Bahamas Conch Salad
Soak conch in 1 cup lemon juice for at least 2 hours preferably overnight.
Bahamas conch salad. How to make bahamian conch salad. Technically speaking the queen conch is native to the warm waters of the atlantic ocean from brazil to as far north as. The queen conch the one we press to our ears to listen to the sound of the ocean is the type whose meat is used in traditional bahamian conch salad.
Conch pronounced konk is a shellfish found in the warm atlantic ocean waters. The key ingredient in bahamian conch salad the conch is a true treasure of the sea. This recipe is a dish everyone and their grandparents eat in the bahamas.
It is the most powerful internet based. Cartwright s garage is i must say the best garage on nassau great reliable service and honest staff. It s raw white meat comes from the regal looking pink lipped and spiral shelled queen conch pronounced konk not konch.
Clean the conch remove slime and cut into small cubes. Tenderize conch with a meat mallet. Pictures photos no pictures reviews.
1 recipe submitted by sparkpeople user chunkalove20. 1 photo of bahamian conch salad. Place in mixing bowl with remaining ingredients.
After living traveling and eating conch salad all over the bahamas and caribbean this is the best conch salad i ve found. Cover and let the conch and vegetables marinate in refrigerator for 15 minutes. There s perhaps nothing as quintessentially caribbean as conch and nothing as refreshing and delicious as fresh bahamian conch salad on a hot and sunny day.
Many places in the bahamas make this salad to order cracking the conch when you ask for it. By alisa wood lovemyfood242 1. This dish is colorful bright and full of flavor.
The conch salad recipe is relatively simple and straightforward but yields absolutely incredible results. Conch is very good to eat it strengthens your back puts a little pep in your husbands step and can be cooked many different ways. It can be grilled scorched blackened deep fried.
Dice into bite sized chunks. One bite and you ll be dreaming of the white sandy beaches and warm turquoise waters of nassau paradise island. The spices and citrus contrast one another in a way that allows both flavors to stand out and yet.
This salad and many different variations on it are common throughout the caribbean where lambis creole for conch is prized both for its sweet flavor and for its power as an aphrodisiac. There service department will do their best to accomodate you as good as possible but they do go by appointment only. The conch is a delicacy that though still thriving near the bahamas is not readily available further away.
