Created By: Shortii Can Cook
Kitchen Tools: 10” Cast Iron Skillet, Utensils Set, Cutting Board
Ocean is a beautiful Dominican 🇩🇴 woman who recently got married to a Jamaican 🇯🇲 man this past year. To her delight she is happily married, found the man of her dreams and completely satisfied with the man she has said “YES” to! One dilemma she has is that neither herself nor her husband mastered the art of cooking. Disappointing because growing up cooking was one of the ways her mother displayed her love to her father. With a desire to impress her newfound love and develop the skill of cooking that she believes is her responsibility she thought of recipes they can enjoy. Coming to a slump she spoke with her husband of the challenges she was having, and he recommended the Kulture by Karibe.
After reviewing the recipe options, Ocean was excited because the focus was related to African and Caribbean Culture. Being that they are both islanders, she was definitely looking in the right place. As she continued her search, she fell in love with Jamaican style pepper shrimp. 🦐 A couple of seafood lovers with a Caribbean island background made this Caribbean pepper shrimp a match made in heaven. 😇
Caribbean Pepper Shrimp
As ocean watched Caribbean pepper shrimp on KaribeTV, she was delighted that the focus was to have it prepared as Jamaican style pepper shrimp. 🇯🇲 With a focus on her husband’s culture, she believed whatever cooking skills she lacked, this would make up for any challenges she may have. Continuing her lesson on KaribeTV, she noticed rasta pasta and that her husband was starting to live a Rastafarian lifestyle. She began to doubt that Caribbean pepper shrimp recipe. With a slight dilemma she asked her husband what his preference and he chose the classic shrimp recipe. 🦐With such a swift response and a focus on Jamaican style pepper shrimp, Ocean wanted to learn more about Jamaica’s connection to pepper shrimp.
Jamaica’s Connection to Pepper Shrimp
Ocean called her friend Shannon, because Shannon is imbedded in Caribbean culture being that she grew up in New York. Shannon expressed to her that when it comes to shrimp recipes, pepper shrimp and curry shrimp are the must haves. With spicy pepper shrimp viewed as a delicacy in the island she dove more into the history of the recipe. With her ongoing education she found that the process of catching shrimp is using bamboo traps, which is believed to be a technique that was taught by enslaved west Africans. Satisfied with what Ocean has learned, she was ready to begin cooking, so she started to review the ingredients.
Ingredients For Pepper Shrimp
To her delight garlic, scotch bonnet peppers and more signature Caribbean ingredients made her smile. She immediately printed out her recipe card and tuned into her shrimp recipe on KaribeTV. After completing her dish, she called for her man to enjoy her amazing meal. With the expression on his face, he was truly pleased and dove into his plate.
Jamaican Style Pepper Shrimp Recipe
If a novice foodie can create a successful spicy pepper shrimp, now it’s your turn to give it a try. Add your special touch and share in the comments how your Caribbean pepper shrimp came out. We would like to know your secret ingredients for pepper shrimp and if measures up to our classic shrimp recipe. 😊 If you have any tips on how we can improve, don’t be shy and share below. Also please tag @karibecompany because we would like to see your creation.
Jamaican Style Pepper Shrimp 🇯🇲
Equipment
- Karibe Utensils Set
- Karibe 10" Cast Iron Skillet
- Karibe Cutting Board
Ingredients
- 1 Ib Shrimp
- 2-3 Stalks Scallion
- 2 Cloves Garlic
- 1 Onion
- 14 Crushed Pimento Seeds
- 2-3 Scotch Bonnet Peppers
- 1 tsp Thyme Leaves
- 1 tbsp Red Food Coloring
- 1 tsp Complete Seasoning
- 1 tbsp All Purpose Seasoning
- 1 Pinch Salt
- 2-3 tbsp Oil
- 1 tbsp Butter
Instructions
- Dice and set aside all seasonings.
- Clean and rinse shrimp with vinegar and water or lime and water.
- Add powdered seasoning and fresh seasonings to shrimp, mix to combine and allow to marinate overnight or for 30 minutes the least.
- Heat oil, and add seasoned shrimp. Allow shrimp pieces to cook until they change color.
- Add butter, some food coloring and about a 1/2 – 1 cup of water.
- Allow to simmer. The total cook time is approx. 10-15 minutes. Check on your shrimp every 1-2 or 2-3 minutes until done. Add more food coloring or seasoning to your liking throughout the cooking process.
- Once cooked, remove from heat and allow to cool for 10 – 15 minutes. SERVE & ENJOY!