Hello everybody, it is Drew, welcome to our recipe page. Today, I will show you a way to make a distinctive dish, grilled croaker and bole (roasted plantain). It is one of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Grilled croaker and bole (roasted plantain) is one of the most popular of current trending foods on earth. It’s appreciated by millions every day. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. They are nice and they look fantastic. Grilled croaker and bole (roasted plantain) is something which I have loved my whole life.
Boli or Bole is the Nigerian roasted or grilled whole plantain. Turn the plantains over from time to time, so that the other sides can roast evenly. Roasted Plantain is a favorite street food in Nigeria.
To get started with this recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have grilled croaker and bole (roasted plantain) using 6 ingredients and 5 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.
The ingredients needed to make Grilled croaker and bole (roasted plantain):
- Make ready Half ripe plantain
- Get Croaker fish
- Take Fresh Tomatoes, pepper and onions
- Make ready Seasoning
- Get Local spices (honestly don't know their names š¤¦)
- Get Palm oil
It is referred to as Boli in South West Nigeria and eaten with groundnut. In the South South Nigeria, it is referred to as Bole and is eaten with fish. Grilled plantain grilled cooking banana Above view of grilled meat with, potato, sweet tomatos, sald, pepper, fried plantain, served in a white plate over a Street foods in Lagos Nigeria; Bole otherwise known as roasted plantain, along with yam and sweet potato Street foods in Lagos Nigeria; grilled. Grilled croaker with roasted plantain with sauce.
Steps to make Grilled croaker and bole (roasted plantain):
- Peel plantain and set aside, wash and blend tomatoes and pepper and onions though not so smooth, parboil to reduce water and set aside. Dress croaker by getting rid of its scales and gills, wash, use a knife to tear it in bits open and set aside, pound spices the add a water, squeeze and extract the local juice then set aside.
- Lay fish flat in a pan or pot, pour in the little water extract from the local spices, add pepper and seasonings and sliced onions and a little palm oil and allow to steam slightly, use a spatula and turn the other side to do same for a few mins then bring down. This is so it would absorb the taste all the way in and not only on the skin.
- Carefully place the fish on a grilling iron, add a little more seasoning and dry pepper, sprinkle sliced onions on top, use a table spoon to scope the stock in the pot and pour on the fish, add the plantain along side and allow tho grill on medium heat for about 15mins, turn the other side and do same till its cooked and dry, oh yum!
- For the gravy, put palm oil in a pot on medium heat, wen a bit hot, put onions, allow to fry slightly and den add the blended paste and fry for a few mins, add seasonings and allow for abt 2mins and dasol.
- Serve and chill like I did š
Grilled croaker with roasted plantain with sauce. A perfect healthy meal for home and parties. Plantains are great for roasting because the natural sugars in them caramelize easily, giving them a beautiful, shiny, golden, crispy coating in almost no time at all. You can try mixing all kinds of spices in this depending on how easy or exotic you want your dish to be. All I did was sprinkle it with some.
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