Saint Kitts and Nevis Callaloo Soup with Crab

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Callaloo Soup shows up in many Caribbean cuisines, and can be made with or without meat. This Saint Kitts and Nevis Callaloo Soup with Crab, can also be made with scallops, mussels or clams, and either crab in the shell or just the fresh crab meat.

Saint Kitts and Nevis Callaloo Soup with Crab

(Photo Attributed to Author: David Choe)

Saint Kitts and Nevis Callaloo Soup with Crab Recipe-

Ingredients:
  • ¼ lb. pickled meat (pig and/or poultry)
  • 1 lb. crabs (or mussels, or clams, or scallops, or a combination)
  • 1 doz. Taro leaves
  • 8 okras, stemmed and chopped fine
  • 4 large stalks of celery, trimmed and chopped fine
  • 4 large cloves garlic, peeled and chopped fine
  • 6 green onions, trimmed and chopped fine
  • 2 tbsp. butter
  • 1 pint boiling water
  • salt and pepper, to taste
  • a few cherry tomatoes, for garnish (optional)
Directions:
  1. Soak the pickled meat in fresh water for 10 minutes, and then chop it up fine.
  2. If using live crabs, boil them just long enough to kill, then remove the meat and chop it up. Some people like to reserve the claws for presentation – your choice.
  3. If using fresh Taro leaves, strip the stalks and midribs from them, then wash and roll them, and chop up finely. If using dried Taro, rehydrate for 20 minutes in fresh water, then drain them and chop them up finely.
  4. Place all ingredients except the butter in a very large skillet, and pour the boiling water over everything. Adjust burner to a simmer, and let cook until everything is tender — 30 to 45 minutes.
  5. Once the soup is well tenderized, add in the butter, stir thoroughly, simmer for another 5 minutes.
  6. Serve your Callaloo Soup with Crab while still nice and hot. If you wish, garnish with 1 or 2 cherry tomatoes – not only for the taste contrast, but for attractive presentation.
  7. Saint Kitts and Nevis Callaloo Soup with Crab goes really well with fried plantains or yams.

Note: This recipe comes from our Smallest Countries Worldwide Cuisine pages.


2 thoughts on “Saint Kitts and Nevis Callaloo Soup with Crab

  1. Never heard of St Kitts and Nevis, lol. But this recipe sure looks good. I gotta check out the pages on “Smallest Countries” – might even larn me sumthin today, huh? 😉

    • Mark, to be honest I’d not heard of St Kitts and Nevis before I did the research for those pages. Sure go and check them out, there are some really good eats coming out of the smallest countries!

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