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The secret to pickled fish

If you go shopping in the Colon Duty Free Zone and want to sample Colon's gastronomic variety, we invite you to visit the various food kiosks found around this business area, including Arabic, Chinese and, of course, coastal cuisine. One of the dishes served there is Pickled Fish. The recipe was brought to Panama during the construction of the Canal and is currently very popular among Panamanians.

Recipe: Pickled Fish

Ingredients

3 lbs. mackerel fish

2 lbs. onion

2 chombo hot chili peppers

Salt to taste

1 tsp. black pepper

10 sweet peppercorns

Curry

1 cup white vinegar

1 cup water

Preparation

Clean the fish, cut into pieces and season with salt, pepper and curry. Fry the fish in a hot frying pan with plenty of oil. Slice the onions and cut each chili pepper into 4 pieces. Saute the onion, chili and sweet pepper in a separate hot frying pan with a little oil. Add a pinch of curry to give it color, and add vinegar and water. Place the fried fish in a glass container and pour the sauteed vegetables on top. Cover and let stand for 1 hour. Serve hot or at room temperature.

 Bon appétit!