Brazilian
Peixe Ensopado (Brazilian Fish Stew)
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Peixe Ensopado (Brazilian Fish Stew) is Brazilian home cooking, eaten at lunch and 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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Heat the oil in a wide pot and saute the diced onion, garlic, and tomato 6 minutes until softened.
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Add the chunked potatoes and 2 cups of water, cover, and simmer 15 minutes until nearly tender.
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Lay the fish fillets over the top, cover, and simmer 10 minutes more until the fish is cooked through.
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Season with salt and pepper, scatter with cilantro, and serve hot with rice.
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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 Peixe Ensopado (Brazilian Fish 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. Peixe Ensopado (Brazilian Fish Stew) carries fish. It is free of the remaining 9 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 | No |
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
- 390 kcal
- Protein
- 38 g
- Carbs
- 39 g
- Fat
- 9 g
- Fiber
- 4 g
- Sugar
- 2 g
- Sodium
- 990 mg
- Saturated fat
- 1 g
Estimated values. Actual nutrition varies with ingredients, brands, and how you cook.
When to cook it
Peixe Ensopado (Brazilian Fish Stew) takes about 40 minutes from a cold stove to the table, and the cooking itself is a fair bit of work. It is eaten at lunch and dinner. Nothing in the calendar rules it out, so it is a year round dish.
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