Callaloo Soup

Name: Callaloo Soup
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 40 min
Total time: 55 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 400g dasheen (taro) leaves or spinach, chopped; 2 blue crabs, cleaned (or crab claws); 100g okra, sliced; 400ml coconut milk; 1 onion, diced; 3 cloves garlic, minced; 1 tsp thyme; 1 scotch bonnet, whole; salt to taste

Trinidadian creamy callaloo soup with blue crab, coconut milk and okra — thick, green and luxurious.

Total time

55 min

Prep

15 min

Cook

40 min

Difficulty

medium

Cuisine

Caribbean

Ingredients

400gdasheen (taro) leaves or spinach, chopped

2blue crabs, cleaned (or crab claws)

100gokra, sliced

400mlcoconut milk

1onion, diced

3 clovesgarlic, minced

1 tspthyme

1scotch bonnet, whole

saltto taste

Instructions

Simmer callaloo leaves, okra, onion, garlic, thyme and scotch bonnet in 500ml water 20 minutes.

Add coconut milk and crab. Simmer 15 minutes.

Remove scotch bonnet. Remove crab and pick meat if desired.

Blend until smooth.

Return crab meat. Season. Serve with rice.

Nutrition (estimated)

Per serving, based on a standard 4-serving portion and standard nutrition references — not a lab or USDA-verified measurement. Some ingredients in this recipe couldn't be matched to a reference value, so treat this as a rough estimate.

Calories

245

Protein

2.8g

Fat

23.9g

Carbs

9.1g

Fiber

2.8g

Sodium

17mg

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