Kalani Oceanside Retreat
Kehena Beach, Hawaii
Specialty Recipe
Hawaiian Seafood Soup
Recipe from Alaina Lynch, Author and chef at
Kalani Retreat
Ingredients:
2 medium onions
1 ounce fresh ginger (2 x 1-inch lengths)
3 garlic cloves
2 jalepenos
1 - 16-ounce can plum tomatoes
1/2 cup macadamia nuts
1/2 cup loosely packed cilantro leaves minced,
leaving a few whole leaves for garnish.
2 Tablespoons olive oil
2 Tablespoons fresh lemon juice
1-1/2 Tablespoons paprika
2/3 cup coconut milk
1 can (2 cups) chicken stock
1/2 pound fresh peeled shrimp
1/2 pound medium scallops
1/2 pound firm fish fillet: (e.g. tuna, snapper,
swordfish cut in 1/2-inch cubes)
salt to taste
1 teaspoon black pepper
Peel and coarsely dice onions. Heat oil in large
pan, add onions and cook over low heat for 15
minutes. Peel and mince garlic and ginger. Stem,
seed and mince chiles. Coarsely chop tomatoes,
reserve juice. Stir ginger, garlic, chiles, half
of the tomatoes, all the reserved tomato juice,
lemon juice and paprika. Cook for 2 minutes, then
add coconut milk. Put macadamia nits in food
processor, process until finely ground, add to
soup. Put cilantro leaves in processor and chop,
add 1/2 leaves to soup.
Transfer soup to processor and puree adding stock
with machine still running. Return to pan, add
remaining tomatoes and chopped cilantro. Bring
soup to a boil. Season with salt and black pepper.
Cover and keep warm. (Can be cooled, covered and
refrigerated up to 2 days.) If soup has been
refrigerated, bring to simmer just before serving.
While soup is still very hot add shrimp, scallops,
and fish. Keep lid on for 5 minutes to allow hot
liquid to cook fish trough. Be careful not to
overcook. Serve immediately and garnish with
cilantro leaves.
Serves: 4 to 6
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