Jamaican Seafood Soup Recipe

ingredients

SOUP BASE
2 ounces apple-smoked bacon, chopped
1/3 cup diced yellow onion
1/2 cup diced celery
1/2 cup diced leek
2 tablespoons packed dark brown sugar
1 pinch cayenne pepper
1 ounce Jamaican jerk seasoning
2 cups fish broth
5 fresh plum tomatoes, diced
1/2 bunch fresh tarragon, chopped
salt, to taste
croutons, sliced scallions, or yogurt, for garnish

SEAFOOD
3 ounces shrimp, coarsely chopped
3 ounces snapper, dolphin or grouper, coarsely chopped
3 ounces stone crabmeat, coarsely chopped
6 tablespoons butter

directions

SOUP BASE: Cook bacon in a saucepan. Add onion, celery, and leek. Cook over low heat for 15 minutes or until vegetables are translucent.

Add sugar and cook 3 minutes over low heat. Add cayenne pepper and jerk seasoning. Cook 1 minute. Stir in broth and tomatoes. Simmer 30 minutes. Add tarragon and salt.

SEAFOOD: Cook shrimp, snapper, and crabmeat in butter over low heat until done. Place in soup bowls. Top with hot Soup Base.

Garnish with croutons, sliced scallions, or yogurt.

nutrition data

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