Name: Caribbean Fish Soup
Prep time: 35 min
Cook time: 35 min
Yield: 8
Ingredients: Whole fish, scaled and cleaned, or more to taste - 2 pounds; Lemon, juiced - 1; Water - 8 cups; Green bananas, chopped - 4; Pumpkin, cut into 1-inch pieces, or more to taste - 1 pound; Potatoes, chopped - 2; Corn, cut into 1-inch pieces - 2 ears; Carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces - 4 ounces; Chopped okra - ½ cup; Scallions, chopped - 4; Hot chile pepper - 1; Garlic, chopped - 2 cloves; Salt - 1 teaspoon; Ground black pepper - 1 teaspoon; Fresh thyme, leaves stripped - 4 sprigs

Ingredients for - Caribbean Fish Soup

1. Whole fish, scaled and cleaned, or more to taste 2 pounds

2. Lemon, juiced 1

3. Water 8 cups

4. Green bananas, chopped 4

5. Pumpkin, cut into 1-inch pieces, or more to taste 1 pound

6. Potatoes, chopped 2

7. Corn, cut into 1-inch pieces 2 ears

8. Carrots, cut into 1/2-inch pieces 4 ounces

9. Chopped okra ½ cup

10. Scallions, chopped 4

11. Hot chile pepper 1

12. Garlic, chopped 2 cloves

13. Salt 1 teaspoon

14. Ground black pepper 1 teaspoon

15. Fresh thyme, leaves stripped 4 sprigs

How to cook deliciously - Caribbean Fish Soup

1 . Stage

Rinse fish with lemon juice; drain.

2 . Stage

Bring water to a boil in a large pot. Add fish; reduce to a simmer and cook until soft, about 30 minutes. Use a slotted spoon to remove fish to a plate, reserving broth in the pot. Let fish cool; remove bones, keeping large pieces of flesh intact.

3 . Stage

Bring broth to a boil. Add green bananas, pumpkin, potatoes, corn, carrots, okra, scallions, chile pepper, garlic, salt, black pepper, and thyme. Return to a boil. Reduce heat to low and simmer until potatoes are almost tender, about 10 minutes. Stir in fish pieces and simmer until flavors combine, about 5 minutes more.

4 . Stage

Remove soup from heat and let stand before serving, about 30 minutes. Discard chile pepper.