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Amazing Lobster Callaloo in a white bowl with a bit of lobster and a chili pepper on top

Lobster Callaloo Soup (Caribbean Spinach and Seafood Stew)

A rich and savory Caribbean soup made with spinach, okra, pumpkin, and tender lobster, simmered in coconut milk and seafood stock.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 1 hour
Total Time 1 hour 15 minutes
Course Seafood & Fish, Soups & Stews
Cuisine Fusion, Trinidadian

Ingredients
  

  • 4 lobster tails washed with 1/2 lemon, backs split
  • 1 tablespoon olive oil
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 stalk celery diced
  • 1 medium onion diced
  • 4 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 shado beni leaves chopped
  • 1/4 Scotch Bonnet pepper sliced, optional
  • 4-6 sprigs thyme leaves only
  • 1/2 teaspoon black pepper
  • 3/4 teaspoon salt
  • 1 lb baby spinach washed, rough-chopped
  • 2 cups sweet potato cubed
  • 2 cups pumpkin cubed
  • 2 cups water
  • 1 1/2 cups coconut milk
  • 1 1/2 cups seafood stock

Instructions
 

  • In a deep pot, heat olive oil and butter on medium. Add lobster tails, cover, reduce to low, and cook for 4–5 minutes. Remove and let cool.
    Lobster tails in a big soup pot on the stove
  • Remove lobster meat from shells; reserve meat. Add large shell pieces back to pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Simmer 10 minutes.
  • Add celery, onion, shado beni, garlic, Scotch Bonnet, thyme, and black pepper. Sauté on low for 4 minutes.
  • Remove lobster meat from shells; reserve meat. Add large shell pieces back to pot. Add water and bring to a boil. Simmer 10 minutes.
    Lobster tail shells in pot with garlic and other seasoning
  • Remove shells. Add spinach, salt, sweet potato, pumpkin, and okra. Stir in coconut milk and seafood stock.
    Add in vegetables into soup stock
  • Bring to a boil, then simmer partially covered for 50 minutes until vegetables are soft.
  • Blend gently with swizzle stick or immersion blender to desired texture.Blend gently with swizzle stick or immersion blender to desired texture.
    Swizzle stick in soup on the stove
  • Adjust salt, stir in reserved lobster meat, and serve hot.
     
    Add in lobster tail meat
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