Callaloo Voodoo Recipe - Cooking Index
2 lbs | 908g / 32oz | Fresh crabmeat |
3 tablespoons | 45ml | Peanut oil |
3 | Scallions, including green tops - minced | |
2 | Garlic cloves - minced | |
2 sections | Fresh thyme - crumbled | |
= (or 1/2 tspn dried thyme) | ||
1/2 lb | 227g / 8oz | Slab bacon - cut 1/4" dice |
1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Fresh spinach or callaloo greens - cleaned with |
Stems removed | ||
1 lb | 454g / 16oz | Okra - topped, tailed, |
And cut into rounds | ||
7 cups | 1659ml | Water |
Salt - to taste | ||
Freshly-ground black pepper - to taste | ||
1 | Scotch Bonnet chile - pricked with fork | |
3 | Limes - juiced |
Brown the crabmeat in the oil with the scallions, 1 teaspoon of the garlic, and the crumbled thyme.
In a stockpot, brown the diced bacon. Wilt the spinach in the rendered bacon fat. Add the okra, cover with the water, add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Cook for 20 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk.
Add the crabmeat, remaining garlic, and chile that has been pricked with a fork. Continue to cook over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally. When done, add the lime juice, whisk it through thoroughly, and serve hot.
This recipe yields 4 servings.
Source:
COOKING LIVE with Sara Moulton - (Show # CL-9468) - from the TV FOOD - NETWORK
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