Flying Fish and Cou Cou

Name: Flying Fish and Cou Cou
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 4 flying fish fillets; 1.5 cups cornmeal; 1 cup okra, sliced; 2 tomatoes, chopped

Cou Cou/koo koo/

About this dish

Seasoned fried or steamed flying fish served with a cornmeal and okra cake.

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Ingredients

🐟4 flying fish fillets

🌽1.5 cups cornmeal

🫛1 cup okra, sliced

🍅2 tomatoes, chopped

Method

Serves 4

Season the fish with lime and spices, then steam or fry until cooked through.

Boil the okra until tender, reserving the cooking liquid.

Gradually whisk cornmeal into the okra water, stirring until smooth and thick.

Continue stirring until the cou cou is smooth and holds its shape.

Serve the fish with cou cou and a tomato-based gravy.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Flying fish and cou cou is considered Barbados's national dish, built around flying fish, abundant in the waters around the island.

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