Quick Fish Stock

Name: Quick Fish Stock
Yield: makes about 1.2 litres / 2 pints
Cuisine: Asia
Ingredients: handful of prawn shells (optional); 60 g/ 2 oz bonito flakes; well-cleaned head and bones of 1 large fish

Preparation info

makes about
1.2 litres

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

New Wave Asian

By Sri Owen

Published 2002

About

Use whatever large fish is to hand – I like to use most white fish, trout, salmon or turbot

Ingredients

well-cleaned head and bones of 1 large fish
handful of prawn shells (optional)
60 g

Asia
Stock
Pescatarian
Gluten-free
Southeast Asia

Method

Put 1-2 litres/ 2-3 pints of cold water into a saucepan. Add the fish trimmings and prawn shells if using them. Bring to the boil and simmer for 5-6 minutes, skimming off the froth at short intervals. Stra