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Caldo de Quiabo

Name: Caldo de Quiabo
Total time: 50 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Guinea-Bissau
Ingredients: 300g Shrimp; 200g Okra; 2 Tomato; 1 Onion; 2 cloves Garlic; 1 Chili pepper; 2 tbsp Palm oil; 1 tsp Salt; 400ml Water

Main Dish

⏱ 50 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Shrimp and okra simmered with tomato — Guinea-Bissau's thick stew.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Quiabo is Portuguese for okra, and caldo de quiabo is a stew thickened with it. On Guinea-Bissau's coast, shrimp or fish is stewed with okra, tomato, onion, and palm oil and poured over white rice.

🌆 Where it's eaten: In a riverside home in Guinea-Bissau, a pot of okra and shrimp simmers thick and is poured over white rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Shrimp 300g
Okra 200g
Tomato 2
Onion 1
Garlic 2 cloves
Chili pepper 1
Palm oil 2 tbsp
Salt 1 tsp
Water 400ml

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Peel and devein the shrimp.
Slice the okra into 1cm rounds.
Heat the palm oil in a pot and sauté the chopped onion, garlic, tomato, and chili.
Add the water and okra and simmer 15 minutes.
Add the shrimp, simmer 5 minutes, and season with salt.

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