A Delicious Creamy Coconut Fish

Coconut Fish: An Exciting Trini Creation

Cooking inspiration comes in varied ways to me and this coconut fish recipe was no different.  I’m always on the lookout for different approaches to cooking fish. Since there are already a few main techniques we use here in Trinidad and Tobago, this one for me is a little creative approach to using coconut in a fish recipe.  Normally, coconut milk is used in stewing meats on the island, but what about steaming?

How can we incorporate coconut milk in steaming? Easy, borrow a few ideas from Oil Down, since that is a way we steam fish in coconut milk, then put a few creative twists and experiment with a new herb or in my case leaf and you would have an excellent recipe.  In my case I opted to use bay leaf as my new twist. The bay leaf imparted an exotic taste to the dish that really kicked the other flavours up a notch.

I would be bold to say that this coconut fish recipe is a Simply Trini Cooking original and I encourage you to share this recipe. That’s what’s the blog has been about since the beginning. So, I have a challenge for you… Why not make this simple coconut fish recipe with your favourite rice dish and invite some friends over for lunch. I’m sure it would be a conversation piece. Let’s cook.

Coconut Fish Recipe

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Coconut Fish

Ingredients:

1/2 cup coconut milk
2 lbs. fish
3 tbsp. green seasoning
1 lg. sweet pepper (yellow, red, or green or a combination)
half of a small onion
2 cloves garlic, chopped
1 bay leaf
salt to taste
2 tbsp. oil

Direction:

Season fish with green seasoning and let marinate for 25 – 30 minutes

Chop the sweet pepper into chunks and slice the onion lengthways.

Heat the oil and saute the garlic for about 1 minute

Add the fish and cook for 2 minutes

Add the coconut milk…


Then the sweet peppers and onion

 Finally add the bay leaf and salt to taste. Cover, reduce heat and let simmer for 30 minutes.

Serve with your favourite rice dish.

That’s it for another fantastic trini cooking post. If you liked my coconut fish recipe why not share it with your friends. Laterz 🙂

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Coconut Fish

Course Seafood
Cuisine Caribbean
Prep Time 5 minutes
Cook Time 25 minutes
Total Time 30 minutes
Servings 4
Author Felix (Simply Trini Cooking)

Ingredients

  • 1/2 cup coconut milk
  • 2 lbs fish washed with lime
  • 3 tbsp green seasoning
  • 1 lg sweet pepper yellow, red, and green
  • half of a small onion
  • 2 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 bay leaf
  • Salt to taste
  • 2 tbsp coconut oil

Instructions

  • Season fish with green seasoning and let marinate for 25 – 30 minutes
  • Chop the sweet pepper into chunks and slice the onion lengthways.
  • Heat the oil and saute the garlic for about 1 minute.
  • Add the fish and cook for 2 minutes, add the coconut milk. Then the sweet peppers and onion.
  • Finally add the bay leaf and salt to taste.
  • Cover, reduce heat and let simmer for 30 minutes.Serve with your favourite rice dish.

3 thoughts on “A Delicious Creamy Coconut Fish”

  1. I tried this last night and it was great! The fish was so tender and succulent! 🙂 I did not have Bay leaf but I will definitely try again when I get some and taste the difference. Thanks much

  2. i cooked this last week with some whole grain rice and wow i am so happy i did. i used tilapia fillets and it taste amazing! now i am going to try it but with chicken breast instead of fish. great recipe, lovely flavors.

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