Shrimp Asopao Recipe

Analida Braeger

You will love this rice and shrimp stew popular in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.

5 from 3 votes

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Prep Time 20

Cook Time 1

Course Main dish

Cuisine Puerto Rican

Servings servings

Calories 568 kcal

Ingredients

Shrimp Stock Ingredients

½ Onion chopped
¼ cup Sofrito
2 cups Shrimp shells and tails saved from the peeled shrimp
2 tablespoon 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 tablespoon Curley parsley chopped fine
15 oz Tomato purée
1 lb Shrimp peeled and deveined
1 teaspoon Salt
1 teaspoon 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: 568kcalCarbohydrates: 92gProtein: 32gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 1gCholesterol: 191mgSodium: 1727mgPotassium: 1032mgFiber: 9gSugar: 6gVitamin A: 714IUVitamin C: 23mgCalcium: 268mgIron: 5mg

Keyword easy rice dish, latin food

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