Fish Gumbo with Bacon and Sweetcorn

• 600g white fish fillets- I use snapper

• 2 lrg white onions- diced

• 80g diced streaky bacon
• 3cloves garlic-crushed
• 80g sweetcorn kernals
• 100g tomatoes- cut into dice
• 10 green olives- cut in half
• 1tsp smoked paprika
• pinch nutmeg
• pinch turmeric
• 40ml olive oil
• 2 red chillis
• 2 bay leaves
• 3 sticks parsley- chopped
• 1 stick oregano- chopped
• 150ml chicken or vegetable stock
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/2 lemon-juice only
• milled pepper

Step 1

Remove any bones from the fish with either a sharp knife or fish tweezers. We’ll leave the skin on for this dish. I always snapper when cooking these types of wet dishes. The texture is perfect for holding flavour and shape to the fish.

Cut into roughly sized pieces approximately 2cm square. Place them in a bowl and season with salt, pepper, paprika and turmeric.  Mix together. 

Step 2

In a large frying pan or pot over a high heat, add the olive oil and then the onions and garlic. Fry until lightly golden brown, about 4mins. 

Add bacon and tomatoes to the onions and cook for another 2mins. 

Step 3

Add fish to the bacon and onions, season with salt and pepper and stir through the rest of the ingredients. Immediately after adding the olives, bay leaves, nutmeg, chilli, parsley and oregano.

Stir through and cook for a further 2min. Season to taste.