Fried Fish in Peanut Sauce

Ingredients

• •Palm oil
• •1 whole fish, daurade, porgy, bream, washed and patted dry, and cut into serving pieces, saving the head
• •2 or 3 cloves of garlic, minced
• •1 teaspoon coriander
• •1/2 teaspoon ground ginger
• •1/2 teaspoon 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 to 3 chile peppers, cleaned
• •1 cup peanut butter, natural or homemade

Directions

1. 1Heat a few teaspoonfuls of palm oil in a skillet. Fry the fish and half of the garlic on both sides until done. Set aside on absorbent paper.
2. 2Grind together the coriander, ginger, nutmeg, salt, black pepper, and half the dried shrimp or fish.
3. 3In a saucepan bring four cups of water to a boil. Add the fish head and the spices and ground dried shrimp, or fish. Reduce heat and let simmer.
4. 4Heat a few teaspoonfuls of peanut oil in a clean skillet. Fry onion and remaining garlic until browned. Add chile pepper. Reduce heat. Add the fried fish to the onion-garlic mixture.
5. 5Remove 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, of fish. Simmer together for a few minutes.
6. 6Serve fish and sauce over boiled rice, with boiled plantains on the side. The cooked chile peppers can be served or discarded as desired.