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Levi Roots' steamed snapper with Tenderstem recipe
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Levi Roots' steamed snapper with Tenderstem recipe

17 ingredients 15 min + 15 min 2 people openrecipes

Steamed snapper)fish with ocra (Ladies Fingers) is one of Jamaica's favourite dishes.

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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

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By lovefood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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