Jamaican brown stew fish recipe

Ingredients

4  Snapper fish or parrot fish, 8oz each whole and gutted

Garlic, 4 cloves minced

4 pimento berries, crushed

3 stalks scallion, chopped

1 Irish potato

1 carrot

1/4 each large red & green sweet pepper, chopped

Scotch bonnet pepper to taste

1/2 cup water

2 tbs soy sauce

Salt & black pepper

sprig of thyme

2 tbsp butter

couple of limes

olive oil

Method

1. Wash fish with lime.

2. Preheat oil on high.

2. Score both sides of each fish, then rub well with salt and pepper.

3. Sear fish on each side approximately 3 min per side. Reserve.

4. Sauté garlic.

5. Add water and soy sauce.

6. Add potatoes, carrots, sweet peppers, Scotch bonnet, scallion and butter

7. Simmer to thicken approximately five minutes, then return fish to pan.

8. Coat fish with stew.

9. Heat through, ensuring potatoes are cooked, then serve.