Green seasoning
- Published: 21 Oct 24
- Updated: 21 Oct 24
This combination of herbs, aromatics and peppers whizzed with vinegar is used as a marinade and cooking sauce throughout the Caribbean, and every cook has their own version. You can buy it ready-made, but nothing beats a fresh batch – and it’s ready in seconds.
About the author Food writer, food stylist and food consultant, Lara has developed recipes for brands including Waitrose, Ocado and Asda. Though born and raised in the UK, her heritage is from the Caribbean islands of St Lucia and Grenada and Lara’s food reflects this. She won Best Caribbean Food 2022 at the Be Inclusive Hospitality awards and is a member of the Guild of Food Writers. Follow her on Instagram @foodbylaraluck
Before you start
Caribbean green seasoning is exactly what it says it is – a mix of herbs, aromatics, salt and pepper that’s used for marinades or for flavouring sauces and stews. If you like your food very hot, you could add more scotch bonnet.
Ingredients
- 15g thyme, roughly chopped
- 30g flatleaf parsley, roughly chopped
- ½ large onion, roughly chopped
- 3 spring onions, roughly chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, roughly chopped
- ½ scotch bonnet chilli, roughly chopped
- ½ large red pepper, roughly chopped
- 125ml cider vinegar
Method
- Put all the ingredients in a food processor or blender with 50ml water. Whizz until fairly smooth. Keep, covered, in the fridge for up to a week.
- Recipe from November 2024 Issue
Nutrition
- Calories
- 5kcals
- Fat
- 0g
- Protein
- 0g
- Carbohydrates
- 0.7g (0.5g sugars)
- Fibre
- 0.5g
- Salt
- 0g
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Use the seasoning to marinade the lamb in Lara’s delicious curried lamb shanks recipe.
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