5.0 from 9 votes
Shrimp Asopao Recipe
You will love this rice and shrimp stew popular in Puerto Rico and the Dominican Republic.
Prep Time
20 mins
Cook Time
1 hr
Servings: 6 servings
Calories: 568 kcal
Course:
Main Course
Cuisine:
Puerto Rican
Ingredients
Shrimp Stock Ingredients
- ½ onion chopped
- ¼ cup Sofrito
- 2 cups Shrimp shells and tails saved from the peeled shrimp
- 2 Tbsp olive oil
- 8 cups water
- 3 prigs cilantro
Asopao Ingredients
- 2.5 Cups white rice I like Carolina rice
- 15 oz Gandules pigeon peas
- 4 cloves garlic minced
- 1 red onion
- 2 Tbsp curley parsley chopped fine
- 15 oz tomato puree
- 1 lb Shrimp peeled and deveined
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 tsp chili powder
- 5 cups shrimp stock
- 2 limes
Instructions
Make the Shrimp Stock
- Heat a Dutch oven on medium, add the olive oil and sauté the onion until translucent.
- Add the sofrito and the shrimp shells. Stir until the shells turn pink.
- Add 8 cups water and the cilantro sprigs. Simmer and reduce by ⅓.
- Ladle the stock through a strainer to separate the solids. You should end up with 5 cups of shrimp stock.
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Make the Asopao
- Strain the gandules and save the liquid.
- Rinse the rice of all the starch the add the liquid from the gandules to the rice and let it soak in the liquid while preparing the dish.
- Heat a Dutch oven on medium then add the onion, garlic and parsley. Cook until the onion is soft and translucent.
- Add the shrimp, tomato purée, gandules, salt and chili powder to the Dutch oven.
- Pour the shrimp stock into the Dutch oven.
- Drain off the gandules liquid from the rice and add it then bring to a boil.
- Reduce the heat to medium-low, cover and cook until the rice is soft. This should take about 17-20 minutes.
- When the rice is soft add more salt to taste then squeeze the juice of one lime. Stir to combine.
Nutrition Information
Calories
568kcal
(28%)
Carbohydrates
92g
(31%)
Protein
32g
(64%)
Fat
8g
(12%)
Saturated Fat
1g
(5%)
Cholesterol
191mg
(64%)
Sodium
1727mg
(72%)
Potassium
1032mg
(29%)
Fiber
9g
(36%)
Sugar
6g
(12%)
Vitamin A
714IU
(14%)
Vitamin C
23mg
(26%)
Calcium
268mg
(27%)
Iron
5mg
(28%)
Nutrition Facts
Serving: 6servings
Amount Per Serving
Calories 568
% Daily Value*
| Calories | 568kcal | 28% |
| Carbohydrates | 92g | 31% |
| Protein | 32g | 64% |
| Fat | 8g | 12% |
| Saturated Fat | 1g | 5% |
| Cholesterol | 191mg | 64% |
| Sodium | 1727mg | 72% |
| Potassium | 1032mg | 22% |
| Fiber | 9g | 36% |
| Sugar | 6g | 12% |
| Vitamin A | 714IU | 14% |
| Vitamin C | 23mg | 26% |
| Calcium | 268mg | 27% |
| Iron | 5mg | 28% |
* Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet.