Description:

Chip Chips are samll mollusks or shell fish

Source:

S. Chokel

Serves/Makes:4

Ingredients

• 4 cups (950 ml) chip chip
• 3 tbsp (45 ml) butter
• 1 onion, chopped
• 6 cups (1425 ml) water
• 1/2 lb (.2 kg). potatoes (or eddoes)
• salt and pepper to taste
• 2 limes
• 1 tbsp (15 ml) tomato ketchup
• a sprig of thyme

Preparation

• Remove sand from chip chips by washing thoroughly.
• Then wash them with lime juice and pour boiling over then to scald them.
• Drain and place them in 6 cups (1425 ml) of water and cook them for 15 minutes.
• Strain off the liquid saving it to use as the stock, add the seasonings and sliced potaotes.
• When the potatoes are cooked, strain the mixture through a seive and add the cooked chip chips, having removed the shells.
• Mix in the butter and ketchup last and gently reheat before serving.

Comments

I have never had this dish, but I have a friend who lived in the Carribean and she gave me this one to share with you.