Fish in Banana-Leaf

== Description ==
Fish in Banana-Leaf
== Ingredients ==
* 2-3 banana leaves
* 2-4 lbs of fresh fish
* 1-2 onions, finely chopped
* juice of 1-2 lemons
* salt (to taste)
* black pepper (to taste)
* cayenne pepper or red pepper (to taste)
* 1 tbsp oil
* 1 tomato, chopped and crushed (optional)
* a few okra, chopped (optional)
* a bunch of sorrel leaves (optional)
* one Maggi® cube (crushed)
== Directions ==
# Prepare a marinade for the fish by mixing together the oil, chopped onion, lemon juice, salt, black pepper and red pepper.
# Clean the fish, but leave the scales on, and cut a few gashes lengthwise on each side.
# Pour the marinade onto the fish and into the gashes.
# Let marinate in a glass dish for a quarter hour.
# Warm the banana leaves for a half-minute in a hot oven, remove the center rib of each leaf by cutting across it with a knife and pulling it off.
# Cut the ends off each leaf to form a large rectangle.
# Fold the banana leaves to completely enclose the ingredients in a packet two or three layers thick.
# Cook the packets over an outdoor grill.
# Turn them every 10 minutes.
# After half an hour carefully open the packet and check to see if the fish is cooked, else continue cooking.
# Serve in the packet with boiled yams.
Category:Congolese Meat Dishes
Category:Sorrel Recipes
Category:Okra Recipes
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