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A plate of steamed shrimp with corn, carrots and green vegetables.

Course Main Dish, Seafood, Vegetables
Cuisine Caribbean, Jamaican
Servings 4
Author Steamed Shrimp with Okra

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

  1. 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.
  2. 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Serve with rice or Jamaican water cracker.