Cooking Times

30 min
Prep Time
95 min
Cook Time
125 min
Total Time

Ingredients (12 items)

3.00 lbs Whole fish
grouper or sea bream
4.00 cups Broken rice
0.50 cup Tomato paste
3.00 large Carrots
chunked
2.00 large Eggplant
chunked
0.50 head Cabbage
quartered
1.00 lb Cassava
chunked
2.00 large Onions
chopped
6.00 cloves Garlic
minced
2.00 Scotch bonnet peppers
1.00 cup Vegetable oil
8.00 cups Water

Instructions (8 steps)

1
Make stuffing: grind half the onions, garlic, scotch bonnets into paste.
2
Cut slits in fish. Stuff with paste. Fry fish until golden. Remove.
10 minutes
3
Fry remaining onions and tomato paste in same oil until dark red.
15 minutes
4
Add water. Bring to boil. Add all vegetables. Simmer 30 minutes.
30 minutes
5
Remove vegetables. Return fish to broth. Simmer 15 minutes.
15 minutes
6
Remove fish. Add rice to broth. Cook until tender and red.
25 minutes
7
Mound rice on platter. Arrange fish and vegetables on top.
8
Serve family-style. National dish eaten at celebrations.