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Shrimp Asopao Recipe

You will love this rice and shrimp stew popular in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
5 from 3 votes
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Course: Main dish
Cuisine: Puerto Rican
Keyword: easy rice dish, latin food
Prep Time: 20 minutes
Cook Time: 1 hour
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 568kcal
Author: Analida Braeger

Ingredients

Shrimp Stock Ingredients

  • ½ Onion chopped
  • ¼ cup Sofrito
  • 2 cups Shrimp shells and tails saved from the peeled shrimp
  • 2 Tbsp Olive oil
  • 8 cups Water
  • 3 sprigs Cilantro

Asopao Ingredients

  • 2.5 Cups White rice I like Carolina rice
  • 15 oz Gandules pigeon peas
  • 4 cloves Garlic minced
  • 1 Red onion
  • 2 Tbsp Curley parsley chopped fine
  • 15 oz Tomato purée
  • 1 lb Shrimp peeled and deveined
  • 1 tsp Salt
  • 1 tsp Chili powder
  • 5 cups Shrimp stock
  • 2 Limes

Instructions

Make the Shrimp Stock

  • Heat a Dutch oven on medium, add the olive oil and sauté the onion until translucent.
  • Add the sofrito and the shrimp shells. Stir until the shells turn pink.
  • Add 8 cups water and the cilantro sprigs. Simmer and reduce by ⅓.
  • Ladle the stock through a strainer to separate the solids. You should end up with 5 cups of shrimp stock.

Make the Asopao

  • Strain the gandules and save the liquid.
  • Rinse the rice of all the starch the add the liquid from the gandules to the rice and let it soak in the liquid while preparing the dish.
  • Heat a Dutch oven on medium then add the onion, garlic and parsley. Cook until the onion is soft and translucent.
  • Add the shrimp, tomato purée, gandules, salt and chili powder to the Dutch oven.
  • Pour the shrimp stock into the Dutch oven.
  • Drain off the gandules liquid from the rice and add it then bring to a boil.
  • Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and cook until the rice is soft. This should take about 17-20 minutes.
  • When the rice is soft add more salt to taste then squeeze the juice of one lime. Stir to combine.

Nutrition

Calories: 568kcal | Carbohydrates: 92g | Protein: 32g | Fat: 8g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 191mg | Sodium: 1727mg | Potassium: 1032mg | Fiber: 9g | Sugar: 6g | Vitamin A: 714IU | Vitamin C: 23mg | Calcium: 268mg | Iron: 5mg