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salted pigtails

🥗Healthier: smoked turkey

💰Cheaper: pork shoulder

Smoked turkey provides a leaner option while pork shoulder is more affordable.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: coconut cream diluted with water

Light coconut milk reduces calories while maintaining flavor.

Cut the breadfruit in half and remove the core and any soft spots.

Peel the skin off the breadfruit and cut it into big chunks.

Boil the breadfruit chunks until they are nice and soft, then drain the water.

Prepare the other ingredients: chop celery, Shadow Benny, scallion, onion, pimento pepper, green bell pepper, and carrot.

Mince the garlic and prepare the hot pepper.

Pre-boil the unsalted pigtail and trim excess fat.

Mix the pigtail with green seasoning and set aside.

In a pot over medium-high heat, add a little oil and sauté the onion for about a minute.

Add the hot pepper and garlic, sauté for another half minute.

Add the pigtail to the pot and raise the heat to high, frying for about 5 to 7 minutes.

Add the carrots, pimento peppers, celery, Shadow Benny, and scallion to the pot and mix well.

Add the boiled breadfruit, coconut milk, and about 4 cups of hot water to the pot.

Add the Maggie soup mix and the dashin bush baji (or spinach), then mix everything together.

Bring the mixture to a rolling boil, then lower the heat and cover the pot.

Cook for 15 to 20 minutes, checking occasionally.

After about 30 minutes, check the breadfruit; it should be breaking down and thickening the sauce.

Add the Golden Ray butter (optional) and mix it in.

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