Fish in Coconut Sauce

Fried Fish

Coconut Sauce

Fish in Coconut Sauce

Ingredients

• 2 pounds Tilapia fillets
• 2 peppers cut into strips
• 1 teaspoons of crushed garlic
• 1 tbsp tomato paste
• 2 cups of  coconut milk
• 2 tablespoons of cilantro finely chopped
• 4 tablespoons of oil
• 1 onion cut into strips
• Salt and pepper

Instructions

Cuts the fish in stripe or cube 

Salt and pepper the fish for both sides

Heat oil in a pan over medium heat.

Lightly brown fish on one side, rotate and cook other side equally, drain on a paper towel and reserve.

Add the pepper strips and onion and sauté until the onions become transparent add garlic, tomato paste.

Add coconut milk and cilantro, taste and season with salt

Simmer over medium heat until the liquid reduces to half.

When the sauce thick add the fish and reduced the heat, let the fish to infuse with all the flavor and remove from the heat.

Serve hot. (Usually we serve with white rice or tostones)