[RECIPE] Hotroot Soup

[Wylder Treejumper]

From The Redwall Kitchen

Ingredients:

-3 pounds watershrimp (shrimp) cooked,shelled, and deveined (May be able to use any seafood meat, tuna fish, for instance, but I'm not sure)
-Salt
-Freshly ground pepper
-3 tablespoons bacon fat Hotroot powder mix (a tiny bit of cayenne pepper, 1/4 teaspoon chili powder and 1/2 teaspoon arrowroot)
-1/2 onion, chopped
-4 cups sliced okra
-1/2 cup chopped sweet red pepper
-1 1/2 cups chopped fresh or canned tomatoes
-2 teaspoons basil, crumbled
-1 cup cooked rice

Procedure:
Boil watershrimps. Melt bacon fat in large skillet and brown watershrimps lightly. Remove from pan and set aside. Add onion, okra, hotroot powder mix, and pepper and cook over medium heat, stirring constantly for five minutes. Stir in tomatoes, basil, and three cups of boiling water. Mix in watershrimps and about a teaspoon of salt. Cover and simmer 30-40 minutes. Add cooked rice, mix well, and cook 5 more minutes to heat through. WARNING: this otter recipe is very spicy!! Serves 4.

This recipe was donated by Erik.