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Cocoa-Orange Catfish

Cocoa orange catfish recipe
Photo by Oriana Koren, food styling by Lillian Kang, prop styling by Jillian Knox

Unsweetened cocoa powder can transform savory dishes. Its luxurious richness adds depth to proteins, like the catfish in this recipe from Nicole A. Taylor, featured in Bryant Terry’s book Black Food. You can swap the benne seeds with sesame seeds and maple sugar with light brown sugar, depending on what you have on hand. Instead of catfish, feel free to use any skinless white-fleshed fish fillet.

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