Melon-seed soup
Egusi
Stir in as the melon-seed base fries. Crayfish carries egusi from nutty to savory.
In the kitchen
A spoonful.
A new possibility.
A savory base for soups, rice and beans — on both sides of the Atlantic. Start with these everyday cooking ideas.
A place in your everyday cooking
Four ways to bring out the flavor.
From a pot of egusi to rice and beans, ground crayfish adds a deep, savory base. Here’s where it goes.
Soups & stews
Ogbono & okra
Add early in the simmer so the savory flavor runs through the whole pot.
Rice dishes
Jollof & fried rice
For jollof, add with the tomato base. Stir into fried rice for savory depth without adding heat.
Everyday favorites
Beans & moi moi
Classic with ewa agoyin and moi moi. A little goes a long way in a bean pot.
Add early. Simmer. Taste.
For soups and stews, stir in 1–2 tablespoons. Let the flavor develop as your dish cooks, then taste before adding more. Follow the directions on your jar and adjust to your recipe.
The other side of the Atlantic
Where the two kitchens meet.
If you cook with camarón seco, you already know this ingredient. Ground dried crayfish is the same tradition from the other side of the Atlantic — and it comes to you already ground, so there is no grinding step before it goes in the pot.
Broths & soups
Caldo de camarón
Stir into the broth base where dried shrimp would go. It dissolves in rather than sitting whole, so the savoriness runs through the bowl.
Salsas
Salsa de camarón seco
Toast your chiles, then add the crayfish ground. Skip the grinding step — it is already there.
Fritters
Tortitas
Fold straight into the batter. Start at two tablespoons for a standard batch and taste the mix before frying.
Where we cook
Jollof with a chile base
Our own crossing: guajillo and tomato under a Nigerian jollof, with crayfish tying the two together. This is the dish the brand is named for.
Same ingredient. Two traditions.
Use it anywhere a recipe calls for ground dried shrimp, in the same quantity. The flavor is a touch deeper and less salty than most camarón seco, because there is nothing in the jar but crayfish — so salt your dish as you normally would, and taste before adding more.