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Tapado

Tapado is a delicious traditional Guatemalan seafood soup prepared with green banana and coconut cream.

Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
20 mins
Total Time
1 hr 5 mins
Servings: 4 people
Course: Main Course , Soup
Cuisine: South American , Guatemalan

Ingredients

  • 3 large fish heads
  • 3 filets white fish (with firm flesh)
  • 1 lb Shrimp
  • 1 lb scallops
  • 1 lb clams
  • 3 crabs
  • 5 cloves garlic , chopped
  • 3 plantains (unripe)
  • 3 green bananas
  • 1¼ lb cassava
  • 2¼ cups coconut cream
  • 1 bunch cilantro , chopped
  • 1 cube bouillon
  • salt

Instructions

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  1. In a large pot, place the fish heads and cover them with water.
  2. Cook the fish heads with the garlic for about 25 minutes covered and over medium heat.
  3. Add the bouillon cube and the salt at the end of cooking.
  4. Remove the fish heads from the pot, extract all their flesh with a fork and plunge it into the broth.
  5. Add the rest of the seafood, except the shrimps and fish fillets.
  6. Cook for 15 minutes.
  7. Peel the green bananas, plantains and cassava, cut into small pieces and add to the broth.
  8. Add the fish fillets, shrimps and coconut milk.
  9. Cover and cook for 5 minutes.
  10. Sprinkle with chopped cilantro before serving.