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sprinkle the fish with the juice of 1 lime and salt and let stand 15 minutes.
Simmer water, diced potatoes, sliced onion and celery, thyme, and chili in a pot for 15 minutes.
Add the fish and simmer on low for 8 minutes.
Add the butter, remaining lime juice, and pepper.
In another pot, boil the corn grits with salt into porridge and serve alongside.

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