- 500 grams of white fish, cleaned and cut into cubes
- 3 small hot peppers (chili peppers) or chillies
- 2 teaspoons grated ginger
- 2 tomatoes
- 4 cloves of garlic
- 5 fresh basil leaves
- ½ teaspoon dried parsley
- 3 tablespoons lemon juice
- 3 oil tablespoons
- ½ cup tomato sauce
- ½ red onion
- ½ green sweet pepper chili
- ½ cup wheat flour
- Salt and pepper to taste
- Oil for frying
Wash and drain the fish. Season with salt and pepper and add the lemon juice. Let it sit in this marinade while you prepare other ingredients.
Cut the onion and peppers into julienne strips. Cut the tomatoes into small cubes. Place the garlic, parsley and basil leaves in the mortar. Macerate them well and reserve.
In a plastic bag or in a container with a lid, put the flour and add the fish that you had reserved. Cover tightly and shake gently to coat the fish with flour. Remove the excess flour from each fish cube and fry them for 2 minutes in hot oil. Make sure they brown on all sides. Remove them from the heat, let them drain on absorbent paper and set them aside.
In a saucepan, heat 3 tablespoons of oil over low heat. Add the crushed garlic and basil. Stir so that it browns evenly. When the garlic turns golden, add the onion, tomatoes, peppers and ginger. Stir again and integrate the elements well. At the moment when these ingredients begin to release juices, add the tomato sauce.
Some people add a pinch of sugar to balance the acidity of the tomato, but I don't recommend it in this dish because the red onion is very sweet.
Cover the casserole and let this sauce simmer for 5 minutes. Then add the lightly fried fish cubes. Cover them with the sauce, but avoid stirring so they don't break. Let them simmer for 3 minutes. Turn off the heat and let them sit, covered, for approximately 10 minutes.
Serve the fish enchilado with white rice. If you have leftover sauce, do not throw it away, I recommend spreading it on bread, toast, or palitroques.
This dish has an intense but balanced flavor. To make it perfect with a cold beer or white wine.
Enjoy your meal!!