African Fish Recipes

I have adapted one of my african fish recipes to be cooked in the crockpot.

This is a recipe from the 'Slave Coast' region of Africa - Behin, but known as Dahomey before the 1970s.

In this part of Africa, the kitchen would be outside or in a separate building away from the accomodation and it would be cooked in a large black pot sitting on three stones over a fire of wood - you can recreate that in your back garden if you prefer - simmer the stew for about 20 minutes - but I recommend the crockpot for this.

African Fish Recipes
2 whole fish - tilapia, bream, basa or similiar
flour - to coat fish
salt, black pepper
4 tbspns vegetable oil
two onions - peeled and finely chopped
1 can tomatoes - chopped
1 tbspn tomato puree
1/4 pint (125 ml) fish stock or water
cayenne pepper to taste

Cut the fish into sections to fit into the crockpot.

Season the flour and coat each piece of fish.

Heat the oil in a frying pan and quickly fry each piece of fish - then put the fish into the crockpot.

Fry the onions until softened and mix in the tomatoes, tomato puree and stock or water.

Bring the sauce to the boil and taste - season with cayenne.

Pour the sauce over the fish and cook on LOW for 4 - 6 hours.

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