Bonito a la Asturiana

Name: Bonito a la Asturiana (The Asturian way of cooking bonito)
Yield: Serves Six
Cuisine: Spain
Ingredients: salt and flour; bonito, 1 kg (2 lb), cleaned weight; paprika or cayenne pepper, ½ tsp; paprika or cayenne pepper, ½ tsp; chicken broth, 100 ml (7 tbs); strips of mild red pepper (fresh, seared and peeled; or tinned); garlic, 2 cloves, finely chopped; parsley, 2 sprigs, chopped; parsley, 2 sprigs, chopped; a thread of vinegar; salt and flour; olive oil, 100 ml (7 tbs); onions, ½ kg (1 lb), sliced; garlic, 2 cloves, finely chopped

The Asturian way of cooking bonito

Preparation info

Serves
Six

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

North Atlantic Seafood

By Alan Davidson

Published 1980

About

Bonito is often the main dish for Christmas dinner in Asturias. But this popular dish can be made on any day of the year.

Ingredients

bonito, 1 kg (2 lb), cleaned weight
salt and flour

Europe
Spain
Asturias
Main course
Christmas
Spicy
Mediterranean

Method

Cut the bonito into steaks about 1½ cm thick, season these with kitchen salt, coat them with flour and fry them in hot oil on both sides until they are golden in colour. Place the fried steaks in a shallow fireproof dish and keep them warm.

Using the same oil (but having strained it if any