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Caribbean food may sound exotic, but the ingredients aren't. That's what Shaggy's king o' the menu Pete Udemi assured me when I called to arrange this Cook's Tour. With dishes called T'ing Deh and Ital Rundown, you expect exotic.
Probably the most unusual element is canned coconut milk. Pete recommends the Thai Kitchen brand, which was on the shelf at my neighborhood Fresh Plus. "Not sweetened coconut milk, like Coco Loco," he warns. "That's for Pina Coladas."
Both recipes Pete offered for this story, stir-fried coconut shrimp and rice and peas use coconut milk and other mainstream foods. You can get everything at Central Market, he says. And we did.
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Stir-Fried Coconut Shrimp with Rice and Peas (click picture for recipe)
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