Soup Vatapá
- Ready In:
- 40mins
- Ingredients:
- 12
- Serves:
-
4-6
ingredients
- onion, chopped
- 1⁄2 cup dried shrimp (see notes)
- 2 -3 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1⁄4 jalapeano chili pepper, chopped
- 3 tablespoons oil
- 1⁄2 cup stock or 1/2 cup water
- 1⁄2 cup natural-style peanut butter
- 1 cup breadcrumbs
- salt and pepper
- 1 lb shrimp, peeled and deveined
- 2 cups coconut milk
- 1⁄4 cup dend oil (optional)
directions
- 1.Place the onion, dried shrimp, garlic and chilies in a food processor or blender and puree well. Add a little water if necessary.
- 2.Heat the oil in a large saucepan over medium heat. Add the onion-shrimp mixture and sauté until cooked through, about 5-7 minutes.
- 3.Stir in the stock or water and whisk in the peanut or cashew butter until smooth. Then stir in the breadcrumbs, salt and pepper. Bring to a boil, then reduce heat to medium-low and simmer for 5-8 minutes to meld the flavors.
- 4.Stir in the shrimp and coconut milk and simmer another 5-6 minutes, or until shrimp is almost cooked through.
- 5.Remove from heat, stir in the dendê oil and serve.
- •Vatapá de Galinha: substitute 1 1/2 pounds of cooked, shredded chicken for the shrimp.
- •Vatapá de Peixe: substitute 1 1/2 pounds of firm white-fleshed fish, cut into chunks, for the shrimp.
- •If you can't find dried shrimp, you can puree about 1 cup of fresh raw shrimp in a blender and substitute it for the dried.
- •A truly authentic dish would use dendê, or palm oil, which gives the dish a bright yellow-orange tint. But dendê can be hard to find outside Brazil. Try adding 1 1/2 teaspoons of turmeric to the onion-shrimp paste instead.
- •Some recipes call for the addition of 1 tablespoon of fresh, minced ginger. Others for 1-2 cups of chopped tomatoes.
- •The breadcrumbs act as a thickener for the vatapá. Some recipes use cornmeal instead. Others thicken it like a gravy with flour.
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RECIPE SUBMITTED BY
Tim_John
Fort Myers, Ohio