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A dutch pot and a bowl filled with seafood soup and a serving spoon

Caribbean Seafood Soup

A delicious soup packed with crab, shrimp, mussels, scallops, and dumplings. Ram packed with flavor, this Caribbean seafood soup is the perfect supper for a hungry crowd.
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Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 50 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings: 8
Course: Soup
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients Method

Ingredients
  

For soup broth
  • 2 cups cubed Irish potatoes
  • 1 cup cubed yam
  • 1 1/2 cups cubed carrots
  • 2 cups coconut milk make your own
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper
  • 3 1/2 cups of water
For seafood
  • 1 small onion chopped
  • 1/2 cup chopped scallion
  • 1/4 cup chopped culantro/shado beni/bandania
  • 1/4 cup chopped cilantro
  • 1/2 green bell pepper chopped
  • 1 small can of tomato paste
  • 1/2 lb raw crab legs or precooked crab legs
  • 2 cups mixed seafood clams, shrimp, mussels, lobster, conch
  • 2 tablespoons coconut oil
  • 1/2 cup water
For Dumplings
  • 2 cups all purpose flour
  • A pinch of salt
  • Water as needed

Method
 

For Soup Broth
  1. In a heavy bottom, deep dutch pot bring water to boil
  2. Add carrots, potatoes, and yam to boil (make sure water is covering vegetables (While vegetables are boiling you can start seafood section)
  3. While adding seafood to broth, stir well
  4. Add coconut milk and thyme and stir
  5. If using cooked crab legs, add to dish
  6. Leave to simmer for 5 minutes (while simmering make dumplings)
  7. Add dumplings, scotch bonnet pepper and pumpkin to the dish
  8. Add salt, and pepper to taste
  9. Simmer for another 10 minutes
For Seafood
  1. If using raw crab legs: Season crab legs with green seasoning and cover in a pot with water and boil for 10 minutes.
  2. In a separate pot add coconut oil and saute onions, scallions, cilantro and culantro on high for about 2 minutes
  3. Add seafood mix to pot and saute another 4 minutes (make sure you stir often)
  4. Add tomato paste and water
  5. Add boiled crab to pot
  6. Lower heat to medium and cook for 5 (no more than 7) minutes
  7. Add cooked seafood to broth (Broth step 3)
For Dumplings
  1. In a medium bowl, combine flour and salt
  2. Add enough water to make a smooth ball (add a little at a time)
  3. Once ball is formed, break off pieces of flour mixture and roll into dumplings
  4. Add dumplings to broth and seafood pot (Broth step 7)

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