Hake Chili

Today we share with you again the diverse and delicious of beautiful Peru, that's right, again we bring you a delicious dish to flood your palate with natural flavors.

Thanks to the great coastal area of ​​our country Peru, which has various meals or recipes, with a wide variety of fish. Having endless ways of being prepared, being adapted to different tastes and occasions, we bring you today a fairly simple and juicy dish. It is a delicious hake or hake chili pepperIt is an ideal recipe if you have a low budget, but at the same time you want to prepare a rich, simple meal with a gourmet style, this recipe was inspired for these cases.

As a recommendation, we invite you to prepare this recipe as a starter plate, or as a main dish if you accompany it with something additional, which we will give you ideas on how to present it.

The flavor of hake, which is characterized by being strong and being a fish with a firm and fleshy consistency, will leave you enchanted and is the great reason why we have chosen it as the star of this dish.

Stay until the end of this recipe, we know that you will enjoy this as well as we marine delight.

Hake Chili Recipe

Ingredients

Preparation of Ají de Merluza

To begin with the preparation of the recipe, we want to invite you to have a comfortable and organized place to cook, that is, conditioned, for a better handling of food.

We are going to help you with the preparation of this dish, in a simple way, with simple steps, we hope you enjoy it.

1. First you will do it, in a bowl or container you are going to place 1 large jar of evaporated milk, to which you will add 1 French bread and leave it to soak for ½ hour.
2. After soaking time, you take out the French bread, and you are going to blend it and reserve it.
3. Then in a pan you will add ½ cup of oil, wait for it to heat up and then you will add 1 large onion, chopped into small pieces, you will also add 1 teaspoon of ground garlic and 1 green pepper, ground and salt to your liking . And you fry everything together, and you wait for it to have a golden aspect and for the flavors of the ingredients to complement each other.
4. When the dressing that we have prepared is cooked, you are going to add the blended bread, a little salt and pepper to taste.
5. Then you are going to cut ½ kilo of hake, into 6 to 8 pieces, depending on the size you want. You are going to add them to the already prepared dressing and you are going to let it cook for about 5 minutes, over medium heat.

Once all this is done we are going to remove from the heat and you are going to add ½ cup of grated Parmesan cheese, and it will be ready to serve, you can do it according to the amount you want. To accompany this dish you can do it with a portion of rice or with a good salad to your preference, both together could also work.

Tips for making a delicious Ají de Merluza

You should always try to choose the best fish, the one that is freshest and looks good, since this way you can avoid a bad taste in your food, and possible problems or diseases in your stomach.

You can also choose the fish that you like the most, or for the one that you can afford, since this recipe is adaptable, so don't worry. You only try to make it of a slightly soft consistency, because in this recipe the fish does not take a long time to cook.

You can use ají panca, which is also a good option and gives the dish a reddish appearance.

You can add cumin or spices to taste, if you are one of those people who are passionate about strong flavors.

And you can be more creative, you can also choose the cheese of your preference, if you like, add ham on top, which also gives it a rich flavor along with the cheese.

Although, there are different ways to prepare this recipe, and we thought this is the one that you will like the most because of its easy preparation and few ingredients. We hope you enjoy it and share it with your friends and family until next time.

Nutritional contribution

And we will not let you go without first explaining to you, the great nutritional contribution of the foods used in this recipe, because it is very important to know that we bring it to our table is healthy for everyone, they are not only characterized by having a pleasant taste and desirable smell.

Hake is a fish that stands out for being a classic in gastronomy, one of the best-selling fish, due to its mild flavor. But in addition to looking good, it has very favorable nutritional properties, such as:

• Hake is part of white fish, with a special characteristic is that they are low in fat, for every 100 grams of consumption you will obtain 0,7 grams of fat and 72 calories, it is composed of approximately 81% water and 16% protein of a very good value.
• It contains a high value of vitamin (niacin) B3 and vitamin B12, it even has amounts of these vitamins, a little more than what has been established.
• In addition to having a significant contribution of minerals such as selenium, phosphorus and potassium.

Potassium in a mineral, essential for the proper functioning of the body, at the same time is a class of electrolyte, among its functions are:

• Helps keep heart rate steady.
• Helps the nerves maintain their function.
• Helps in the contraction of muscles.

Selenium is also an important mineral for your health, protecting the thyroid gland, protecting the body from free radical damage and infections, it is also important for the production of DNA.

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.