About this dish
A leafy green stew made from callaloo or taro leaves, coconut milk, and often crab or salted meat.
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Ingredients
🥬4 cups callaloo or taro leaves, chopped
🥥1 cup coconut milk
🦀1 crab, cleaned (optional)
🧅1 onion, chopped
🌶️1 scotch bonnet pepper, whole
Method
Serves 31
Sauté onion until softened.2
Add the chopped leaves and a little water, and simmer until wilted.3
Add coconut milk and crab if using, and simmer together.4
Add the whole scotch bonnet for flavor without excess heat.5
Simmer until the leaves are very tender, then remove the pepper and serve.✓ What Makes it Authentic
Callaloo is a widely eaten dish across the Caribbean, with variations by island, generally built around dark leafy greens.
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