Moqueca baiana

  • Lactose free
  • Gluten free

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

  • Good for lunch
  • Good for dinner

Brazilian coconut fish stew with snapper, tomatoes, pepper and palm oil.

4 servingsFinal yield 2,050 g

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Ingredients

  • 700 gFish, snapper, mixed species, raw
  • 500 gCoconut milk, used in cooking
  • 45 gOil, palm
  • 220 gPeppers, sweet, green, raw
  • 500 gTomatoes, red, ripe, canned, packed in tomato juice
  • 180 gOnions, raw
  • 15 gGarlic, raw
  • 5 gSalt, table

Method

  1. Cut snapper into large pieces; slice pepper, onion and garlic.
  2. Layer half the vegetables, fish and remaining vegetables in a wide pot.
  3. Add tomatoes, coconut milk, palm oil and salt and simmer at 90 °C for 18 minutes.
  4. Gently shake the pot occasionally, rest 5 minutes and serve with all sauce.

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Nutrition

Calculated from the selected ingredients; not a laboratory measurement.

Whole recipe

Energy
2,466.2 kcal
Protein
163.8 g
Fat
175.5 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
77 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
27.6 g
Saturated fatty acids
130.3 g
Sodium
3,052.3 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
7.6 g

Per serving

Energy from macronutrients
Protein: 40.9 g, 26%Fat: 43.9 g, 62%Total carbohydrate (by difference): 19.3 g, 12%616.5 kcalper serving
  • Protein40.9 g26%
  • Fat43.9 g62%
  • Total carbohydrate (by difference)19.3 g12%

Share of energy from protein, fat and carbohydrate (4 / 9 / 4 kcal per g), not share by weight.

Energy
616.5 kcal
Protein
40.9 g
Fat
43.9 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
19.3 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
6.9 g
Saturated fatty acids
32.6 g
Sodium
763.1 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
1.9 g

Per 100 g of finished food

Energy
120.3 kcal
Protein
8 g
Fat
8.6 g
Total carbohydrate (by difference)
3.8 g
Total dietary fibre (USDA)
1.3 g
Saturated fatty acids
6.4 g
Sodium
148.9 mg
Salt (sodium × 2.5)
0.37 g

Salt is calculated from sodium (g salt = mg sodium × 2.5 / 1000) and includes sodium from all ingredients.

A dash means the value is unknown, not zero.

Calculation limitations

  • Nutrition is a calculated estimate, not a laboratory measurement.
  • The final yield is an editorial estimate.
  • The number of servings is an editorial estimate (midpoint of the source range or based on the dish type and energy).
  • Fibre, saturated fat and sodium of cooked ingredients are estimated from the consumed ingredient amounts; for drained ingredients, sodium is included only where the retained amount is an explicit editorial estimate.
  • Some process effects could not be resolved in this calculation.

Allergens

Contains: Fish

May contain: Sulphites

Derived from ingredients – check the package label.

Food data sources

  • USDA FoodData Central SR Legacy (2018-04) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central SR Legacy. · CC0 1.0 Universal
  • USDA FoodData Central FNDDS (2021-2023) · USDA Agricultural Research Service, FoodData Central FNDDS. · CC0 1.0 Universal