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Caldo Branco

Name: Caldo Branco
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Guinea-Bissau
Ingredients: 4 fillets White Fish Fillet; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 3 tbsp Lemon juice; 1 Bay leaf; 1 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; 1L Water

Soup

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Fish simmered with lemon and onion — Guinea-Bissau's white soup.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Caldo branco means 'white stew': without palm oil or tomato, fish is simmered with onion, lemon, and chili into a light soup. It's an everyday dish in Guinea-Bissau, where fish from the Atlantic and the Geba River is plentiful, and is poured over white rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a Bissau home, a pot of clear soup with fish and onions is set on the table and squeezed with lemon.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

White Fish Fillet 4 fillets
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Chili pepper 1
Lemon juice 3 tbsp
Bay leaf 1
Salt 1 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 1L

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Sprinkle the fish with salt and 1 tbsp lemon juice and let stand 10 minutes.
Simmer the water, sliced onion, garlic, bay leaf, and chili in a pot for 10 minutes.
Add the fish and simmer on low for 10 minutes.
Add the remaining lemon juice.
Season with salt and pepper.

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