Cou-Cou (Caribbean Polenta) Recipe
🕒 Cook Time: 30 minutes
🕒 Prep Time: 20 minutes
🕒 Total Time: 50 minutes
🥘 Description:
Note: Refrigerate leftover cou-cou. For a pleasant weekend breakfast, slice and fry leftover Cou-Cou and serve it with your favorite syrup. It’s a great way to use yellow cornmeal in an entre’ and what your calories at the same time.
🥗 Recipe Category: Grains
🔎 Keywords: Vegetable, Caribbean, Low Protein, Vegan, < 60 Mins, Oven
Ingredients:
| Quantity | Ingredient |
|---|---|
| 2 | yellow cornmeal |
| 8 | fresh okra |
| 1/4 | pepper |
| 1/4 | butter |
| 1 | margarine |
| 3 | salt |
| water |
Nutrition Facts (Per Serving):
- Calories: 227.1
- Fat Content: 9.2g
- Saturated Fat Content: 5.1g
- Cholesterol Content: 20.3mg
- Sodium Content: 461.8mg
- Carbohydrate Content: 34g
- Fiber Content: 4.2g
- Sugar Content: 0.7g
- Protein Content: 4.2g
Instructions:
- Clean and wash okra.
- Dice all but 6.
- Add 3 cups of water to a large saucepan.
- Add salt.
- Boil.
- Add diced and whole okra.
- Boil okra for 5-8 minutes.
- Remove pan from heat.
- Save whole okra aside for garnish.
- Measure 2 cups of liquid from the cooked okra to use for cooking your cou-cou.
- Mix cornmeal in a large bowl with enough cold water to moisten and blend it together.
- Stir the cornmeal slowly into the reserved liquid and okra in the pot.
- Use a wooden spoon to mix together.
- Return pot to stove over medium heat and continue to stir okra and cornmeal.
- Cook and stir about 15-20 minutes.
- Insert wooden spoon into center of the cou-cou.
- If spoon stands up in the pot and is easily removed from cornmeal, your cou-cou is done.
- Cou-cou should be firm when it’s done.
- If the cou-cou is loose and creamy looking, you have used too much water.
- If too much water is used, let cou-cou stand uncovered over low heat to “dry out.”
- When Cou-Cou is done, turn the entire mixture into a buttered serving bowl and garnish with whole okra.
- Serve with sauce made of steamed codfish or frizz fish and cucumber salad.
Enjoy the delightful flavors of Caribbean cuisine with this savory Cou-Cou recipe! Perfect for a cozy family dinner or a weekend brunch treat.
