Trinidadian Fish Broth with Dumplings and Cho Cho
Dietary and allergen labels, nutrition and cost are worked out automatically from each recipe’s ingredients and are a guide only. Check the labels on what you buy yourself — especially for allergies or coeliac disease. More about recipe labels.
Opens Equal House and puts it on the night you choose. No app yet? It’s free, and the recipe comes with you when you install it.
Ingredients
- 400 g white fish fillets (such as pollock)
- 2 cho cho
- 2 carrots, sliced
- 1 onion
- 3 fresh thyme sprigs
- 100 g self-raising flour
- 1 scotch bonnet chilli
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 233 kcal
- Protein
- 23 g
- Carbohydrate
- 29.8 g
- of which sugars
- 7.8 g
- Fat
- 1.5 g
- of which saturates
- 0.2 g
- Fibre
- 5.3 g
- Salt
- 0.50 g
Estimated from typical values for each ingredient — a guide, not a substitute for the label on what you actually buy.
Method
- 1
Put the sliced onion, carrots, thyme sprigs and the whole scotch bonnet chilli into a pot with 1 litre water and bring to the boil.
- 2
Peel and dice the cho cho and add to the pot, simmering for 12 minutes until almost tender.
- 3
Mix the self-raising flour with a little water to a firm dough and roll into small dumplings. Drop into the pot and cook for 8-10 minutes until they float.
- 4
Cut the fish into chunks and add to the broth, simmering gently for 6-8 minutes until it flakes easily and is cooked through.
- 5
Lift out the scotch bonnet and thyme sprigs, and ladle the broth into bowls.

Plan your meals — and share the cooking
Equal House builds your shopping list by aisle, times the cooking for dinner, and shares it out fairly. Free to start.
Free to start on your iPhone Free to start on your Android phone Free to start · No ads · Your family's data stays yours.