Crab Soup Recipe || Crab and Provision Soup || Guyanese Style- Episode 283

crab

🥗Healthier: shrimp

💰Cheaper: canned crab

Shrimp is lower in calories and canned crab is more affordable.

coconut milk

🥗Healthier: light coconut milk

💰Cheaper: milk + coconut extract

Light coconut milk reduces fat while still providing flavor.

thyme

🥗Healthier: oregano

💰Cheaper: dried thyme

Oregano offers a similar flavor profile and is often less expensive.

provision (root vegetables)

🥗Healthier: sweet potatoes

💰Cheaper: potatoes

Sweet potatoes are nutritious and potatoes are more readily available.

Heat oil and butter in a large pot over medium heat.

Add sliced onion, chopped wiri wiri and pimento peppers, garlic, and celery; sauté until fragrant.

Stir in dried thyme, onion flakes, and bay leaves; cook for a minute.

Add the cleaned blue crabs to the pot; cook for 2-3 minutes.

Pour in water and bring to a boil; reduce heat to a simmer.

Add chopped provision (plantains, cassava, yams, carrots) and cook until tender, about 15-20 minutes.

Stir in coconut milk and season with salt, black pepper, Tajin, garlic powder, and Old Bay seasoning; simmer for an additional 5 minutes.

Garnish with chopped scallions before serving.

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