RCI-SF.002.0070.001

Bahamian Crab and Rice

Name: Bahamian Crab and Rice
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 30 min
Total time: 45 min
Yield: 4 servings
Cuisine: Bahamian Meat Dishes
Ingredients: 5 unit white land crabs or 7 black land crabs (cleaned,segmented,fat removed); 1 tablespoon vegetable oil or corn oil; 1 unit white onion or yellow onion (finely diced); 2½ tablespoons dried thyme; 1½ teaspoons salt; 1½ teaspoons fresh ground black pepper; 1 teaspoon seasoning salt; ½ unit scotch bonnet pepper (finely chopped with or w/out seeds (optional)); ½ cup tomato paste; 5 cups hot water; 2 cups parboiled long-grain rice or 2½ cups long-grain rice

The most important part of the national dish of the Bahamas. Eaten almost everyday with steamed Nass

Prep15 min

Cook30 min

Total45 min

Servings4

Difficultyintermediate

Ingredients

white land crabs or 7 black land crabs
cleaned,segmented,fat removed
5 unit
vegetable oil or corn oil
1 tablespoon
white onion or yellow onion
finely diced
1 unit
dried thyme
2½ tablespoons
salt
1½ teaspoons
fresh ground black pepper
1½ teaspoons
seasoning salt
1 teaspoon
scotch bonnet pepper
finely chopped with or w/out seeds (optional)
½ unit
tomato paste
½ cup
hot water
5 cups
parboiled long-grain rice or 2½ cups long-grain rice
2 cups

Method

Prepare according to traditional method. (Directions were not provided in the legacy source.)

Bahamian Crab and Rice

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