Ackee and Potato Soup with Crab Salad

  3.0 – 1 reviews  • Salad Recipes
Total: 1 hr 20 min
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 1 hr 5 min
Yield: 8 to 10 servings
Total: 1 hr 20 min
Prep: 15 min
Cook: 1 hr 5 min
Yield: 8 to 10 servings

Ingredients

  1. 2 tablespoons olive oil
  2. 4 tablespoons unsalted butter
  3. 2 leeks, white parts only about 4 inches each, sliced
  4. 1 small onion, chopped
  5. 1 pound Yukon Gold potatoes, peeled and roughly chopped
  6. Bouquet garni (2 thyme sprigs, 1 bay leaf and several parsley stems)
  7. 8 cups chicken stock
  8. 1 (15-ounce can) ackee, drained and rinsed
  9. Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  10. Crab Salad, recipe follows
  11. 1-pound lump crab meat, picked
  12. 2 scallions, thinly sliced
  13. 1 lemon, juiced
  14. 1/2 cup olive oil
  15. 1/2 teaspoon Cheryl’s Hot Sauce, recipe follows
  16. 1 sprig fresh thyme, picked and chopped
  17. Salt and freshly ground black pepper
  18. 10 whole Scotch bonnet peppers, rinsed and stems removed
  19. 1 to 1 1/2 cups white vinegar
  20. 10 whole pimento seeds

Instructions

  1. In a medium size stockpot on medium heat, add oil then butter and sweat leeks and onions until translucent. Then add potatoes and bouquet garni. Stirring the ingredients until you smell the herbs. Now add chicken stock and bring to a boil then reduce to a simmer when potatoes are very tender, about 35 to 40 minutes. Add ackee and simmer for a few minutes more, then remove bouquet garni. Puree soup and season with salt and pepper.
  2. In the center of a shallow soup bowl, mound a small portion of the Crab Salad. Gently ladle about 6 to 8 ounces of the soup around the crab mound.
  3. Mix all the ingredients in bowl.
  4. To a blender, add peppers and 1 cup of vinegar and puree. Add remaining vinegar, if needed. Stir in pimento seeds. Store in a bottle or jar in refrigerator.

Nutrition Facts

Serving Size 1 of 10 servings
Calories 360
Total Fat 22 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Carbohydrates 27 g
Dietary Fiber 5 g
Sugar 7 g
Protein 16 g
Cholesterol 62 mg
Sodium 1036 mg
Serving Size 1 of 10 servings
Calories 360
Total Fat 22 g
Saturated Fat 6 g
Carbohydrates 27 g
Dietary Fiber 5 g
Sugar 7 g
Protein 16 g
Cholesterol 62 mg
Sodium 1036 mg

Reviews

Karen Lowe
love ackee and codfish, but this was different and tastey. will try it again.

 

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