Belizean Seafood Soup RECIPE FOR TODAY

Belizean Seafood Soup
By rebrown16

Ingredients:
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1/4 cup flour
1 cup onion, diced
4 tablespoons tomato paste
2 cups coconut milk, unsweetened
3 cups fish stock
1 pinch thyme
5 garlic cloves, minced
1 cup potato, cubed
1 cup cassava, cubed
1 cup green bell pepper, deseeded, diced
1 cup carrot, diced
seafood (as desired)
1 large lobster tail, with shell
1 lb fish fillet

Directions:

1
First heat oil in a heavy pot, add flour and stir constantly with a whisk until flour is copper in color.
2
Add onions and tomato paste and stir for two to three minutes until onions are a deep golden brown.
3
Add coconut milk, fish stock, thyme and garlic. Mix well, bring to a gentle boil, lower heat and let sauce simmer for ten minutes more.
4
Add potato, cassava, bell pepper and carrots and boil until vegetables are cooked.
5
Add lobster, fish, shrimp and conch and simmer until cooked.
6
While soup is boiling mix grated green plantain with coconut oil, salt and pepper. Form into little dumplings the size of a teaspoon.
7
Add dumplings along with ripe plantain to the soup and bring to a rapid boil for five minutes or until plantains are cooked.
8
Serve hot and enjoy.