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Crab & Callaloo

Crab & Callaloo recipe picture
Prep Time: 30 minutes - 1 hour | Cook Time: 1 - 2 hours | Serves: 6
Dinner » Seafood » Caribbean
Visual Recipe By: Radmila


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Ingredients:

Crab & Callaloo recipe picture 1You need:
Dasheen Leaves or Calaloo...I prefer dasheen. It's a beautiful large leaf with a velvet like texture. You can find them in West Indian stores or Asian stores.

All chopped: celery, garlic, okra, shallots.

Crab & shrimp

Vegeta (buy it at eastern european deli or supermarket in the ethnic isle)

1 scotch bonnet pepper...just to float and remove (DON'T CUT IT OPEN)

Step 1:

Crab & Callaloo recipe picture 2Scald the crab and clean and chop them, as pictured here:

Step 2:

Crab & Callaloo recipe picture 3Wash and roll the dasheen leaves:

Step 3:

Crab & Callaloo recipe picture 4Chop the dasheen leaves and vegetables.
Amounts are not important. It's as much of the veggies and leaves as you like.

Step 4:

Crab & Callaloo recipe picture 5Put all chopped veggies in the pot.
Pour a pint (or enough to cover vegetables) of boiling water over all the ingredients and cook them until soft.
Add crab and cook until done.

Step 5:

Crab & Callaloo recipe picture 6Sometimes I add some salt beef or salt pork for extra flavour.

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this is not real thats what happens when white people mess up good food
Comment from: khanaz  Date Posted: 12-Aug-2009
    

 

 

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