Recipe Author: Leyla Ruby Bayona Pazos

Hometown: Lobitos, Peru

This recipe is well known in this area, especially for being quick and easy to prepare for lunch, I learned this recipe from my mother.

We use cabrilla. It is a fish that is very close to our area here in Lobitos, and is easy to find. The fish that we prepare today is fresh because my brothers are fishermen and they brought it to me.

Ingredients

• 1 Entire cleaned fish (we use Cabrilla, but other white fish, like rockfish, would work well)

• 1 Onion 

• 1 Tomato

• ½ Bell Pepper 

• Escabeche (pickled jalapeño)

• 2 pinches of chopped cilantro

• 2 Garlic cloves 

• A pinch of cumin

• 1.5 cups of fermented yellow corn (or use vinegar)

• Salt as you like

• Oregano as you like 

• A splash of oil

• 1 cup of water

For the Rice and Sides:

• 2 cups of rice

• 2 sweet potatoes

• 2 boiled yuccas

• 1 Lime 

• 1 Lemon drop pepper

Leyla Ruby Bayona Pazos

How to Prepare

All recipe photos by Jesús Espinoza Panta.