North African Fish Soup

Submitted by *Parsley*

"Tweeked to my liking. Originally called for pureeing, but I don't think a fish soup/stew should be pureed."

 

• Ready In: 40mins
• Ingredients: 15
• Serves: 6

ingredients

• 2 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 large sweet onion, chopped
• 3 celery ribs, diced
• 3 -4 garlic cloves, minced
• 1⁄2 - 1 teaspoon paprika
• 1⁄2 teaspoon turmeric
• 1⁄2 teaspoon ground coriander
• 6 cups chicken broth
• 1 1⁄2 lbs firm white fish fillets, raw
• 1 (15 ounce) can diced tomatoes, undrained
• 2 large potatoes, peeled and diced small
• 2 -3 saffron threads, crushed
• 1 bay leaf
• salt, to taste
• pepper, to taste

directions

1. Heat olive oil in a large pot; saute the onions, celery, garlic, paprika, tumeric and coriander until soft and fragrant.
2. Add the broth, raw fish, tomatoes, potatoes, saffron and bay leaf.
3. Bring to a soft boil; reduce heat and simmer, stirring often, until potatoes are tender and fish flakes (about 15 minutes). The fish should fall into pieces with stirring.
4. Remove the bay leaf.
5. Add salt and pepper to taste.

Reviews

[mrs.trs]

Oh my....yyuummmmyy. Was looking for a fish soup to use my cod with, and boy was I glad I found this. Had to use spanish saffron threads, as that was all I could find in area, but other than that, followed recipe as listed, and every1 kept going back for more

 

[Liz wy]

this soup turned out so good. i used mahi mahi, added about half a can of tomato juice and a habanero and it is great!

 

[Qmeg5858]

This was a very pleasant soup and a nice change from regular fish. All five of us ate it, even the toddlers.

 

[Tea Jenny]

Hi, I think you are right fish soup should not be pureed, at least not this one, I made this exactly as the recipe said and I don’t think it would of been as good to eat if it had been pureed. The soup has the most amazing colour so pretty, I used cod for the fish, and it was so good I ate 3 bowls, mind you we just had soup for lunch, so I don’t feel too greedy. It’s one of those soups you can keep going back to it is so good. Thank you for posting. Made for ZWT#6 2010.