Caribbean Fish Soup

Name: Caribbean Fish Soup
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 60 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: 2 whole fish, scaled and cleaned, or more to taste; 1 lemon, juiced; 8 cups water; 4 green bananas, chopped; 1 pound pumpkin, cut into 1-inch pieces, or more to taste; 2 potatoes, chopped; 2 ears corn, cut into 1-inch pieces; 4 ounces carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces; 1/2 cup chopped okra; 4 scallions, chopped; 1 hot chile pepper; 2 cloves garlic, chopped; 1 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon ground black pepper; 4 sprigs fresh thyme, leaves stripped

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Not just a healthy soup, it's very tasty too. I always loved this soup while growing up in the Caribbean. To my surprise it turned out to be a good warm-up drink too. Long story short, as I waited for a bus on a very cold and windy winter evening in NYC, I noticed a West Indian restaurant across the street. I ran in to get a cup of coffee or tea. The last thing on my mind was a bowl of soup. They were about to close and the only thing they had was fish soup. I took a small cup and went back to the bus stop. It warmed me up so much and reached such a good place inside me that I ran back for more.

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📊 At a Glance

Prep 35 min

Cook 1h

Serves 8

Difficulty Hard

Nutrition Facts

Servings per recipe 8

Serving size 1 serving

Amount per serving

Calories 203

% Daily Value*

Total Fat 3.3g 4%

Saturated Fat 0g 0%

Trans Fat 0g

Cholesterol 0mg 0%

Sodium 338mg 15%

Total Carbohydrate 35g 13%

Dietary Fiber 2.8g 10%

Total Sugars 3g

Protein 11.6g 23%

Vitamin D 0mcg 0%

Calcium 0mg 0%

Iron 0mg 0%

Potassium 0mg 0%

* The % Daily Value (DV) tells you how much a nutrient in a serving of food contributes to a daily diet. 2,000 calories a day is used for general nutrition advice.

👨‍🍳 Instructions

Rinse fish with lemon juice; drain.

Bring water to a boil in a large bowl.

Add fish; simmer until soft, about 30 minutes.

Strain fish, reserving broth.

Remove bones, trying to keep large pieces of fish intact.

Bring broth to a boil.

Add green bananas, pumpkin, potatoes, corn, carrots, okra, scallions, chile pepper, garlic, salt, pepper, and thyme.

Bring back to a boil.

Reduce heat to low; simmer until potatoes are almost tender, about 10 minutes.

Simmer until flavors combine, about 5 minutes more.

Remove soup from heat and let stand before serving, about 30 minutes.