Ingredients
Everything you'll need to make this recipe
1
1 large (~2 lbs / 1 kg) whole fish, cleaned
2
1 cup olive oil
3
2 cups uncooked rice
4
1 ½ cups chopped onion
5
Salt
6
Lemon juice
7
Water
Instructions
Step-by-step guide to making this recipe
1
Fry fish in olive oil until well cooked. Remove the fish and allow to cool.
2
Fry the chopped onions in the same oil until well browned. Meanwhile, debone the fried fish, reserving the cooked fillets to be served over the rice.
3
Add the head, bones and skin of the fish to the fried onions and cook with 4 cups of water in a pressure cooker for 15 minutes, or for a longer time in an open pan.
15 minutes
4
Strain the broth and boil the rice in it using 1–4 cups of broth for each cup of rice (this will depend on the absorbency of the rice you use).
5
Simmer the rice on low heat so that most of the broth is absorbed.
Notes
- •Some of the broth may be flavored with a few drops of lemon and served on the side as a sauce for this dish.