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Replying to @im._in._your._walls today we’re doing Barbados in honor of their independence day today 🇧🇧❤ INGREDIENTS: COU-COU •4 cups of water •1 tbsp salt •2 cups of corn meal •10-12 okras, sliced GRAVY •8 filets of fish (use your favorite cut of white fish) •¼ cup Green seasoning for fish •1 ½ cup water •12 -18 cherry tomatoes •1 large yellow onion •1/4 red bell pepper diced •1/4 green bell pepper diced •1 tbsp green seasoning for gravy •¼ cup olive oil •1 ½ tbsp ketchup •¼ cup hot pepper sauce •2 tbsp butter •1/2 tbsp black pepper •1/2 tbsp garlic powder •12 tbsp adobo •¼ tspn paprika •2-3 OR SPRIGS OF FRESH THYME DIRECTIONS: 1) Prep your fish with salt, lime, and a generous amount of green seasoning and roll them up. Set them in the fridge until youre ready to cook them. 2) Slice up the okra and boil it with 4 cups of water for about 7-8 minutes. Let 2 cups of corn meal soak in 1 ½ cup water while okra is boiling. Then pour corn meal into the boiling water and combine. Bring to a medium low heat and continue stirring until Cou cou had soaked up all the water and it has a fluffy and thick consistency. Add a serving size into a greased bowl and move it around to form the ball. 3) In a large pan bring 1 ½ cup water to a boil then add the peppers, tomatoes, and onion. Once veggies have softened a bit add in the green seasoning, scotch bonnet pepper sauce, ketchup, adobo, garlic powder, and black pepper. Let the gravy cook down and thicken up on medium heat for about 10 minutes then add in the thyme. 4) Add your rolled fish to the gravy and baste the fish so it gets covered in the sauce. Let it cook on medium heat no longer than 10 minutes and it’s ready to serve over your cou cou :)) #barbados #carribeanfood #carribeantiktok #cookingtiktok #bajantiktok
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