Tuna or bonito marmitako with potatoes (traditional Basque recipe)

He tuna or bonito marmitako It is one of the typical recipes of Basque gastronomy. the taste of marmitako it’s magnificent and not difficult at all to make, so it’s even more tempting, don’t you think? A delicious recipe with tuna in a fish stew which is delicious.

Although in the photographs you can see that it has almost no broth, in reality it is a spoon plate, so a little broth does carry. I didn’t use it almost because at home they like to eat it that way, but don’t hesitate to add the broth because it’s really delicious.

The original recipe for Basque marmitakois prepared with nice northbut looking for a way to make it cheaper we opted for some fresh tuna steaks which we cut into cubes. It’s not the same as a good tuna from the north, but it’s delicious and it’s cheaper! If you want to prepare the original marmitako recipe You already know that you only have to replace the fresh tuna with tuna from the north.

Tuna marmitako recipe

Ingredients

1/2 kg of fresh tuna fillets cut into cubes
1/2 kg of potatoes
1 green pepper
1 red bell pepper
1 small onion
1 clove garlic
1 ripe tomato
2 carrots
Fish soup
1/2 glass white wine
1 teaspoon paprika from La Vera
Extra virgin olive oil
Parsley

How to make traditional Basque tuna marmitako

We poached the vegetables
- Chop the green pepper, the red pepper, the onion, the garlic and the tomato into very small pieces.
- Pour a good drizzle of olive oil into a casserole and when it starts to get hot, add the vegetables and cook over medium heat.
- Cut the potatoes (click them), peel the carrots and cut them into slices.
- When the onion is transparent, add the potatoes and carrots to the sauce.
We add the wine
- Add a teaspoon of paprika and stir to prevent it from burning.
- We turn around, pour in the white wine and let it cook for a couple of minutes until the alcohol evaporates.
We cook with the broth
- Cover with fish broth and cook over medium-low heat for 1 hour.
- From time to time carefully stir the stew so that the sauce thickens. Be especially careful not to break the potatoes.
Add the tuna
- When there are 5 minutes left to finish cooking, add the tuna cubes and let cook. Do not leave them longer to prevent them from drying out.
- Serve with a little broth or without it, as you like.

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Tips for making a good traditional marmitako

As we have said, the traditional marmitako recipe is prepared with nice north, which is a fish that is caught in summer. Hence, despite being a fish stew, it is eaten in summer. But as we have seen, it is not a mortal sin to prepare it with other fish: Tuna Marmitako as we have done, or with cod, salmonetc.
The amount of broth is what you need to cover the ingredients, between 1 liter and 1 ½ liters.
If you like spicy and children will not eat it, you can add 2 chillies.
A good homemade fish broth It’s fundamental. If you can, prepare a homemade broth, you can make a good amount and have it frozen.

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homemade fish broth

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Other recipes with tuna or bonito

Here we leave you some recipes with fresh tuna either pretty. They are traditional recipes that we recommend you try, such as tuna with onionhe grilled tunahe Bonito fish with tomatohe tuna in sauce or the Tuna tartare.