Jamaican Jerk Chicken

There are many ways to cook chicken. But in Jamaica, an open outdoor stone or brick stove is the only real way to cook Jerk Chicken. Now that's what I call cooking!
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Tropical Avocado Mango Salsa

Would you like to try a Salsa mix, that's tasty and perfect for as a dip? This recipe is a favorite of one of my Caymanian friends. If you decide to try it, please let me know how you like it. Combine ingredients in large bowl and enjoy. It can also be refrigrated for a cool addition for chips or as a side dish.
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• 1 avocado - in chunks
• 1 lime, juiced
• 1 mango - in chunks
• 1 small red onion, chopped
• 1 seasoning pepper, seeded and chopped (red)
• 1 Young/green Scotch Bonnet Seeded and chopped
• 1 tablespoon chopped fresh cilantro
• 1 sprig of mint

Add salt to taste

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Wanna get more food ideas for Avocado Mango Salsa? Check out: Major Grey's Mango Chutney

Codfish Fritters

Just the other day I was thinking about making some codfish fritters. Of course my mom makes the best codfish fritters in the whole world, but I just wanted to do this on my own. Then I remembered that I had "The Real Taste of Jamaica" by Enid Donaldson. It's one of the best Jamaican cookbooks I've ever read. Read my review on Amazon.

I began flipping through its pages and came up with the recipe I was looking for. Some may call it Stamp & Go, but I prefer to call this delicious breakfast meal by its common name, Codfish Fritters.
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• 1/2 lb. salted codfish
• 1/2 lb. flour
• 2 onions
• 2 tomatoes
• 1/2 hot pepper
• 2 cloves garlic
• 2 stalks escallion
• 2 tbsp oil
• 2 tsp. Baking powder
• oil for frying

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Images Codfish Fritters Videos of Codfish Fritters WikiPedia talks about Codfish Fritters Really get to know more about Codfish Fritters. Check out: "The Real Taste of Jamaica, written by Enid Donaldson.

Conch Fritters

1lb fresh conch
1 finely diced onion
1 finely diced bell pepper
1 tablespoon of lemon juice
1 tablespoon of Pickapepper Sauce but if you are venturesome chop up some scotch bonnet and add to the batter.
1 tablespoon mustard
1 tablespoon mayonnaise
6 eggs
¼ cup flour
1–1/2 cup breadcrumbs
Salt and pepper to taste
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Sorrel Drink

One of the most traditional ways to celebrate Christmas Jamaican style is to make a yearly batch of Sorrel Drink. One of the first thing you're offered when you visit a Jamaican home is a fresh glass of this intoxicating beverage. Drink it sparingly because additional glasses may cause you to wish you had exerted more discretion. This drink that is infused with the with one of the strongest beverage found in Jamaica. Yes, I can referring to White Rum. While not all of the Wray and Nephew's White Rum brand is 150 proof, most Jamaicans prefer this to the less potent 100 proof brand.

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Island Coconut

Filed under Island Drinks, Coconut, Rice & Peas

A coconut is a coconut. Not so in the islands. A coconut has many many uses which includes making popular drinks like the Bahama Mama or Pina Colada. In jamaica it is used to make coconut oil, rice & peas and delicious snacks like coconut drops.

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Jamaican Breakfast

I never tire of looking at the colorful and delicious foods of Jamaica. Pictured here are callaloo, a green leaf vegetable similiar to spinach, ackee, Jamaica's national dish, fried dumpling and plantain. Picture taken by theupsetter69

Sorrel Drink

Another good thing about Christmas is that it gives us a chance to make good food and good drinks. From the Sorrell plant comes a delicious intoxicating Christmas beverage, Sorrell Drink. It is made from dried Sorrell, ginger and boiling water.


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Jamaican Jerk Pork

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High in the hills of Jamaica comes a dish that is rooted in history and tradition of the Jamaican people.  Nothing tastes better than a blacken piece of jerk pork.  Have you ever had jerk pork.  Tell us about your culinary experience.

Favorite Jamaican Spice

I thought it would be interesting to pose this question about your favorite spices because we as Jamaicans love various types of spiced food. Everyone knows that curry goat and curry chicken are among 2 of the best loved foods in Jamaica. What would curry goat be without a few of our favorite scotch bonnet hot pepper. What are some of your favorite Jamaican spices?

Fried Plantains

Happy Sunday and happy Fall to everyone. I hope you all remembered to turn your clocks back one hour. The only way I can remember which way the clock goes is by reciting "spring ahead, fall back". One good thing about living in Jamaica is you don't have to remember which way the clock gets turned as it is the same all year round. This morning I think I'll make Plantains and share it will you. Making fried plantains is a delicious way to start any morning not just Sundays. Here's how to prepare this easy breakfast treat:

• Preheat about a tablespoon of oil in saucepan


• Remove outter skin from plantain and slice plantain


• Place plantain in saucepan and brown on both sides


• Be careful to keep an eye on browning plantain as it tends to burn fairly easy


• The whole process should take about 10 minutes for an average sized plantain.


• Let cool and enjoy your plantain

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Jamaican Breakfast

Having a good breakfast is essential and Jamaicans do it with style. Pictured here are 4 popular main Jamaican entrees:

• Ackee & Saltfish: Ackee & Saltfish is our national dish.
• Callaloo: A green leafy vegetable that resembles spinach.
• Dumpling:
• Plantain: A plant very similiar to the banana.

Have you tried any of these Jamaica dishes? What other foods have you had from Jamaica?
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Red Stripe Beer

I remember drinking Red Stripe in 1961. I thought it was a good beer. It came in a brown, long-necked bottle, like Budweiser. In the 1970s, I saw Red Stripe came in green bottles, which displeased me because sometimes green bottles can give a beer a skunky taste. But when I tasted it, it wasn't skunky (I bought a case for a Jamaican Independence Day celebration in Illinois in 1972), but I didn't think it was terribly good. Now it comes in that ugly, stubby brown bottle that's supposed to make you look handsome by comparison. It just doesn't taste the same to me, and I'm not too fond of it. All of which leads me to a question: do you think it was the same beer all along, and it was only the container that changed? Posted by: Frankfetters in Jamaica Culture Forum

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Jamaican Snack

This is probably as close as we get to fast-food in Jamaica, a beef patty and and a soda. Growing up in Jamaica we referred to soda pops as an aerated water. Don't ask me what that mean, it's just what we called it. Encased in a thin crust of pastry is a hot and spicy seasoned cooked minced beef. But be careful, a freshly baked patty can cause serious damage to the roof of one's mouth. And if that's not enough, the hot spice that makes a beef patty so delicious can bring the new patty eater to tears. Next time you're hungry, do your snacking the Jamaican fast food way.

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