Thailand - Seafood Clay Pot (Bot Daek)

Seafood Clay Pot 

(Bot Daek)

This recipe is traditionally made in a clay pot, but any pot may be used.

Ingredients

-       2 cups Fish or chicken stock

-       1/4 cup Shallots slice thin

-       Fish sauce to taste

-       2 tbsp Lime juice

-       1 tbsp Garlic slice thin

-       1 tbsp Lemon grass slice thin diagonally

-       1 tsp Chili paste

-       2 Lime leaves (Kaffir)

-       6 oz. Rock cod or any firm white fish cut into 6 pieces

-       6 Mussels cleaned and debearded

-       6 Prawns shelled and de-veined

-       6 Scallops

-       2 Squid cleaned

-       2 Snow crab legs

-       1/2 cup Coriander leaves

Directions

-       Slice the squid tubes into 1 inch rings. Chop crab legs into 3 pieces each.

-       Bring stock, shallots, fish sauce, lime juice, garlic, lemon grass, chili paste and lime leaves to a boil.

-       Add cod pieces and mussels. Cover and boil over medium heat for three minutes, or until mussels open and meat starts to pull away from the shell.

-       Add the scallops and crab legs. cover and boil for another 30 seconds.

-       Add the prawns and squid. Remove from heat and stir to mix.

-       Serve garnished with coriander leaves.

Yield - 6 pieces of each type of seafood