Chef’s Plate Review: Brazilian Fish Moqueca

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We order 3 new Chef’s Plate recipes each week, and have been since August of 2016. Here’s a look at one of the recipes we received this past week….

Brazilian Fish Moqueca

Transport your senses to Brazil with this steaming bowl of fish moqueca! This exotic number marries a delicious balance of rich coconut broth, spices and fresh herbs served over steamed jasmine rice.

Ingredients:

• 10oz Pollock Fillets
• 6oz Jasmine Rice
• 165ml Coconut Milk
• 1 Yellow Pepper
• 1 Lime
• 2 Roma Tomatoes
• 1 Thai Red Chili
• 1 pack Vegetable Stock
• 4 g Fresh Cilantro
• 1/2oz Fish Sauce
• Moqueca Spice Mix (garlic powder, smoked paprika, dried chives)

Directions:

1. Cook the Rice: in a medium pot, add the jasmine rice and 1 1/3 cups of water, season with salt and bring to a boil over high heat, once boiling cover and reduce the heat to medium low, cook for 12-15 minutes until the rice is tender and all the water is absorbed, set aside, still covered, for 5 minutes, fluff rice with fork
2. Prepare the Ingredients: medium dice the yellow pepper, zest the lime, halve lime, roughly chop tomato, roughly tear the cilantro, thinly slice the Thai chili
3. Start the Stew: in a large pot, heat 2 tsp of oil over medium hight until hot, cook the tomatoes and pepper for 2-3 minutes, stirring occasionally, season with salt and pepper, add the spice mix, cook for 1 minute stirring to toast, add 1/3 cup warm water, coconut milk, fish sauce and vegetable stock reduction, bring to boil over high heat, once boiling reduce the heat to medium low and simmer for 2-3 minutes
4. Cook the Fish Moqueca: line a plate with paper towel, pat the pollock dry, add the pollock to the pot, cook for 4-6 minutes over medium heat, off heat lightly flake the fish, to the pot stir in the juice and zest from lime
5. Serve: serve the fish moqueca over the rice and garnish with the cilantro and Thai chili to taste
6. Enjoy!

Thoughts: As is the case with all my Chef’s Plate recipes, this one was quick and easy to make. Anytime a recipe includes rice I cook it in my rice cooker which makes the recipe that much easier. I also decided to fry the fish in a pan on its own rather than cooking it in the moqueca. Overall the recipe had amazing flavour, more flavour than I was expecting it to have. I would definitely make this again.

XOXO