Catfish Stew

Recipes Ingredients:

1/2 lb BACON,DICED
6 oz TOMATO PASTE
2 CLOVE GARLIC,MINCED
2 lb CATFISH,CUBED
2 ONIONS, DICED (LARGE)
Salt
1 GREEN PEPPER, DICED (LARGE)
Pepper
1 RED PEPPER, DICED (LARGE) 2
1/2 c DICED, CANNED TOMATOES
CRUSHED RED PEPPER FLAKES 3
c Fish STOCK
8 oz OKRA, SLICED

Recipe Instructions:

In a heavy bottomed Soup pot, saute the bacon. As soon as it startes to brown add the onion and diced green & red pepper. Cook for about 5 min more. Add the diced tomatoes. Cook 5 min. more. Add the okra and the Fish stock bring to a boil and reduce to a simmer. Cook till Soup starts to thicken(tomato paste can be added at this point if desired). Add the cubed catfish and simmer till Fish is done. Season w/salt & pepper. Pass the crushed red pepper flakes. NOTE: to spice up the Soup add tabasco,grn.red pepper. Can also add crab, shrimp, oysters, chicken. Went out fishing the other day and caught a few catfish too small to keep but this recipe came to mind. Its real good when made Spicy and served with COLD beer. 04/29 11:17 Weird AL A.Green14 on Genie