Fisherman's Stall · Coconut Fish Stew
Pescado con Coco (Fish in Coconut Sauce)
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Samaná is the heartland of Dominican coconut cooking: fish, shrimp, chicken and even rice are cooked in coconut milk there, while most of the country relies on tomato-based sauces.
Fresh-caught fish simmered in coconut milk with peppers, onion, and cilantro, ladled over rice at seaside comedores and street stands along Samaná's waterfront.
Why it's made this way: Samaná's coconut groves and fishing coves made coconut-braised fish the peninsula's signature dish, a style locals also connect to its 19th-century African American settlers.
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