Pescado Akumal

Name: Pescado Akumal
Ingredients: 1 cup diced yellow onion; 2 tablespoons olive oil; 1/2 teaspoon salt; 1 teaspoon cumin; 2 cups diced tomato; 1 poblano pepper - roasted (stovetop or grill method) peeled seeded and diced; 2 tablespoons canned chipotle in adobo (or more to taste); 1 tablespoon minced garlic; 1 cup chicken stock; 1 cubanelle or 2 sweet wax peppers; 1 tablespoon lime juice; 1 large grouper filet - remove the skin and pull the pin bones; olive oil, salt and lime for the fish

13 ingredients

4 steps

Ingredients

1 cup diced yellow onion
2 tablespoons olive oil
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 teaspoon cumin
2 cups diced tomato
1 poblano pepper - roasted (stovetop or grill method) peeled seeded and diced
2 tablespoons canned chipotle in adobo (or more to taste)
1 tablespoon minced garlic
1 cup chicken stock
1 cubanelle or 2 sweet wax peppers
1 tablespoon lime juice
1 large grouper filet - remove the skin and pull the pin bones
olive oil, salt and lime for the fish

Directions

1

Heat the olive oil to medium in a large heavy skillet. Add the onions, salt and cumin and cook slowly, stirring occasionally, until the cumin is toasted and the onions just start to caramelize.
2

Add in the tomatoes and the chipotle and continue to cook fairly slowly so that all of the ingredients are sort of melting and caramelizing together. After a few minutes, add in the garlic and the poblano. You are at a heat crossroads - taste, and if you want it hotter add more chipotle (dice up some of the pepper itself for a real kick) then after a couple more minutes add the stock. Let the mixture simmer until much of the stock has reduced down - you want a thick and slightly chunky sauce, more for scooping rather than pouring over the fish.
3

Salt both sides of the fish and heat a griddle or skillet. Add the sweet peppers and lime to your sauce - they should be cooked but still have a bit of body. Oil the fish pan and sear the fish on both sides. Place half on each plate, squeeze a bit of lime over, then spoon the chipotle sauce on top. Add some sliced avocado and you are good to go!
4

Note this would also be good over grilled chicken or pork ....