
Pasta & rice
Crab and rice
Fragrant rice cooked with crab meat, coconut milk, thyme and onion. A festive, generous dish from the Caribbean islands, with a creamy, sea-fresh flavour.
Ingredients
Ingredients
Spices & seasoning
Optional extras
On the side
Nutrition facts
618 kcal per serving
- Protein
- 18.9 g
- Carbohydrates
- 71.8 g
- of which sugars
- 4.9 g
- Fat
- 27.5 g
- of which saturated fat
- 17.6 g
Ecomely’s estimate, calculated from the ingredients with the ANSES Ciqual food composition table, excluding sides and seasoning added to taste.
Instructions
- Rinse the rice in clear water until the water runs clear, then drain it.
- In a casserole, sauté the sliced onion, garlic and green pepper in the oil for 4 minutes.
- Add the thyme, the whole chilli and the rice, then stir for 2 minutes to coat it.
- Stir in the crab meat, coconut milk, water, salt and pepper.
- Bring to the boil, lower the heat, cover and cook for 20 minutes without lifting the lid.
- Turn off the heat, remove the chilli and thyme, let it rest for 5 minutes, then fluff the rice with a fork.
Variations and tips
Smoked crab version. Add a pinch of smoked paprika with the crab for a deeper flavour.
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Original Ecomely recipe.

St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis
St. Kitts & Nevis