Recipe for Libyan Chraime

(Serves 4) Ingredients 1 cup soy oil olive oil, for frying 1 onion, sliced into rings A head of fresh garlic, coarsely chopped 1 tsp. hot paprika 1 tsp. salt 1 tsp. ras al hanout (described below) 4 fillets/slices of saltwater fish (Chaddad recommends grouper) 1 long potato, sliced 1 long red pepper, sliced   1| Boil the potato slices for about ten minutes in water. Remove, dry and deep fry in the soy oil with the peppers until they brown. Remove from the heat and strain out the oil. Keep the oil. 2| In a wide saucepan (ovenproof if you plan to finish the dish in the oven), quickly fry the fish in olive oil for about half a minute on each side. Remove fish from the pan but keep the oil. 3| In the same pan, heat the olive oil to a low temperature and add the onion. Fry over low heat for...

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