# JAMAICAN FISH TEA (SOUP)

This is a delicious Jamaican Fish Tea (Soup) recipe perfect for any Fish Tea lover.

- Cuisine: Caribbean
- Category: Soup
- Language: en

## Ingredients

- 3 cups water
- 1 tablespoon pimento seeds
- 1 tablespoon fish seasoning
- 3 whole garlic cloves
- 2 stalks fresh thyme
- 0.5 cup pumpkin
- 0.5 whole yellow yam
- 2 small Irish potatoes
- 2 whole corn on the cob
- 1 whole carrots
- 1 whole cho-cho
- 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper
- 0.5 pack fish tea soup mix
- 1 whole snapper fish
- 8 whole okra

## Instructions

1. Pour 3-4 cups of water into a pot and bring to a boil.
2. Add 1 tablespoon of pimento seeds.
3. Add 1 tablespoon of fish seasoning.
4. Add 3-4 cloves of garlic.
5. Add 2 stalks of fresh thyme.
6. Add 1/2 cup of pumpkin (cut into cubes).
7. Cover the pot and boil until the pumpkin has softened.
8. Add 1/2 yellow yam (cut into cubes), 2 small Irish potatoes (cut into cubes), and 2 corn on the cob (cut into half moons).
9. Add dumplings at this stage if you choose to.
10. Add 1-2 chopped carrots.
11. Add 1 chopped cho-cho.
12. Add 1-2 scotch bonnet peppers.
13. Sieve in 1/2 pack of fish tea soup mix.
14. Stir the soup.
15. Add the fish (snapper).
16. Stir gently to incorporate the fish.
17. Cover the pot and cook on medium/high heat.
18. Remove fish bones (this is optional).
19. Add 8 chopped okra and allow a few minutes to soften.
20. Stir the soup.
21. Serve the Jamaican fish tea in a bowl.
22. Garnish with a scotch bonnet pepper and chopped green onions.

## Equipment

- pot
- ladle
- strainer
- bowl

## Tips

- Traditionally, in Jamaica, go bell or kingfish head are used for fish tea.

## Source

- Original video: https://www.instagram.com/reel/C5blQtKONb9/?igsh=NzVvczloYndiMGEy
- Recipe page: https://www.cliprecipe.com/recipe/f97ec87c-4898-49d9-902e-c5a8d153b333
- Extracted: 2025-11-22

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