This flavorful Caribbean Fish Soup is easy, low sodium, and very tasty. It uses our recipe for very low sodium Caribbean Barbecue Sauce.
- 1 lb white fish (your choice)
- 1 Tbsp lemon juice
- 1 Tbsp lime juice
- 1 Tbsp Mrs Dash Garlic Herb seasoning (or your favorite no-salt seasoning blend)
- 2 Tbsp unsalted butter
- 2 medium carrots, sliced
- 1 small onion, sliced
- 2 stalks celery, chopped
- ½ small bell pepper (green or red), chopped or sliced
- 1 cup water
- ¼ cup + 2 Tbsp Caribbean Barbecue sauce (see recipe)
- If you have large pieces of fish, cut them into 4 oz slices.
- Put fish in a bowl of cold water (cover the fish with the 1 Tbsp lemon juice. Let it sit 15 minutes.
- Drain the fish. Then sprinkle with the 1 Tbsp Mrs Dash Garlic Herb (or other no-salt seasoning blend), add the 1 Tbsp lime juice, and stir to mix thoroughly. Set aside.
- In a medium saucepan or skillet, melt the unsalted butter over medium heat. Add the carrots, onions, celery, and bell pepper. Stir to coat the vegetables with the butter. Then cover and let it cook for 5 minutes.
- Stir the water and Caribbean Barbecue sauce into the fish. Bring to a boil. Then drain the fish and add to the vegetables. Cover and cook on medium heat for 5 minutes.
Nutrition Estimates:
Note that sodium percentages depend on which daily reference you use. The estimated 106 mg of sodium per serving implies that one serving of this recipe provides:
– 4% of the U.S. FDA daily reference value for sodium for a 2,000-calorie diet that includes 2,400 mg sodium, or
–7% of the American Heart Association recommendation of 1,500 mg sodium per day, or
– 11% of the Ménière’s diet recommendation of 1,000 mg sodium per day.
(As is the case with all of the recipes on this web site, the nutrition information provided in this recipe is only an estimate based on nutrition information provided on the packaging of each of the ingredients we used in this recipe and/or on a variety of sources on the web. This information should be regarded as an opinion only, with no guarantees that it is accurate. Obviously, the nutritional information will vary depending on the ingredients and quantities that you use.)
