Sauce Piquante Recipe
Ingredients
1 1/2 pounds fresh or frozen redfish, red snapper, or catfish fillets or Peppered Pork Chops
1/2 cup all purpose flour
1/2 cup cooking oil
2 large onions, chopped (1 1/2 cups)
1 cup chopped green pepper
1 cup chopped celery
2 cloves garlic, minced
2 10 ounce cans tomatoes and green chili
Peppers
2 8 ounce cans tomato sauce
2 cups Fish Stock (see recipe, right) or chicken broth
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground black pepper
1/8 to 1/4 teaspoon ground red pepper
Hot cooked rice
Directions
Thaw fish, if frozen.
Cut the fillets into 1 inch pieces.
In a heavy 4 quart Dutch oven stir together flour and oil till smooth.
Cook over medium high heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to medium.
Cook and stir about 10 minutes more or till a reddish brown roux forms. (See pages 6 7.)
Stir in onions, green pepper, celery, and garlic.
Cook and stir for 5 to 10 minutes or till vegetables are tender.
In a blender container place undrained tomatoes and green chili peppers.
Cover and blend till smooth.
Stir blended tomatoes, tomato sauce, Fish Stock or chicken broth, salt, black pepper, and red pepper into the Dutch oven.
Simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes to 1 hour or till thick.
For fish, stir in fish.
Cook about 5 minutes more or till fish flakes easily with a fork.
Serve with rice.
For Peppered Pork Chops, serve sauce over chops with rice.
Cut the fillets into 1 inch pieces.
In a heavy 4 quart Dutch oven stir together flour and oil till smooth.
Cook over medium high heat for 5 minutes, stirring constantly.
Reduce heat to medium.
Cook and stir about 10 minutes more or till a reddish brown roux forms. (See pages 6 7.)
Stir in onions, green pepper, celery, and garlic.
Cook and stir for 5 to 10 minutes or till vegetables are tender.
In a blender container place undrained tomatoes and green chili peppers.
Cover and blend till smooth.
Stir blended tomatoes, tomato sauce, Fish Stock or chicken broth, salt, black pepper, and red pepper into the Dutch oven.
Simmer, uncovered, for 45 minutes to 1 hour or till thick.
For fish, stir in fish.
Cook about 5 minutes more or till fish flakes easily with a fork.
Serve with rice.
For Peppered Pork Chops, serve sauce over chops with rice.
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