🏝️Afro-Caribbean Recipes

Explore Afro-Caribbean cuisine — Jamaican jerk, Haitian griot, Trinidadian Afro-creole, and the African-diaspora Caribbean food canon.

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Afro-Caribbean cuisine is the African-diaspora Caribbean foodway: Jamaican (jerk, ackee, escovitch), Haitian (griot, pikliz, joumou), Trinidadian-Afro (callaloo, ground provisions), Cuban-Afro (yuca, plantains). Substrand of Caribbean (umbrella, NOT used as recipe-level cuisine). DISTINCT from Trinidadian (Indo-Trinidadian core) and from African-American (Black US Southern).

🧂 Essential Pantry

Allspice (pimento)Scotch bonnet pepperCoconut milkYuca / cassavaPlantainsAckeeSalt codThymeLimeGround provisions

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Afro caribbean · Main Courses
Jamaican Ackee and Saltfish (Ackee and Saltfish) — Jamaica’s Savory National Breakfast
Ackee and saltfish is Jamaica’s national dish, pairing creamy ackee fruit with flaked salted cod, onions, peppers, tomato, and thyme. It is most often served for weekend breakfast or brunch with fried dumplings, boiled green banana, or breadfruit.
55 min 4 432 cal

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🇺🇸 African-American 🇹🇹 Trinidadian 🇧🇷 Brazilian

🏝️Afro-Caribbean Recipes

🧂 Essential Pantry

Jamaican Ackee and Saltfish (Ackee and Saltfish) — Jamaica’s Savory National Breakfast

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