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Levi Roots' steamed snapper with Tenderstem recipe
17 ingredients
15 min + 15 min
2 people
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Steamed snapper)fish with ocra (Ladies Fingers) is one of Jamaica's favourite dishes.
Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)
1158
Calories
60g
Protein
68g
Fat
83g
Carbs
Counts 15 of 19 ingredients — the other 4 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.
What these numbers assume — 15 portions →
| Ingredient | Portion assumed | kcal |
|---|---|---|
| Coconut | 1/2 cup shredded (40g) | 283 |
| Salmon | 100g cooked | 208 |
| Potato | 1 medium (173g) baked | 161 |
| Snapper | 100g cooked | 128 |
| Olive Oil | 1 tbsp (14g) | 119 |
| Butter | 1 tbsp (14g) | 102 |
| Broccoli | 1 cup chopped (156g) | 55 |
| Onion | 1 medium (110g) | 44 |
| Carrot | 1 medium (61g) | 25 |
| Lime | juice of 1 lime (44ml) | 11 |
| Clove | 1 tsp ground (2g) | 7 |
| Allspice | 1 tsp ground (1.9g) | 5 |
| Thyme | 1 tsp dried (1.4g) | 4 |
| Garlic | 1 clove (3g) | 4 |
| Bay Leaf | 1 leaf (0.6g) | 2 |
| Scotch | not in our table | 0 |
| Pumpkin | not in our table | 0 |
| Seed | not in our table | 0 |
| Pimento | not in our table | 0 |
Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.
Ingredients
- 2 yellow tailed snapper (400g each) or good sized butter fish or sea bass (scaled, trimmed and cleaned)
- 1 lime
- 2 Scotch Bonnet chillies (one de-seeded and cut into thin strips)
- 1 knob of butter
- 100 coconut milk
- ml sprigs of fresh thyme
- 2 carrot, peeled and cut into thin strips)
- 1 small potato, thinly sliced
- 1 christophine or butternut squash (peeled, heart/seeds removed and cut into thin slices)
- 0.5 red onion, cut into half rings
- 0.5 garlic clove, chopped
- 1 pimento berries (or ground allspice)
- 1 bay leaves
- tbsp spring onion (green part of stems only) battered with the back of a spoon to release flavour
- 2 vegetable oil
- 1 vegetable stock (optional)
- 4 pack Tenderstem broccoli
Directions
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