Name: Aunt Sonia’s Curried Shrimp
Prep time: 30 min
Total time: 30 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 3 tbsp water; 2 tbsp oil; ¼ tsp brown sugar; 1 onion, chopped; 8 garlic cloves, flattened with a heavy knife; salt and pepper; 2 thyme sprigs; 900 g/2 lb medium to large raw prawns, shelled and de-veined; 2 tbsp butter; 1 spring onion, chopped; 1 tomato, de-seeded and chopped; 2 heaped tsp curry powder (Sonia prefers Trinidadian); ½ scotch bonnet pepper, de-seeded and chopped finely

Preparation info

Serves
4

Difficulty
Easy
Ready in
30 min

Appears in

Eat Caribbean

By Virginia Burke

Published 2005

About

Aunt Sonia lives in the hills of Chapelton, in Jamaica, and is known for her many children and her sweet cooking pot. This is one of her specialities.

Ingredients

2 tbsp oil
3 tbsp water
2 tbsp

Method

Mix all the marinade ingredients in a bowl, add the prawns and marinate for 15–30 minutes.
Heat the oil in a large pan and brown four of the marinated garlic cloves.
Add the rest of ingredients to the hot oil. Use the 3 tbsp water to rinse out the marinade bowl and gather all remnants of curry; add that to the pot. Lower the heat, cover and cook for 5

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