Jamaican Steamed Fish

Name: Jamaican Steamed Fish
Yield: 2 servings
Cuisine: Jamaican
Ingredients: 2 whole red snapper (about 500g each), cleaned and scored; 1 lime, juiced; 1 carrot, cut into thin strips; 8 okra, sliced; 1 onion, sliced; 4 sprigs fresh thyme and 2 spring onions; 1 Scotch bonnet pepper, whole; 6 pimento (allspice) berries; 2 tbsp butter; 1 cup water or fish stock

Steam Fish/STEEM fish/

Also known as: Steam Fish, Jamaican Steam Fish

About this dish

Whole snapper gently steamed with okra, carrots, thyme, pimento and Scotch bonnet in a peppery, buttery broth.

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Ingredients

🐟2 whole red snapper (about 500g each), cleaned and scored

🍋1 lime, juiced

🥕1 carrot, cut into thin strips

🫛8 okra, sliced

🧅1 onion, sliced

🌿4 sprigs fresh thyme and 2 spring onions

🌶️1 Scotch bonnet pepper, whole

🫚6 pimento (allspice) berries

🧈2 tbsp butter

💧1 cup water or fish stock

Method

Serves 2

Wash the fish with lime juice and water, then season inside and out with salt and black pepper.

Melt the butter in a wide pan and soften the onion, spring onion and thyme for 2 minutes.

Add the carrot, okra, pimento berries, whole Scotch bonnet and the water, and bring to a simmer.

Lay the fish in the pan, spoon the vegetables over, cover tightly and steam for 12–15 minutes until the flesh flakes.

Remove the Scotch bonnet before it bursts and serve the fish with its broth, with bammy, rice or water crackers.

✓ What Makes it Authentic

Steam fish is a Jamaican home and seaside favourite, usually made with red snapper and often finished with water crackers laid on top to soak up the broth.

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