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Coconut Lime Fish Stew

Cod poached in a coconut and tomato broth with peppers and lime, Brazilian moqueca style.

Coconut Lime Fish Stew, plated and ready to serve
Serves
4
Total time
40 min
Cost per serving (United States)
$14.48

Ingredients

  • 1 1/2 lb cod fillets (frozen)
  • 13 1/2 oz canned coconut milk
  • 2 tbsp extra virgin olive oil
  • 1 yellow onions
  • 1 red bell pepper
  • 4 clove garlic
  • 14 1/2 oz canned diced tomatoes
  • 1 tsp smoked paprika
  • 2 lime
  • 1 1/2 cup long grain white rice
  • 1/2 bunch cilantro(optional)

Method

  1. Thaw the cod, cut it into large pieces and toss with the juice of one lime and a good pinch of salt.

  2. Start the rice.

  3. Cook the sliced onion and pepper in the olive oil for 6 minutes, then add the garlic and smoked paprika.

  4. Add the tomatoes and coconut milk and simmer 10 minutes.

  5. Slide in the fish, cover and simmer gently 8 minutes, without stirring, until it flakes.

  6. Season with salt and the remaining lime, scatter cilantro over and serve with the rice.

What this costs, country by country

Each figure is the ingredients for the full recipe at prices read in that country’s own shops, in its own currency. Nothing here is converted from dollars.

The cost of this recipe in 11 countries, each in its own currency, with how many of the 10 ingredients we could price in each. Figures are not converted between currencies, so the rows cannot be ranked against each other.
CountryWhole recipePer servingPriced from
Canada$129.52$32.3810 of 10 ingredients
United States$57.93$14.489 of 10 ingredients
United Kingdom£29.52£7.389 of 10 ingredients
Australia$40.80$10.209 of 10 ingredients
Egypt‏٧٩٧٫٩٨ ج.م.‏‏١٩٩٫٥٠ ج.م.‏9 of 10 ingredients
New Zealand$32.08$8.028 of 10 ingredients
Austria€ 66,00€ 16,508 of 10 ingredients
Greece37,56 €9,39 €7 of 10 ingredients
Spain24,44 €6,11 €7 of 10 ingredients
Germany33,51 €8,38 €7 of 10 ingredients
Mexico$797.74*$199.446 of 10 ingredients

* We have read fewer than seven in ten of these ingredients in that country, so the total is a partial figure and the real one is higher.

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