This is a quick fish stew recipe for a busy night or when you want something different from the everyday stew. Feel free to substitute catfish or any other type of fish you prefer.
Ingredients:
- 2 Large mackerel fish – Cut and Cleaned
- 4 Large tomatoes – cubed
- 1-2 Teaspoons Dried pepper
- 1/2 Tablespoon pepper flakes (Optional)
- ½ Large onion- thinly sliced
- 3 Tablespoons Palm oil
- 2 cubes Maggi
- Salt – To taste
Direction:
- Season the cut mackerel with 1 cube maggi, pepper flakes and salt- set aside
- Heat up the palm oil in a large pan. Fry the onion until browned
- Place the fish pieces in the onion. Fry on each side for 2-3 minutes
- Add in the chopped tomatoes, peppers, maggi and salt. Gently combine (making sure not to break the fish). Cover the pot
- Simmer on medium heat for 15-20 minutes
Serve on rice
Made this today for my Nigerian hubby who loves food…and I’m happy to report it was a hit! I did substitute frozen Basa fish steaks for the mackerel and red onions for the yellow variety. The dish was easy to prepare and quick!! Im fairly good in the kitchen but not well versed in Nigerian cuisine until recently when I ran across this website. I love the variety of recipes. I’ve made the jollof rice with bay leaves and jollof spaghetti (I used rotini and ground beef) and hubby loved every dish! God bless and enrich you my dear. I will definitely get my cooking chops the more I come to the site!!! Bravo!
Amen amen amen!!! Your feedback made me smile, thank you for taking the time.
Am Kenyan married to a naija and this😁was awesome ..He loved it
Yeiiii! thanks for the feedback.
Ure officially all shades of awesomeness. This meal came out amazing..I was scared of the Palm oil initially but it turned out soooo good.
yeiiii!!! that’s good to know
I just made this sauce. It was so easy to make and so delicious. My kids loved it. Waiting for my husband to have a taste.
Thanks Ronke for the recipe
That’s great to hear. Thanks for the feedback.
Waow tried the stew today. It was yummy yummy though I added
grounded crayfish n small Ugu leaves. Thanks dear.
Thanks for the feedback!
Wow! So easy to make, am sure gonna try did out today
Let us know how it turns out
You are amazing.. u changed me from a bad cook to a fantastic cook… please do you add water after putting the cubed tomatoes?
No you do not.. the tomatoes will release water into the sauce.
I want to make this tonight using can mackrel. What are the dried peppers?
powdered dried pepper
I tried it! It was really nice. Thanks a lot for this website and the lovely recipes
great! thanks for the feedback
Do you think this recipe will work well with Titus fish too?
Titus and Mackerel are pretty much thesame- so Yes.
Do u know a good chef/cook in lagos-Nigeria? Pls recommend…….i need some good food…..lol
Thanks
Nice sauce
Wow!I just did it now,infact that’s we are taking for dinner. Thanks to you. I need more receipts.
Glad the recipe worked out great for you. We have lots more recipes on the website.
Love it and will try it, thanks
let us know how it turns out
This is the meal that the Fanti tribe in Ghana refer to as fanti fanti. I have some in my refrigerator now. We don’t fry the fish at that stage. We cook it in the sauce at the tomato stage.
Will try your method too. The finished fanti fanti looks just like yours.
very interesting, never heard of fanti fanti
Thanks for the addition!
I love this stew! Delicious and easy to prepare. Goes well with rice or boiled yam. Yummy!
yes it sure does
nice n easy to prepare after a stressful day at work. i really appreciate what you are doing, keep it up
Thanks!