Hey everyone, it’s John, welcome to my recipe page. Today, I’m gonna show you how to prepare a special dish, caldo de camarones. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a bit unique. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Caldo De Camarones is one of the most popular of current trending meals in the world. It’s enjoyed by millions daily. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes delicious. They are nice and they look wonderful. Caldo De Camarones is something which I’ve loved my whole life.
To begin with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have caldo de camarones using 16 ingredients and 9 steps. Here is how you cook it.
The ingredients needed to make Caldo De Camarones:
- Prepare 2 lb large shrimp
- Take 1 can low sodium chicken stock
- Make ready 3 potatoes
- Take 4 Chiote- Mexican zucchini
- Prepare 1/2 onion
- Make ready 2 green onions
- Take 1/2 bunch cilantro
- Get 1 bayleaf
- Take 1 tbsp chicken bouillon
- Prepare 1 tsp salt
- Prepare 1 pinch achote paste
- Get 1 pinch cumin
- Make ready 1 pinch new mexico chili powder
- Take 2 roma tomatoes
- Make ready 1 minced garlic clove
- Get 1 tbsp olive oil
Steps to make Caldo De Camarones:
- start by cleaning and devaining shrimp. save your shells you will need to bring those to a simmer for about 15-20 minutes with 2 cups of water. This will be your stock base for soup.
- peel and dice potatoes to bite size pieces I preboil these so that my soup is not all starchy. boil 10-12 minutes till tender drain n rinse set aside.
- dice your other veggies, chiote, onions, tomatoes and set aside.
- in your stock pot add olive oil white onions and tomatoes, and garlic give a quick cook till your onions are sweated down. ( about 3-4 min)
- now add your seasonings and give a quick minute to cook.
- add your chicken stock & strain your shrimp stock to pot. Add your bayleaf and your chopped chiote, let come to a simmer taste for salt & seasonings add more to your liking.
- once your veggies are tender add your potatoes back and your shrimp. When shrimp just turn pink about 6-7 minutes turn off.
- take out bayleaf, top with scallions, and cilantro.
- serve with lime wedges and chips or tortillas..
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