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Callaloo Soup Recipe | |
Caribbean Soup | |
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Ingredients:
1 lb callaloo leaves, spinach, chinese cabbage or swiss chard3/4 cup (4 oz.) salt pork or 6 slices lean bacon 5 cups(2 1/2 pints) chicken stock 1 onion chopped 1 clove garlic crushed 3 scallions chopped 1/4 tsp. thyme 1 1/4 cups(1/2 lb.) crab meat or white fish fillets 8 young okras sliced 1 tbsp. butter Salt and pepper
Directions:
Chop the greens roughly and cut the pork or bacon inti 1/2" pieces. Simmer these in the stock with the onion, garlic, scallions and thyme until pork or bacon is tender, about 20 minutes. Add the flaked crab meat or white fish and the okras and cook until the okras are tender, about 15 minutes. Stir in the butter and season to taste with salt and pepper.Serves 10
Callaloo leaves are the young leaves from the dasheen or taro family of root vegetables. They should not be eaten raw!!
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