Ike’s Crazy Fish Bone Soup

Ike Sassoon, Boxing Coach, Olympic Boxing Ref (for the 1960 Rome Olympics with Cassius Clay) and all around amazing guy

[Ike passed away a few years ago.  This recipe was preserved by Tony Lagouranis.]

 

This soup is, of course, full of tiny fish bones.  Don't eat them.  Spit them out.  If you serve this to some of your friends they will hate you, but it really is great.  If your friends are squeemish, they get the head in their bowl.

 

·        Fish skeletons and heads (gotten from the man at the fish market for almost nothing)

·        Garlic

·        Ginger

·        Tomatillas, pureed

·        Lime juice

·        Bean sprouts

 

1.     Boil fish skeletons with a little ginger and garlic for 1/2 hour.  If you use the head, remove the gills. 

2.     Add pureed tomatillas and continue to simmer. 

3.     Add lime juice and bean sprouts at the end. 

4.     Salt and pepper.