Fanesca (Ecuadorean Lenten Chowder) Recipe

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Fanesca (Ecuadorean Lenten Chowder)
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Ingredients
23
Count
Nutrition
431
Calories
Total time
120
Minutes
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Ingredients:

Directions:

  1. Rinse cod well, then soak in water to cover in a large bowl, changing water 3 or 4 times, 12 hours total. If cod is still too salty, repeat process. Drain cod.
  2. While cod is soaking, cook achiote seeds in oil in a small saucepan over moderate heat until oil begins to bubble. Cool seeds in oil, then pour through a sieve, discarding seeds.
  3. Heat achiote oil in an 8-quart heavy pot over moderately high heat until hot but not smoking, then sauté garlic, stirring, 30 seconds. Add scallions and cumin, then sauté, stirring occasionally, 2 minutes.
  4. Add water and bring to a boil. Stir in two thirds of cheese until incorporated.
  5. Stir in lentils and carrots and simmer until lentils are tender, about 20 minutes. Meanwhile, cut 2 ears corn crosswise into 1-inch-thick slices, and cut corn kernels from remaining 2 ears, discarding the 2 cobs.
  6. Stir all corn into soup with snow peas, zucchini, calabaza, cabbage, limas, baby peas, hot milk, and butter and simmer 10 minutes. Stir in mixed beans, hominy, and heart of palm and simmer 5 minutes. Add cod, in 1 piece, and cook 2 minutes.
  7. To serve, remove cod from chowder and stir in remaining cheese. Cut cod into 2-inch pieces. Ladle chowder into bowls and top each serving with a piece of fish.
  8. Cooks' notes: ·The combination of beans Maricel Presilla suggested — and we liked — was chickpeas, small white beans, cranberry or small kidney beans, and canary or pinto beans. ·We kept this chowder warm for a half hour one day, and the fish flaked apart in the soup before we could take it out in a whole piece. We loved the fanesca this way, too.
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Nutrition Facts

Per ServingPer 100 g
Amount Per 1 Serving
Calories 430.87 Kcal (1804 kJ)
Calories from fat 189.36 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 21.04g 32%
Cholesterol 30.15mg 10%
Sodium 570.21mg 24%
Potassium 669.67mg 14%
Total Carbs 45.45g 15%
Sugars 8.81g 35%
Dietary Fiber 6.23g 25%
Protein 17.14g 34%
Vitamin C 49.4mg 82%
Vitamin A 0.3mg 10%
Iron 1.3mg 7%
Calcium 411.1mg 41%
Amount Per 100 g
Calories 93.36 Kcal (391 kJ)
Calories from fat 41.03 Kcal
% Daily Value*
Total Fat 4.56g 32%
Cholesterol 6.53mg 10%
Sodium 123.56mg 24%
Potassium 145.11mg 14%
Total Carbs 9.85g 15%
Sugars 1.91g 35%
Dietary Fiber 1.35g 25%
Protein 3.71g 34%
Vitamin C 10.7mg 82%
Vitamin A 0.1mg 10%
Iron 0.3mg 7%
Calcium 89.1mg 41%

* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2000 calorie diet. Your daily values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
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Tastes

  • salty
  • savory
  • bitter
  • sweet
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Recipe Tags

Weightwatchers Points

  • 9.6
    Points
  • 11
    PointsPlus

Good Points

  • saturated fat free,
  • low sodium,
  • low cholesterol

Bad Points

  • High in Sodium

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