Callaloo Voodoo

Total Time: 1 hr Preparation Time: 15 mins Cook Time: 45 mins

Ingredients

• Servings: 4
• 2 lbs fresh crabmeat
• 3 tablespoons peanut oil
• 3 scallions, including the green tops, minced
• 2 garlic cloves, minced
• 2 sprigs fresh thyme (crumbled, or 1/2 teaspoon dried)
• 1/2 lb thick slab bacon, cut into 1/4-inch dice
• 1 lb fresh spinach (or callaloo greens, cleaned with stems removed)
• 1 lb okra, topped, tailed, and cut into rounds
• 7 cups water (or stock)
• salt & freshly ground black pepper (to taste)
• 1 fresh chili pepper, pricked with a fork
• 3 limes, juice of

Recipe

• 1 brown the crab meat in the oil with the scallions, 1 teaspoon of the garlic, and the crumbled thyme.
• 2 in a stockpot, brown the diced bacon. wilt the spinach in the rendered bacon fat.
• 3 add the okra, cover with the water or stock, and add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste.
• 4 cook for 20 minutes, stirring constantly with a whisk. when done, add the crab meat, remaining garlic, and chili that has been pricked with a fork.
• 5 continue to cook over low heat for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
• 6 when done, add the lime juice, whisk it through thoroughly, and serve hot.