Fresh Fish Stew

Fante Fante

Preparation info
  • Makes

    4

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in

By Fran Osseo-Asare and Barbara Baëta

Published 2015

  • About

Fante Fante is a red sauce/stew made with very fresh fish. When I asked people in Ghana how to make this dish, which originated among the coastal Fante people of the Western Region, I was given multiple answers: we prepared a version at Flair Catering that was similar to a stew where some of the ingredients were first fried; another time I was instructed to use similar ingredients as Flair’s, but without frying them first (“but you never fry the fish”); finally, I was told it