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Seviche

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Recipe

Ingredients

  • 2 pounds whitefish
  • juice of 6 limes, 3 lemons, 3 sour oranges, or enough to make 2 cups juice
  • 4 teaspoons salt
  • 3/4 teaspoons black pepper
  • 1/4 cup vinegar
  • 2 medium onions sliced very thin
  • 2 or 3 red or yellow hot peppers, slivered

Directions

  1. Cut fish into bite size pieces and place in a bowl. Pour juice over it. Add salt and pepper and vinegar. Let stand about 6 hours in refrigerator.
  2. Pour boiling water over the onions and drain. Add to the fish. Add slivered hot peppers and let set overnight.