10 Great Caribbean Foods You Need To Try Whwn Visiting

Caribbean cuisine has a lot of influence to thank for its amazing culinary creations, including cuisine such as Africa, East India and Europe. Despite all this influence though the Caribbean has brought its own cooking skills to the dining table and produces simple and satisfying dishes. They cook with season and with fresh ingredients, delighting visitors from all over the world. There are hundreds of dishes to try while visiting the Caribbean but here are 10 of our favorite foods from this part of the world.

1. Boca Chica Fried Fish Style

The Dominican Republic offers many colorful and vibrant dishes but the most beloved is Boca Chica Fried Fish. One of the most flavorful dishes in Dominica, this fried fish - usually red snapper - is soaked in a mixture of garlic, onions, peppers and peppers. Twisted and fried twice, the fish seller in this part of the Island told the visitors that it was the love that went into the recipe that made it so good. Often served with a heap of friend's green bananas, this dish contains flavor.

2. Fly Fish

One of the most popular food in Barbados is flying fish and one can expect to have one mainland on their plate at some point on this island, which is a good thing considering how delicious they are. Flying fish and cou-cou are actually national dishes of the archipelago, featuring steamed fish and served with maize flour cooked with okra and water. Many visitors choose fish cutters, battered, crispy fly fish and fried served on salt bread, usually accompanied by lettuce, tomato, soy sauce and mustard. However, the way in which you choose to eat this food, you certainly will not regret it.

3. Patty Jamaica

Although famous in Jamaica, Jamaican patty is also found in Nicaragua and Costa Rica. The cake is stuffed full of various fillings and spices, roasted in its yellow-wrinkled shell to yolk or turmeric mixture. Filling is usually flavored beef but sometimes it can be chicken, pork or lamb. In Jamaica this patty is often eaten as a complete meal when accompanied by coco bread. This beef patty appeared shortly after the Cornish cake was introduced in the Caribbean and used cumin and curry spices along with Scotch Bonnet, a spicy pepper from Jamaica enabling them to make their own.

4. Keshi Yena

Lying on the southern tip of the Caribbean is the island of Curacao and by chance offers one heck of a local main course dish. Keshi Yena is basically a giant stuffed cheese ball and although it is prepared differently across the island, the end result is the same, it is delicious. Basically a round bowl lined with Gouda or Edam cheese slices, topped with meat (mostly chicken) and more covered with cheese slices. Sometimes cheese balls are doused with creole sauce with lots of tomatoes and peppers. Other ingredients are olives, plums or raisons.

5. Ackee and Saltfish

Ackee happens to be a national fruit of Jamaica and hence fits so Ackee and Saltfish are national dishes. Part of the Ackee fruit is actually toxic and therefore a lot of caution to be had when preparing this dish. Salt salt soaked overnight before sucked with stew, onions, Scotch Bonnet peppers, tomatoes and spices. It is often garnished with bacon and tomatoes and can be served as breakfast or dinner. Can be served with breadfruit, dumplings, fried bananas or eaten rice and peas.

6. Coconut Shrimp

It is easy to make and even easier to taste a much better dish in the Caribbean because of the freshness of the ingredients. The soft shrimp is dipped in eggs and coated with grated coconut, making the sweet taste of shrimp and coconut crispiness united in one delicious meal. If you are a health-conscious individual, you can choose to enjoy this delicious snack rather than fried. Try these shrimp on the island of multiples, each offering unique herbs from the spices and lining.

7. Callaloo

This Caribbean dish originally came from West Africa and was brought to the Caribbean by slaves. This green soup is usually made with spinach leaves; taro leaves or spinach water. In the Caribbean this dish is often served as side dishes and calls for herbs such as coconut milk and okra. Callaloo tends to differ from island to island, for example in Jamaica they only use callaloo leaves, salt, onion and scallions that only steam vegetables while in Trinidad they use okra and coconut milk. Wherever you decide to try it, surely this is a must and although the dark green soup may not be too cute at first, it's really delicious.

8. Aloo Pie

You will find this samosa variant on the twin islands of Trinidad and Tobago. This soft friend cake is made of flour and water and is filled with boiled and spiced mashed potatoes. Other vegetables in accompanying potatoes such as green peas or beans without seeds seeds. Slightly larger than that typical samosa looks more like a calzone and is ordered with a sweet and sour type sauce known as imli ki chutney.

9. chicken jerk

This is one of the most famous and famous cuisine that comes from Jamaica. The jerky portion of the actual dish is a special spice mixture and can include sweet soy sauce, brown sugar, whole cloves, bonnet peppers, jalapenos and more. The bastard stuck to a chicken that was not baked. The baking process is of the utmost importance when it comes to refining this dish and actually the jerk chicken is actually cooked with fresh coal and green wood, the most traditional being the wood of a clove tree. This tree also happens to produce an allspice fruit which is another component of turtle seasoning. Other meats can also be cooked in the same process and the jerky seasoning will work by soaking the meat in flavor.

10. Conch fritters

Considered as a delicacy around the world, there is no better place to try Conch Fritters than the Caribbean, especially in the Bahamas. This fry is a small ball so snail snail meat that became a dough friend with a number of spices. Conch is available in the Caribbean which makes this place fresh to taste this delicious local cuisine. Many chefs put their own spin on this plate and often use herbs like onion, peppers and celery along with various spices. Be sure to try these dishes at various restaurants including Poop Deck at Easy Bay, Nassau and Head Over to Conch Fritters.