Seafood Okra

This Seafood Okra recipe is a delightful West African dish of fried okra and seafood, spiced with rich, irresistible flavors that will hook you in from the first bite!
Ingredients
- 2 cups okra
- 1/2 lb codfish
- 1/2 lb shrimps
- 1/2 lb clams
- 1 cup red bell pepper (chopped)
- 1 small onion (chopped)
- 1/3 cup olive oil
- 1 tsp bouillon powder
- 1 tsp cayenne pepper
- 1 tsp ground crayfish (optional)
- 1/2 tsp black pepper
- salt (to taste)
- more salt and pepper (for preparing the seafood)
Instructions
- 1
--- Prepare seafood ---
- 2
Boil some water for the clams.
- 3
Gently wash codfish, shrimp, and clams.
- 4
Pat dry fish and shrimps.
- 5
Add a little oil to a wide pan on medium heat and set your shrimps on one side and codfish on the other.
- 6
Sprinkle salt and black pepper.
- 7
Stir fry for 5 - 10 minutes, flipping the fish gently halfway through.
- 8
Set aside when done.
- 9
Add clams in boiling water.
- 10
After a few minutes, they will begin to pop open.
- 11
Shake the pot to make sure all of them open up.
- 12
Drain and set aside.
- 13
--- Prepare the seafood okra ---
- 14
Wash and chop off the stem end of the okra.
- 15
Chop or coarsely blend it using a food processor.
- 16
Add some olive oil to a wide skillet and pour in the chopped onions and bell pepper.
- 17
Stir fry for about 5 minutes.
- 18
Add in the okra, bouillon powder, cayenne pepper, ground crayfish, and black pepper.
- 19
Check for salt and add more if you need to.
- 20
Give it one big stir and add in the shrimps, codfish, and clams and stir.
- 21
Let it cook for about 5 minutes, then turn off the heat and leave covered till you're ready to serve.
- 22
Enjoy your seafood okra!
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