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Jamaican Food

Pepperpot soup
Jamaican pepperpot soup is Jamaican soup that is usually a long simmered to get it flavours of meat and vegetables. The meat for the soup is typically sirloin. If you're not a fan of beef, try the soup with chicken or shrimp instead. This simple stew is filled with meat, sweet potato, okra, coconut...
Chicken curry
Traditional Jamaican chicken curry is a bold, flavorful dish that’s cooked slowly over low heat, allowing time for the spices to develop.Traditional Jamaican curry is made with scotch bonnet peppers and Jamaican curry powder. Jamaican curry chicken is different from Asian style curry dishes , there...
Peppered shrimps
Jamaican peppered sShrimp is exactly a dish that shell-on shrimp with lots of heat from scotch bonnet peppers and other spice and herbs. This spicy shrimp recipe is true to its Jamaican heritage and has that classic Caribbean flavor and heat. Peppered shrimp is popular in Jamaica. The dish is spicy...
Brown stew chicken
Brown stew chicken is a classic Jamaican stew made with chicken, vegetables and a heavy amount of aromatic spices. The end result is tender chicken, flavorful and rich brown stew gravy and a wonderfully scented kitchen. The dish is called brown because of the distinct dark colour of the dish. The...
Ackee and saltfish
Ackee and saltfish is the Jamaican national dish prepared with ackee and salted codfish. Ackee and saltfish can also be eaten with rice and peas or plain white rice. When seasonings (onion, escallion, thyme, garlic) and saltfish are combined with plain rice it is often called "seasoned rice", which...
Escovitch fish
Jamaican Escovitch Fish is a dish where fried fish is topped with a spicy sauce and pickled vegetable medley. Traditionally whole fish is fried until crispy then covered in lightly pickled vegetables. The vegetables which can be sweet peppers, onion, chayote and carrots are lightly cooked in a...
Mannish water
Mannish water is a goat soup in Jamaican cuisine. It is believed to be an aphrodisiac and is made from various goat parts. The pieces of goat are seasoned with local herbs and spices, and cooked along with vegetables and 'food' - yam, potato, bananas and dumplings .The soup has been sold packaged...
Oxtail stew
Jamaican oxtail stew is a dish delicious oxtail stew braised with butter beans in a flavorful deep gravy spiced up primarily with allspice, thyme, paprika, Scotch bonnet pepper, curry powder, and browning sauce. Jamaican oxtails is one of the most popular Jamaican recipes. This dish has European...
Curry Goat
Jamaican Curry Goat is one of the most popular and major dishes that display the Jamaican Culture. The slow cooking or fresh goat meat and the true Indian Curry spice makes this dish delicious. This goat meal is popularly prepared at big local events or family gatherings. The dish is best served...
Run down
Run down, also referred to as rundown, run dun, rondón, fling-me-far, and fling mi for, is a stew dish in Jamaican cuisine and Tobago cuisine. The traditional Jamaican dish is eaten in several Latin American countries that share a coast with the Caribbean Sea. Run down is typically available in...
Jerk chicken
Jerk Chicken is a famous Jamaican dish often paired with Jamaican rice and peas. The chicken is being soaked with Jerk Seasoning and Jerk Marinade. The longer you marinate the chicken, the tastier your chicken will be. The dish is mostly associated with Jamaica but common throughout the Caribbean....
Patties
A Jamaican patty is a pastry that contains various fillings and spices baked inside a flaky shell, often tinted golden yellow with an egg yolk mixture or turmeric. It is made like a turnover, but is more savoury and filled with meat. As its name suggests, it is commonly found in Jamaica, and is...