Asopao de Mariscos

Ingredients

• 1 pound of Jumbo lump crab meat, get the best you can find, it’s worth it in this dish
• Lobster meat from stock recipe below
• 2 tablespoons fresh oregano leaves
• 2 tablespoons fresh thyme leaves
• 4 garlic cloves sliced thin
• 2 slices fruit wood smoked thick cut bacon, cut in 1” pieces
• 5 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper, halved, seeded and trimmed of its stem
• 1 large onion, minced
• 1 red pepper, chopped
• 1 yellow pepper, chopped
• 1 cup fresh tomatoes, chopped
• 1/2 cup grated coconut, toasted….don’t use the sweetened kind
• 1 cup white wine
• 2 cups long grain white rice
• 4 cups rich homemade shrimp or shellfish stock*
• Freshly ground black pepper
• 1 cup fresh or frozen ‘cooked’ green peas
• 1 pound wild ocean caught shrimp, U-15 size work best, peeled and deveined (from stock prep below)
• Juice of 1 lime