Callalo Voodoo
From notyourmomma 16 years ago
- 55 minutes to make
- Serves 8
Calaloo, Strange Calaloo Mysterious curious roux Try as you might to avoid the hoodoo Sooner of later we're all in the stew We got Crab and pigtail Squid ink and fish scale Okra and daheen leaves Chitchat and chatter Fill up the platter With a garnish of pure make believe --Jimmy Buffet, "Callaloo" from Don't Stop the Carnival Actually this version is made with crab, bacon, scallion, spinach, okra and a long slow simmer. Read more See less
Ingredients
- 2 pounds fresh crab meat shopping list
- 3 tablespoons peanut oil shopping list
- 3 scallions, including the green tops, minced shopping list
- 2 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- 2 branches fresh thyme, crumbled, or 1/2 teaspoon dried shopping list
- 1/2 pound slab bacon, cut into 1/4-inch dice or use equal portion of cubed ham shopping list
- 2 bunches of fresh spinach or use one bunch of spinach and one big bunch of sorrel, cleaned with stems removed -some sub swiss chard, I don't it is too strong shopping list
- 1 pound okra, topped, tailed, and cut into rounds shopping list
- 5 cups water shopping list
- 1 can of coconut milk unsweetened shopping list
- salt and freshly ground black pepper shopping list
- 1 scotch bonnet-type chili, Pricked with a fork shopping list
- juice of 3 limes shopping list
- *There are as many versions of callaloo as there are versions of meatloaf. There are some givens, lots of greens, okra, simmered in water with bacon, ham or pig tail. crab is added after cooking in a separate bunch of seasonings. scallions,garlic, thyme, Scotch Bonnet or Habenero are essential items. I like the addition of lime and coconut to this version. We serve it over blanco rice. shopping list
How to make it
- Brown the crab meat 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, and add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
- Cook for 20 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk.
- When okra is tender and it is thickened, add the coconut milk.
- Add the crab meat, remaining garlic, and chili that has been pricked with a fork.
- Continue to cook over very low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
- When done, add the lime juice, whisk it through thoroughly, and serve hot.
- "My friend Joe, from Port of Spain
- Met a girl time and again.
- Joe went home with her one day,
- So I hear the people say.
- There she give him kallabo,
- Married Joe before he knew
- Chorus:
- I don't want no kallabo"
- --1970s calypso song from
- Virgin Gorda: On Foot or By Car
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