Ingredients

• Few spoonfuls - palm oil
• 1 inch - whole fish (daurade, porgy, bream, or similar), washed, patted dry, and cut into serving size pieces
• 2-3 cloves - garlic, minced
• 1 tsp - coriander
• 1/2 tsp - ground ginger
• 1/2 tsp - nutmeg, grated
• Salt (to taste)
• Black pepper (to taste)
• Smoked or dried shrimp or prawns (or fish); half of it ground into powder and half for garnish
• Peanut oil
• 1 onion - finely sliced
• 1-2 tsp - chilli peppers, cleaned
• 1 cup - peanut butter (natural or homemade)

How to Make Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce

• Heat the palm oil in a skillet. Fry the fish and half of the garlic on both sides until done.
• Set aside on absorbent paper.
• Grind together the coriander, ginger, nutmeg, salt, black pepper, and half the dried shrimp (or fish).
• In a saucepan bring four cups of water to boil.
• Add the fish head and the spices and ground dried shrimp (or fish).
• Reduce heat and let simmer.
• Heat a few spoonful of peanut oil in a clean skillet.
• Fry onion and remaining garlic until browned. Add chilli pepper.
• Reduce heat.
• Add the fried fish to the onion-garlic mixture.
• Remove fish head from broth.
• Strain broth if desired. Add peanut butter.
• Stir until smooth.
• Simmer over low heat until it is thickened into a sauce.
• Pour the thickened sauce into the skillet over the fish and onions.
• Add remaining dried shrimp (or fish).
• Simmer together for a few minutes.
• Serve fish and sauce over boiled rice, with boiled plantains on the side.
• The cooked chilli peppers can be served or discarded as desired.