Comments on: Portuguese Fish Stew (Caldeirada)

By: Tonia | Feasting at Home

Tonia | Feasting at Home — Mon, 23 Oct 2023 04:04:37 +0000

In reply to Mguy. Happy to hear you enjoyed!

By: Mguy

Mguy — Sun, 22 Oct 2023 18:21:21 +0000

Stunning dish.
Simple and quick yet so tasty and comforting.
Nom nom.

★★★★★

By: Tonia | Feasting at Home

Tonia | Feasting at Home — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 22:16:07 +0000

In reply to Cap'n Chunk. Wow, thanks for sharing all your details. Love the stock elements! Great tip on the fish, I wonder if you could pull it back out after it is cooked and then ladle the hot broth back over it for second helpings? Kind of a lot of effort but it could keep the texture better.

By: Tonia | Feasting at Home

Tonia | Feasting at Home — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 17:31:09 +0000

In reply to Cap'n Chunk. Glad you enjoyed!

By: Cap'n Chunk

Cap'n Chunk — Fri, 22 Sep 2023 03:41:57 +0000

Tasty. I can’t comment on authenticity, but this recipe produces a tasty soup. I used a mix of pacific cod, salmon and argentine shrimp for the protein. I had a bottle of commercial clam juice and I made a “stock” from the tomato skins, salmon skin and liquid from the frozen fish fillet pouches. I had a pretty small pinch of saffron but it still came through subtly. Smoked paprika, extra black pepper, a shot of soy sauce for umami (and a pinch of msg for good measure) in place of fish sauce. Ripe tomatoes from farmer’s market. Probably a little more salt than the recipe calls for. And jalapenos. Two sweet jalapenos that had turned red (and a bit wizened) plus one green jalapeno with normal jalapeno heat level. Soup was very good, heat level perfect for my fam.
If you are making fewer than five or six servings, I might scale the recipe down, or more likely, remove some soup base and scale down the seafood so that i am making the number of servings to match the diners. I found that my second serving had fish that was more done than I prefer, even though the pot was off heat a few minutes before serving the first round.

★★★★★