Callaloo Jamaican Style
A Jamaican dinner made with pork. Ready in about 43 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 33 minPrep (about)
- 10 minCook (about)
- 43 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Main ingredient
- 2 bacon
Fresh & other
- 1 bunch kale
- 2 cloves garlic
- 1 onion
- 1 sprig thyme Shopping tip: Fresh sprigs or dried both work (1 tsp dried = 1 tbsp fresh).
- 1 tomato
- 1 red bell pepper Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
- 3 bananas
Sauces & oils
- Splash vegetable oil
Spices & seasonings (1): paprika
- ½ tsp paprika
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Cut leaves and tender stems from your kale branches, them soak in bowl of cold water for around 5-10 minutes until finish with prep.
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Proceed to dicing the tomatoes, mincing the garlic and slicing the onions.
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Set aside.
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Remove kale from water cut in chunks.
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Place bacon on pot.
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Cook until crispy.
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Add onions, garlic, thyme.
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Stir for about a minute or more.
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Add tomatoes.
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Scotch bonnet pepper, smoked paprika.
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Cook for about 2-3 more minutes.
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Add vegetable, salt.
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Mix well, and steamed for around 6-8 minutes until leaves are tender.
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Add a tiny bit of water if needed, adjust seasonings.
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Turn off the heat.
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Using sharp knife cut both ends off your plantain.
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This will make it easy to grab your skin of the plantains.
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Slit a shallow line down your long seam of the plantain.
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Peel only as deep as the peel.
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Remove plantain peel by pulling it back.
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Slice the plantain in medium size lengthwise slices.
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Set aside.
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Coat a big frying pan with cooking oil spray.
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Spray your tops of your plantains using a generous layer of oil spray.
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Sprinkle with salt, freshly ground pepper.
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Let your plantains "fry" on medium heat, shaking your frying pan to redistribute them every few min.
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As the plantains brown, continue to add pepper, salt and more cooking oil spray until they have reached the wanted color and texture.
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Remove.
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Serve with kale.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.