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    Escabeche de Pescado Uruguayo

    Golden fried fish marinated in a tangy vinegar-and-olive-oil pickle with onions, carrots, and bay leaves — served cold, and better the next day.

    ⏱ 20 minPrep time
    🔥 20 minCook time
    🍽 6Servings
    🏷 DinnerCategory
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    Escabeche de Pescado Uruguayo

    Escabeche is the old-fashioned Uruguayan way of preserving fish: fried, then submerged in a warm vinegar and olive oil marinade with vegetables and herbs. It is served cold as a starter or light lunch, and the marinade does something magical — the fish turns firm, tangy, and impossibly flavorful.

    Preserving the catch the old-fashioned way

    The fish stays moist and flakes apart cleanly while soaking up the bright, vinegary marinade, and the onions and carrots soften into sweet, tangy jewels. Served chilled with crusty bread, it is bright, briny, and completely addictive.

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    Step by stepInstructions

    1. Season the fish pieces with salt and dust them lightly with flour, shaking off the excess.
    2. Heat half the olive oil in a large skillet over medium-high heat and fry the fish in batches for 3 to 4 minutes per side, until golden and just cooked through; transfer to a deep dish or jar.
    3. In the same skillet, heat the remaining oil and cook the onions and carrots for 5 minutes, until the onions are soft but not browned.
    4. Add the garlic, bay leaves, peppercorns, vinegar, sugar, and 1/2 cup water, and simmer for 3 minutes.
    5. Pour the hot marinade over the fish, making sure everything is submerged, and let it cool to room temperature.
    6. Cover and refrigerate for at least 24 hours before serving cold, with crusty bread.

    💡 Chef tips & storage

    The escabeche needs at least a day in the marinade to develop flavor — patience is the secret ingredient. Keeps 1 week refrigerated in a sealed container, submerged in the marinade.

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    Recipe details

    Prep20 min
    Cook20 min
    Servings6
    CategoryDinner
    PublishedAugust 17, 2026
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