DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Crab and Callaloo
Jenna G’s crab and callaloo cooks crab, dasheen leaves and stems, ochro and pumpkin with coconut milk and seasonings, finished chunky and served with rice, stew chicken and coleslaw.
About Crab and Callaloo
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Jenna G’s crab and callaloo cooks crab with dasheen bush, ochro, pumpkin, coconut milk and seasonings. Her selected preparation includes both the leaves and stems of the bush and a lightly blended, chunky finish.
The dasheen bush is cut up. Supplied sliced onion, chopped garlic and chopped pimentos are sautéed with hot pepper in avocado oil. Ochro and supplied cubed pumpkin are added and briefly cooked.
The supplied cleaned crab is added, followed by the chopped dasheen bush. The pot is covered briefly while the leaves begin to melt down, then coconut milk, water, Golden Ray, green seasoning, salt and black pepper are added.
Cooking continues until the contents are tender. A hand blender breaks down the soft pieces to the selected chunky consistency; more of the same water can be added if needed for cooking or a looser finish.
The finished callaloo is served with the selected ready cooked rice, stew chicken and coleslaw, following Jenna’s offered serving combination.
Ingredients in Crab and Callaloo
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- Crabprotein
- Callaloo leavesbase
- Okrabase
- Coconut milksauce
- Pumpkinbase
- Garlicseasoning
- Thymeseasoning
- Green onionseasoning
- Onionseasoning
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