Fish Stew With Vegetables

Total Time: 40 mins Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 25 mins

Ingredients

• 1 (15 ounce) can tomato sauce
• 4 cups water
• 1 cup uncooked rice
• 3 carrots, thinly sliced
• 1 onion, thinly sliced
• 1 tablespoon salt
• 1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 10 ounces frozen okra (or fresh if available now)
• 10 ounces frozen green beans (or fresh if you prefer)
• 3 cups sliced cabbage
• 1 1/2 lbs catfish fillets, cut into chunks (perch or bass can also be used)

Recipe

• 1 heat tomato sauce, water, rice, carrots, onion, salt and red pepper in dutch oven to boiling; reduce heat to medium. cover and cook 10 minutes.
• 2 rinse okra and green beans under running cold water to separate; drain. cut okra lengthwise into halves. add okra, green beans, cabbage and fish to dutch oven. heat to boiling; reduce heat to medium.
• 3 cover and cook until fish flakes easily with fork and vegetables are tender — 10 to 12 minutes.