If you think that fish dishes are bland or lacking flavour, you need to try this recipe! Yasa tibs is a low-carb, keto-friendly Ethiopian sautéed fish dish that is bursting with flavour. There was so much to taste it was hard to wrap my mind around what was going on in my mouth. I just kept going back for more until it was all gone. (*Note to self: double the recipe in the future.) I made it with basa and served it with homemade injera bread as a carb-up meal, but if you serve it on cauliflower rice or with a keto-friendly flat bread, it can work in either context.
Keto-Friendly Yasa Tibs (Ethiopian Sautéed Fish) Recipe
Ingredients:
- 500g mackerel, cod or basa fillets, boned & cut into chunks (*Use mackerel for more healthy fats, though cod/basa would be more traditional and better for carb-up meals.
- Juice of 4 limes
- 1½ teaspoons Berbere spice
- 1" piece ginger, peeled & grated
- 3 garlic cloves, crushed
- 1 teaspoon toasted sesame oil
- 1 teaspoon avocado oil
- 1 teaspoon smoked paprika
- ¼ cup tomato sauce
- ¼ cup fish or chicken bone broth, or vegetable broth
- 1 tablespoon fresh cilantro leaves & stalks, chopped
Directions:
Marinate fish in berbere spice and lime juice for 1 hour.
Heat sesame oil, avocado oil and paprika in frying pan or skillet. Add grated garlic and ginger. Fry until soft, around 2-3 minutes.
Add fish chunks with marinade liquid, tomato sauce and fish stock. Cook for 2 minutes. Turn fish and cook for another 2 minutes.
Remove from heat, plate and garnish with coriander. Serve with homemade injera bread for a carb-up or with cauliflower rice or a low-carb flat bread to make it keto-friendly.
Did you make this keto-friendly yasa tibs (Ethiopian sautéed fish) recipe? If so, please let me know how it turned out in the comments. Or if you share pics of your creations on Instagram, please tag me so I can see them. Enjoy!
