Jamaican Brown Stew Fish

Jamaican Brown Stew Fish

Jamaican Brown Stew Fish is another popular style of cooking fish in our culture where the fish is seasoned, fried and then cooked down in a savoury sauce including natural seasonings such as garlic, onions, tomatoes, green pepper, thyme, and scotch bonnet pepper. The liquid part of my sauce is made using water, ketchup, sugar, vinegar and dark soy sauce. Some recipes may use browning instead of the soy sauce but I like the flavor combination of mine. This results in a slightly tangy with just a hint of sweetness from the sugar to make the perfect sauce.

If you are a fish lover, you will definitely enjoy this dish and even if you aren’t a fish fan, I believe this one can change your mind. This dish is sometimes made with whole fish, however I find it is made easier using fish slices or can even be made with fillets. My fish of choice is snapper or parrot, but any fish of choice should work well. This goes well with rice & peas or white rice with vegetables of choice or ground provisions such as sweet potatoes, green bananas or yam as well.

Ingredients for Brown Stew Fish

• Fish – Snapper, or Parrot or fish of choice, whole, sliced or fillets (depending on the type used, your frying time may vary)
• Salt – to season the fish for frying.
• Garlic Salt – to season the fish for frying.
• Black Pepper – to season the fish for frying.
• Oil
• Vinegar – for sauce
• Ketchup -for sauce
• Dark or Mushroom Soy Sauce -for sauce
• Water -for sauce
• Sugar -for sauce
• Onions -for sauce
• Green Pepper -for sauce
• Tomatoes – for sauce
• Garlic Minced – for sauce
• Fresh Thyme Leaves – for sauce
• Scotch Bonet Pepper – *optional to provide spice for sauce

Preparation of Jamaican Brown Stew Fish

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1. Wash fish in a water and vinegar mixture a large seasoning bowl, remove all scales.
2. Season with salts and black pepper.
3. Cut vegetables for sauce and set aside.
4. Heat a large non-stick skillet on medium-high heat, add oil and heat until hot.
5. Fry a couple of pieces of fish at a time about 5 minutes on each side or until cooked and golden brown. Remove to a platter and repeat until all pieces are cooked.
6. Sauté vegetables for sauce in a little of the oil from the fish in a skillet, then add all other sauce ingredients and simmer for about 2-3 minutes. 
7. Add fish to the sauce and simmer about 2 minutes and serve.

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Jamaican Brown Stew Fish

Prep Time 10 minutes

Cook Time 30 minutes

Servings 6

Author Dianne

Ingredients

Fish

• 3 lbs. Fish Snapper, parrot, or other choice
• 2 tsp. Salt
• 2 tsp. Garlic Salt
• 1 tsp. Black Pepper
• 1 cup Oil

Brown Stew Sauce

• 4 cloves Garlic minced
• 1/2 cup Green Pepper sliced or chunks
• 1/2 cup Onion sliced
• 1/3 cup Plummy tomatoes chunks
• 3 sprigs Fresh Thyme Leaves may used dried
• ** optional Scotch Bonet Pepper desired amount in slices
• 1 cup Water
• 1/4 cup + 2 Tbsp. Vinegar
• 3/4 cup Ketchup
• 1 Tbsp. Dark or Mushroom Soy Sauce
• 4 tsp. Sugar

Instructions

1. Make sure all scale are removed from fish, then wash fish in a large seasoning bowl in a vinegar and water mixture. (to remove the raw smell)

2. Season fish with salts and black pepper.

3. Heat a large non-stick skillet on medium-high heat, add oil and heat 1-2 minutes.

4. Place a couple pieces of fish at a time to fry about 5 minutes on each side or until cooked. Remove cooked pieces to a platter and repeat until all pieces are cooked.

5. Cut up vegetables and set aside.

6. In a seperate skillet of saucepan, using a little of the clean fish oil, place in skillet over medium heat, add vegetables and sauté 1-2 minutes, then add the remaining sauce ingredients stirring until combined.

7. Place cooked fish in the sauce and simmer about 2 minutes and serve.