Fish Aguadito

Today we bring you a recipe directly from the coast, a very popular dish in Peru, and pleasant to the taste as well as your sight. This is how you see it, it's about the fish aguadito, a rich recipe characterized by having a veritable aspect, due to the addition of liquefied coriander, and of a quite thick consistency thanks to the added rice. We see that the aguadito has many ways to prepare, but today we will do it with a fish like snook, characterized by being of a low budget, that is to say, economic, and by having a firm consistency, since when cooked it does not change its shape, and maintains a delicate and smooth flavor.

Normally it is ideal for any type of occasion, be it breakfast, lunch or dinner, it should be noted that everything has to do with your taste and preference, that is, what you usually eat, in each of those meals. It is an easy recipe to prepare, it does not have some kind of ingredient that is difficult to find and you could present it in a special meeting, especially if you have friends who love coastal food, having said all we want to help you in the preparation of this excellent dish.

Stay until the end and taste with us the wonders that the sea offers us, for the preparation of delicious dishes inspired for you.

Fish Aguadito Recipe

Ingredients

Preparation of Fish Aguadito

Very good friends, the first thing we will do is prepare in a suitable way the place where we are going to work, and we will begin to explain this delicious recipe to you, as usual, through simple steps:

1. First you will need the help of a pot, to which water and salt will be added in a good amount, since in this water we will add 1 large head of bass, leave it until it is well cooked, that is an approximate of 30 minutes
2. Once the cooking time of the head has elapsed, you are going to remove it from the pot, and you are going to grind it, until it is dissolved. Once this is done, you will return it to the pot with the same water and let it boil for 20 minutes over medium heat.
3.  Once the boiling time has passed, you remove the pot from the heat and strain the broth, to remove the remains of the head, that is, the spines and gills.
4. Then to the broth you will add 3 liters of water, a little more salt to taste and let it boil for a few minutes.
5. Apart in a frying pan we are going to prepare a stew, ½ cup of oil we let it heat and we will add 1 large onion finely chopped into small squares, 4 ground garlic cloves, 1 tablespoon of ground paprika, 2 ground green peppers, 1 tablespoon tomato sauce and salt and pepper to taste, wait for them to fry and brown.
6. Once the stew is ready, we are going to add it to the broth that is boiling, and at the same time we will add ¼ kg of peas, make sure they are clean, ¼ kg of well-peeled yellow potatoes and chop them in two, in the same way ¼ kg of tomatoes Red chopped in two and ¼ kg of well washed rice, and season it to taste.
7. Then you put it to boil and when it is half cooked from 6 to 8 portions of sliced ​​bass fillets, you must bring it to a boil over medium heat, thus preventing the water from evaporating, and finally you are going to add ¼ of crumbled coriander or you can liquefy it with a little water.
8. And finally, tests like this for seasoning and remember that it should be more liquid than dry, since that's where the name aguadito comes from and that's it.

Tips for making a delicious fish aguadito.

As a very important tip, make sure that the bass is fresh, since we will use its head and hence its flavor will lie a lot.

You can make the aguadito with another type of protein, be it chicken, beef and even pork. Because its elaboration is not limited only to fish.

You can also use any type of fish, as it adapts to the variety of fish and shellfish out there.

You can also add the vegetables you want, add more spice than recommended and if you wish, a little corn would also go well.

Normally the aguadito is not served with some accompaniment, but nevertheless, you can add a little yellow chili sauce.

Although, this recipe is quite traditional and therefore, it will be to everyone's liking. We know that we all have our tricks or secrets in the kitchen that will add a great flavor, without more than saying that you have a good profit.

Nutritional contribution

  And as expected, we will show you the benefits of some foods that we have prepared today, since it will give us an idea of ​​how healthy it can be to include them in our daily meals.

We start with the benefits of sea bass, and its consumption in soup, since we use the head of the fish for the soup.

Its consumption generates a high nutritional contribution in terms of minerals such as potassium, phosphorus, magnesium, iron and sodium.

Potassium is essential for the normal functioning of the body. And at the same time it is a kind of electrolyte.

And phosphorus is also of importance since it helps the body, in the use of fats and carbohydrates. It also helps your body in the production of proteins, for the growth, repair and conservation of cells and tissues.

And iron on the other hand is responsible for generating hemoglobin, which is the transport of oxygen from the lungs to all cells.

Source of Vitamin B12 is essential for your body to follow an adequate rhythm, keeping it active.

 Also contains vitamin A and C

Vitamin A is usually a very important nutrient for vision, growth, reproduction, cell division and immunity, and above all, it is a good antioxidant.