Grilled Tilapia and Plantain

Grilled Tilapia and Plantain

Ingredients

• 1 large tilapia
• 2 stems of parsley
• 1 thumb size ginger
• 1 habanero pepper
• 4 cloves of garlic
• 1 shrimp cube and salt to taste
• 1/4 cup of oil of your choice
• 1/2 onion
• 2 stems of spring onions
• 1 red, green and yellow bell pepper cut in rings
• OPTIONAL
• 1 medium onion cut in rings
• 1 tomato unseeded and cut in rings
• 1 stem curly parsley finely chopped
• 1/4 cup vinegar
• 1/2 cup water
• Salt to taste
• Mix everything together and let rest till ready to use

Directions

• Clean the tilapia and remove the gills and fins if possible
• Make 2 diagonal cuts on each side of the fish and dry it a bit with paper towel
• In a blender, blend all the vegetable ingredients, add the cube and salt and blend again
• In a small bowl pour the blended ingredients and add the oil to make a mixture. Taste and if necessary add salt and maggi cube again according to your taste
• Rub the mixture on the fish and rub it also in the cuts and inside the fish
• Cover the marinated fish for at least 40 minutes or more
• Preheat the oven on 200C
• Grill the fish in a preheated oven for 20 minutes
• Remove the fish and flip sides and brush with some marinade and grill it for 20 minutes.
• Serve with fried plantain.