Fish Yassa
Serves 4
More effort
Total time:
Plus at least 1 hour marinating time
A onion and lemon delicious dish from Senegal and Gambia
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- 3 tbsp oil
- 4 chunky white fish fillets
- 4 onions finely sliced
- Juice of two small lemons or 1 large lemon
- 8 tablespoon cider vinegar
- 4 cloves minced garlic
- 2 tablespoons mustard
- 1 veg/fish stock cube
- 1/2 teaspoon crushed chillies (optional)
- 2 tablespoons black pepper
- Salt
Method
step 1
First you need to put all the ingredients except the fish in a large bowl and mix.step 2
Season the fish with some salt then add to the marinade above. Make sure the fish is all covered up in the marinade.step 3
Leave the fish to marinate for about an hour.step 4
After an hour, take the fish out and scrape off any bits from the marinade.step 5
Heat about 2 tablespoons of oil in a deep pan.step 6
Brown the fish fillets on both side about (3 minutes each side) and set aside.step 7
In the same pan (with the brown bits) add just the onions from the marinade without the liquid and fry/saute for about 5 minutes.step 8
Add the rest of the juices from the marinade and about 100ml water, cover the pan and leave the onions to cook for about 10-15 minutes. You need the onions to still have a little bite and not completely soft.step 9
Add some salt seasoning if necessary then add the fish back to cook through.step 10
Serve with mashed potatoes , cous cous or rice.
