World Flavors Cookbook

Rondon Limonense

Caribbean Costa Rica's run-down stew — fish and root vegetables slow-cooked in coconut milk until everything melts together. The pride of Limón.

Cuisine: Costa Rica

Ingredients

• 600g firm white fish, cut in pieces
• 400ml coconut milk
• 300g yuca, cubed
• 2 green plantains, sliced
• 200g dasheen or taro
• 1 breadfruit piece (optional)
• 1 Scotch bonnet, whole
• Fresh thyme
• 4 cloves garlic
• Salt

Instructions

1. Bring coconut milk and 500ml water to simmer with garlic and thyme.
2. Add root vegetables (yuca, dasheen, breadfruit). Cook 15 minutes.
3. Add plantain. Cook 10 minutes.
4. Add fish and Scotch bonnet (whole). Simmer 10 minutes.
5. Remove Scotch bonnet. Season with salt.