Caribbean Green Seasoning

This versatile blend of herbs, spices, and aromatics captures the vibrant essence of Caribbean flavors, elevating your culinary creations to new heights.

Green seasoning is the heartbeat of most Caribbean cuisine, infusing them with a burst of fresh, aromatic goodness. It is a mixture of fresh green herbs, blended or processed together to create a mixture, used in seasoning a variety of Jamaican and Caribbean dishes. It can be used as a marinate for meats, chicken, stews, or as a base for sauces, soups and even curries. When cooked and seasoned, it can be used also be used as a dipping sauce and for rice dishes.

Caribbean Green Seasoning

This versatile blend of herbs, spices, and aromatics captures the vibrant essence of Caribbean flavors, elevating your culinary creations to new heights.

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Prep Time 10 minutes mins

Cook Time 5 minutes mins

Total Time 15 minutes mins

Course Spices & Seasonings

Cuisine Jamaican

Servings 10

Ingredients

  

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• 1 bunch scallions / green onions
• 3 Large green bell peppers deseeded
• 1 small onion
• 1 head garlic 10 cloves
• 2 pcs habanero peppers for more spicy option, include seeds.
• 1/4 cup cooking oil
• 1 bunch cilantro
• 1/2 bunch basil
• 4 small anaheim peppers
• 1/2 bunch parsley
• 1 head ginger
• 1 tsp all-spice
• 1 tsp bouillion
• 1/2 tsp salt
• 1 tsp thyme

Instructions

 

• Remove seeds from green bell peppers. Roughly chop up the green bell peppers, anaheim peppers, parsley, basil, cilantro, onions, habanero peppers, ginger and garlic.
• Transfer to a blender or food processor. Add a little oil and pulse all ingredients together until fully incorporated.
• Add oil to a pan, transfer the green seasoning blend into the pan, season with bouillon, salt, all-spice and thyme. Cook for 4-5 mins, or until it thickens.
• Remove pan from stove, transfer spice blend to a mason jar or ice cube maker. Refrigerate or freeze (ice cube maker).

Notes

*The green seasoning is cooked in oil when you want to use it as a spice and as a dipping sauce.

*If you want to use it just as a spice blend, skip the cooking and freeze after processing.

*To use your frozen green seasoning, transfer cubes directly to your recipe, no need to thaw!

*You can store frozen green seasoning for up to 3 months.

Keyword caribbean green seasoning, green seasoning, jamaican green seasoning

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