Spicy Salt Cod Stew

Name: Spicy Salt Cod Stew
Yield: Serves 4
Ingredients: ½ bottle dry white wine; Salt and freshly ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon spicy paprika or cayenne; 1 pound potatoes, peeled and cut into 1½″ cubes; Juice of ½ lemon; 2 to 3 garlic cloves, peeled and finely chopped; 1 green and 1 red (bell) pepper, cored, seeded, and cut into strips; 1 fresh serrano or jalapeño chile, with ribs and seeds removed, finely chopped *; 3 onions, coarsely chopped; Extra-virgin olive oil; 1 pound salt cod

Preparation info

Serves
4

Appears in

Everything on the Table

By Colman Andrews

Published 1992

About

Though not as daunting as organ meats, salt cod is still regarded with suspicion by the majority of Americans, who seem to think that it is inevitably chewy and, of course, salty as hell. Neither is true if it is properly prepared.

Ingredients

1 pound salt cod
3 onions, coarsely chopped
Extra-virgin olive oil
1

Fish course
Stew
Pescatarian
Spicy
Gluten-free

Method

Soak salt cod in a large bowl of water, in the refrigerator, for about 48 hours, changing the water 2 or 3 times a day.

Drain salt cod, cut or pull off skin and remove any bones, then chop into pieces 1½″ to 2″ square. Set aside.

In a large skillet or stew pot, sauté onions in a little olive oil over lowest possible heat for 1 to IV2 hours, stirring occasionally. Add paprika or