Soups and Starters Recipes - Prawn Gumbo Recipe

  
 

Soups and Starters Recipes - Prawn Gumbo Recipe

Ingredients

Serve 4-6

  • 50 g/2 oz white long grain rice

  • 50 g/2 oz butter

  • 2 garlic cloves, crushed

  • 1 onion, chopped

  • 1 red pepper, cored, deseeded and finely chopped

  • 4 ripe tomatoes, skinned and chopped

  • 1/4-1/2 teaspoon cayenne pepper

  • 1.2 liters/2 pints fish Stock

  • 375 g/12 oz okra, trimmed and sliced

  • 375 g/12 oz cooked, peeled prawns, thawed if frozen and     dried on kitchen paper

  • 1 tablespoon lime juice

  • salt and pepper

Method:

  1. Bring a large saucepan of lightly salted water to the boil. Add the rice and cook for 8-10 minutes, or until tender. Drain the rice and set aside.

  2. Melt the butter in a large heavy-based saucepan. Add the garlic and onion and cook over a low heat for about 5 minutes until soft and slightly golden.

  3. Add the red pepper and cook over a moderate heat, stirring constantly, for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the tomatoes and cayenne and mix well.

  4. Pour in the fish stock and bring the mixture to the boil. Add the okra, lower the heat, cover the pan and cook, stirring occasionally, for 20 minutes.

  5. Add the prawns, rice and lime juice to the soup. Stir well, cover and simmer for a further 5-8 minutes.

  6. Season with salt and pepper and add a little more cayenne, if liked. Serve immediately.