Fish and Seafood Recipes - Cod Piri Piri

 
 

Fish and Seafood Recipes - Cod Piri Piri

Ingredients

  • 450 g/1lb cod fillet, skinned and diced

  • A little plain (all-purpose) flour

  • Salt and freshly ground black pepper

  • 30 ml/2 tbsp olive oil

  • 1 large onion, chopped

  • 1 green (bell) pepper, finely chopped

  • 1 garlic clove, crushed

  • 6 rashers (slices) streaky bacon, rinded and diced

  • 1 bay leaf

  • A pinch of ground mace Milk

  • 225 g/8 oz/1 cup long-grain rice

  • 200 g/7 oz/1 small can chopped tomatoes

  • Chicken stock

Method:

  1. Toss the cod in the flour, seasoned with a little salt and pepper. Fry (sauté) in half the oil for 3 minutes, stirring until lightly golden.

  2. Remove from the pan with a draining spoon. Add the remaining oil and fry the onion, pepper and garlic for 3 minutes to soften.

  3. Add the bacon and fry for a further minute, stirring. Add the bay leaf and mace and stir in enough milk to form a thick sauce, stirring all the time.

  4. Discard the bay leaf. Return the fish to the pan. Season well and bake uncovered at 200°C/400°F/gas mark 6 for about 30 minutes until brown and bubbling.

  5. Put the rice in a separate flameproof casserole. Make the tomatoes up to 450 ml/2 cups with the chicken stock and add to the rice.

  6. Bring to the boil. Season lightly, cover and cook in the oven with the fish for 20-30 minutes until tender and the rice has absorbed all the liquid.