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Run Down

Name: Run Down
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Grenada
Ingredients: 2 (fillets) Mackerel; 400ml Coconut milk; 1 Onion; 1 Tomato; 2 cloves Garlic; A pinch Thyme; 1/2 Chili pepper; 1 Lime; 1/2 tsp Salt; 2 Green banana

Main Dish

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Mackerel and other fish simmered in coconut milk cooked down until oily — a Grenadian fish stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Run down is a dish of Grenada, Jamaica, and other Caribbean islands: coconut milk is 'run down' (reduced) until the oil separates, and salted mackerel or white fish is simmered in it with onion, tomato, and herbs. It's eaten with boiled green bananas or dumplings.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Grenadian kitchen, fish simmers in thickly reduced coconut sauce beside a plate of green bananas.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Mackerel 2 (fillets)
Coconut milk 400ml
Onion 1
Tomato 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Thyme A pinch
Chili pepper 1/2
Lime 1
Salt 1/2 tsp
Green banana 2

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sprinkle the mackerel with lime juice and salt and let stand 15 minutes.
Reduce the coconut milk in a pot for 15 minutes, stirring, until oil rises to the surface.
Add the onion, garlic, tomato, thyme, and chili and simmer 5 minutes.
Add the mackerel and simmer 10 minutes, spooning the sauce over.
Serve with boiled green bananas.

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