Tapado

Name: Tapado
Prep time: 30 min
Cook time: 1 h
Total time: 1 h 30 min
Yield: 4-6 serving(s)
Ingredients: 2 cups coconut milk (fresh); 1 small onion; 1 medium red bell pepper; 2 lbs red snapper fillets (or bass, or tilefish); 1 lb medium shrimp; 1 tablespoon corn oil; 1 teaspoon dried oregano; 1/4 teaspoon achiote (also called annatto) (optional); 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1/4 teaspoon black pepper (fresh ground ); 1 medium banana; 1 medium tomatoes; 3 tablespoons cilantro leaves (minced); 2 cups water; 4 cups grated fresh coconut

Submitted by Steve P.

"The Caribbean coast of Guatemala has a wealth of fresh fish and coconuts. This dish, which frequently contains a wide variety of seafood, including squid, crab, shrimp, red snapper, sea bass, or mako shark, is an expression of this natural bounty. Achiote, also known as annatto, is a red-orange vegetable dye used to color dishes throughout Latin America."

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Ready In:: 1hr 30mins
Ingredients:: 15
Serves:: 4-6

ingredients

2 cups coconut milk (fresh)
1 small onion
1 medium red bell pepper
2 lbs red snapper fillets (or bass, or tilefish)
1 lb medium shrimp
1 tablespoon corn oil
1 teaspoon dried oregano
¹⁄₄ teaspoon achiote (also called annatto) (optional)
¹⁄₂ teaspoon salt
¹⁄₄ teaspoon black pepper (fresh ground )
1 medium banana
1 medium tomatoes
3 tablespoons cilantro leaves (minced)
2 cups water
4 cups grated fresh coconut

directions

Make the Coconut Milk : In a 2- to 2 1/2-quart saucepan bring water to a boil and add coconut. Cook coconut over moderately high heat 2 minutes and remove pan from heat. Let mixture stand, covered, 10 minutes. In a food processor or blender blend coconut mixture until very thick. In a fine sieve set over a bowl strain coconut mixture, pressing hard on solids. Working over bowl, squeeze small handfuls of solids to extract as much milk as possible. Coconut milk keeps, covered and chilled, 3 days or frozen in an airtight container 6 months.
Peel and thinly slice the onion (1/2 cup).
Core, seed, and cut the bell pepper into 1/4-inch strips.
Cut the fish fillets into 2-inch pieces. Peel, rinse, and devein the shrimp.
Heat the corn oil in a large skillet. Add the onion and red pepper and.
sauté over medium heat until softened, about 1 minute.
Add the Coconut Milk, oregano, achiote, 1/2 teaspoon salt, and 1/4 teaspoon pepper. Bring liquid to a boil and then simmer over low heat until slightly thickened, about 5 minutes.
Stir in the fish and the shrimp and simmer until seafood is just cooked through, about 10 minutes.
Peel and cut the banana into 1-inch slices. Cut the tomato into 1-inch dice.
(3/4 cup) and add it to the soup along with the banana. Simmer the soup.
until the banana and tomato are just cooked, 5 minutes. (You can cover and refrigerate up to 4 hours.).
To serve reheat the soup if made in advance. Stir in the cilantro.