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Crab and Rice

Name: Crab and Rice
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bahamas
Ingredients: 200g (flaked) Crab; 300g Rice; 50g Bacon; 1 Onion; 1/2 Green Bell Pepper; 1/2 Celery; 2 tbsp Tomato paste; A pinch Thyme; 1/2 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Vegetable oil; 1 tsp Salt; 500ml Water

Rice

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Rice cooked with crab, tomato, and thyme — crab rice from the Bahamian islands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Crab and rice is a dish loved on the Bahamian islands, especially Andros: land crab meat and fat are fried with tomato paste, thyme, and green pepper, and rice is added and cooked in. On rainy summer nights in crab season, islanders head out with flashlights to catch crabs.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a kitchen on Andros in the Bahamas, a pot of red rice with crab meat is opened and heaped on a platter.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Crab 200g (flaked)
Rice 300g
Bacon 50g
Onion 1
Green Bell Pepper 1/2
Celery 1/2
Tomato paste 2 tbsp
Thyme A pinch
Chili pepper 1/2
Vegetable oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 500ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Heat oil in a pot and fry the bacon strips.
Sauté the chopped onion, green pepper, and celery and add the tomato paste.
Add the crab, thyme, chili, and salt and fry.
Add the rinsed rice and water, cover, and cook on low for 20 minutes.
Let stand 10 minutes and mix.

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