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jamaican pepperpot soup recipe

Ingredients:

  • 6 Stalks of calaloo
  • 1 a small head of cabbage
  • 1 package of frozen chopped okra (10 ounces) or fresh if you can get it
  • 1 lb pig’s tail and/or 1 lb salt beef
  • flour dumplings
  • 1 yam and 1 dasheen
  • 1 scallion and thyme
  • 1 Scotch bonnet pepper
  • Black Pepper
  • 2 qts. water

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Boil meat and vegetables.
  2. Puree vegetables and return to the pot adding dumpling.
  3. Then add the sliced yam, coconut, sliced pepper, and other seasoning to taste.
  4. Simmer for approximately one hour.
  5. Add black pepper and serve.

If you have any modification to make this recipe more delicious then feel free to leave a comment.

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IINGREDIENTS:

  • 1 oxtail about 2-2.5 lb. Cut up
  • 4 tblsp. cornflour
  • 2 tblsp. cooking oil
  • Salt and Black pepper
  • 4 rashers (slices) Bacon (Sugar cured, rindless)
  • 2 medium onions sliced
  • 1 clove garlic crushed
  • 4 carrots pared and sliced
  • 1 cup peeled chopped tomatoes
  • 1 pint (16 fl. Oz) hot water
  • 2 stalks green onions finely sliced
  • 1 spring thyme
  • 1 can butter beans (Lima beans)

COOKING INSTRUCTIONS:

  1. Trim away excess fat and place oxtail in boiling water for 2 to 3 minutes to blanch.
  2. Drain well on absorbent paper and coat with cornflour.
  3. Sprinkle with salt and pepper.
  4. Heat oil in heavy skillet and brown oxtail on both sides removing when brown.
  5. Pour off excess fat.
  6. Dice bacon and fry for a few minutes.
  7. Return oxtail to pot with bacon, add carrots, onion, garlic, tomatoes and hot water.
  8. Cover and simmer gently for 3.5 to 4 hours or until oxtail is almost tender.
  9. At this stage add more liquid if necessary and season.
  10. Cover and simmer for 20 to 30 minutes. Add the butter beans and allow to simmer for 3 to 4 minutes.
  11. Serving for 4.

If you have any suggestions to make this recipe more delicious then feel free to leave a comment.

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