Caribbean Cou Cou

Ingredients

• 200g yellow corn meal
• 15 okra, sliced
• 1 onion, chopped
• 3 garlic cloves
• 1 tsp thyme
• 30g butter
• 1 litre stock
• Salt
• For fish: 4 white fish fillets (snapper, sea bass), 2 tomatoes, 1 onion, 1 sweet pepper, 4 garlic, 1 Scotch bonnet, 2 tbsp tomato paste, lime, salt

Instructions

1. Bring stock to a boil; add okra, onion, garlic, thyme, salt.
2. Simmer 8 min until okra is soft.
3. Whisk in corn meal in a steady stream.
4. Cook stirring constantly until thick and pulling away from sides, 15 min.
5. Stir in butter.
6. Tip onto a wet plate; shape into a mound.
7. Make fish sauce: brown garlic, onion, pepper, Scotch bonnet; add tomato paste, tomatoes; simmer 10 min.
8. Add fish; cook 8 min.
9. Serve fish over cou cou.

Serving suggestions

• Friday tradition in Barbados.

Storage & reheating

Best fresh.

Nutrition

Nutrition information is not yet available for this recipe. Values vary with portion size and exact ingredients — we will add verified figures here soon.

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