Asopao De Camarones

Ingredients

• (A)
• 1 lb fresh- or salt-water shrimp, shelled and deveined
• The juice from a small green lemon (or 2 tbsp bottled lemon extract)
• (B)
• 2 tbsp olive oil
• 1 medium sized onion, diced
• 1 green pepper, diced
• 2 tbsp crushed garlic
• 1 cup olives
• 1 small tomato, diced
• 2 tsp cilantro leaves, diced
• 1 bay leaf
• salt to taste (just a pinch for salt-water shrimp, about 1 tsp for fresh-water shrimp)
• (C)
• 4 cups water
• 1 1/2 cups raw, uncooked medium rice
• 1 cup potatoes, diced (optional; if using, add more salt)
• 1 red pepper, sliced

Directions

1. Rinse the shrimp. Baste with the lemon extract. Let stand.

2. Add the salt, cloves and ginger to three cups of water in a deep sauce pan. Bring to a boil. Sieve through a colander to remove the remnants of the spices.

3. In a deep cooking dish, place two tablespoonfuls of olive oil and heat for about one minute. Saute onion, pepper and diced dilantro for under a minute, add garlic, olives, tomato and bay leaf, saute another minute.

4. Add the water and bring to a boil. Add the rice and bring the heat down to medium. Cook over medium heat, covered, for around twenty minutes. If the pot is not deep enough, it is likely to boil over, so uncover it often, stir, and let some steam out to prevent it.

5. Add the shrimp, diced potatoes and red peppers. Cook for another ten minutes.

6. Serrve hot , preferably with tostones de plátano

7. Category:Puerto Rican Recipes

8. Category:Puerto Rican Meat Dishes

Nutrition, whole recipe (rough)

Counts 14 of 15 ingredients. The other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and add nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume: 14 portions

Ingredient	Portion assumed	kcal
Rice	1 cup cooked (158g) white	206
Potato	1 medium (173g) baked	161
Olive Oil	1 tbsp (14g)	119
Shrimp	100g cooked	99
Onion	1 medium (110g)	44
Bell Pepper	1 medium (119g)	31
Tomato	1 medium (123g)	22
Lemon	juice of 1 lemon (48ml)	12
Chili	1 tsp (2.7g)	8
Garlic	1 clove (3g)	4
Olive	1 large (4g)	4
Bay Leaf	1 leaf (0.6g)	2
Cilantro	1 tbsp chopped fresh (1g)	1
Salt	1 tsp (6g)	0
Water	not in our table	0

One typical portion per ingredient; the recipe's quantities are not counted. A rough guide only, not for medical or dietary planning.