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“This is a healthy twist on a popular Caribbean dish – steamed fish and okra – but this time I’m leaving out the fish. I love shrimp and I love okra so combining these two ingredients was a no brainer.” – Chef Noel Cunningham, Cuisine by Noel
Course:
Main Dish, Seafood, Vegetables
Cuisine:
Caribbean, Jamaican
Servings: 4
Ingredients
- 1 lb shrimp peeled and deveined
- Salt & pepper to taste
- 1 pk. Grace Fish Tea Soup Mix or 1 cup fish stock
- 2 cups okra sliced
- 2 cups water
- 1/2 cup coconut milk
- 1/2 small onion julienne
- 1 scotch bonnet pepper
- 3 sprig thyme
- 2 stalks escallion
- 1 medium carrot
- 2 cloves garlic
- 2 Tbsp. olive oil
Preparation
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Marinate shrimp with salt and pepper and set aside. In a bowl, mix together fish tea mix or fish stock with water, strain to remove noodles and set aside.
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Heat 2 teaspoons olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add bell peppers, onion, scotch bonnet pepper, carrot, garlic and okra, stirring occasionally until just beginning to soften, about 3 minutes. Add fish stock, coconut milk, butter, scallion and thyme. Bring to a boil.
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Add shrimp to sauce, lower flame and cook for 3 to 5 minutes until shrimp turns pink and just cooked through (If overcooked, shrimp will become rubbery). Remove from heat.
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Serve with rice or Jamaican water cracker.
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