New Orleans Fish Soup

This soup cooks tomato, tomato paste, green sweet pepper, sweet potato, diced cod, rice and flour together in a mixture of fish stock, soy sauce, olive oil and water.

Ingredients:

• 1/2 cup flour
• 1 diced tomato
• 1 diced green bell pepper
• 3 cups fish stock
• 2 tbsp soy sauce
• pot of water
• 3/4 cup vegetable oil
• 3 tbsp tomato paste
• 1 diced sweet potato
• 1 lb diced cod or redfish
• 1 cup rice

Directions:

Simmer everything in a pot for 35 minutes, stirring once in a while.

Number of Servings: 8

Notes from the Cook: To be authentic, use crawfish stock instead of fish stock, and use diced crawfish instead of regular fish, or a combination of diced redfish and diced crawfish. For a spicier taste, add 1 tsp. cayenne pepper.