Brazilian
Moqueca Simplificada (Simplified Fish and Coconut Stew)
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Moqueca Simplificada (Simplified Fish and Coconut Stew) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at dinner. On the plate it is the dish at the centre. Below is what usually sits beside it, what it does and does not contain, and what else to cook once you have made it.
Ingredients
The quantities follow this count.
How to cook it
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Season the fish with salt and a squeeze of lemon and let sit 10 minutes.
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Layer the sliced onion, bell pepper, and tomato in the bottom of a wide shallow pot.
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Lay the fish over the vegetables and scatter the minced garlic on top.
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Pour in the coconut milk and dende oil, cover, and simmer 20 minutes until the fish is cooked through.
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Scatter with cilantro and serve hot with rice, a honest weekend version of the coastal classic.
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Serve it with
A Brazilian dinner is a plate rather than a single dish. These are the courses that normally sit beside Moqueca Simplificada (Simplified Fish and Coconut Stew), read from the same composition Dinejot builds a real meal from.
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The protein alongside
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What it is eaten with
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Something cool and fresh
Safe at your table
Dinejot tracks ten allergens and tags every one of them by hand, so the absences below are as deliberate as the presences. Moqueca Simplificada (Simplified Fish and Coconut Stew) carries fish and coconut. It is free of the remaining 8 allergens on that list.
| Allergen | In this dish | Cook this instead |
|---|---|---|
| Peanuts | No | |
| Tree nuts | No | |
| Dairy | No | |
| Gluten | No | |
| Shellfish | No | |
| Eggs | No | |
| Soy | No | |
| Fish | Yes | Arroz de Forno (Baked Rice Casserole) |
| Sesame | No | |
| Coconut | Yes | Arroz de Forno (Baked Rice Casserole) |
These tags are set by a person rather than inferred from an ingredient list, and they describe the recipe as written here. Read the labels on whatever you actually buy.
What it brings to the plate
Estimated, per serving
- Calories
- 550 kcal
- Protein
- 54 g
- Carbs
- 9 g
- Fat
- 33 g
- Fiber
- 1 g
- Sugar
- 3 g
- Sodium
- 1360 mg
- Saturated fat
- 19 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Moqueca Simplificada (Simplified Fish and Coconut Stew) takes about 55 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a proper project. It is eaten at dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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