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Bahamian Conch Salad

Conch Salad

Made to order at the shacks of Arawak Cay in Nassau: raw conch diced fine and “cooked” in lime and sour orange with sweet pepper, tomato, onion and a kick of goat pepper.

  • Prep 30 min
  • Cook 0 min
  • Serves 4
  • Level Easy
Photo: Tjones242 · CC BY-SA 4.0
Served with: Bahamian Johnny Cake ↓En Español

Ingredients

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For the salad

For the dressing

Method

Step by step, the way it is done on the island.

  1. Trim the conch. Cut away any dark skin and the orange tip so you have only the white meat. Dice it into small cubes, about ¼ inch (6 mm).
  2. Chop the vegetables. Dice the onion, peppers, tomato and celery to the same small size as the conch, and mince the goat pepper.
  3. Mix. Combine the conch and vegetables in a bowl, sprinkle with salt and pour the lime and sour orange juice over.
  4. Rest and serve. Toss well and let it sit 10–15 minutes so the citrus firms up the conch. Taste for salt and heat and serve cold with johnny cake.

On the side

The side dish that belongs with it, full recipe included.

The Bahamas

Bahamian Johnny Cake

Johnny Cake

A soft, buttery, slightly sweet pan bread baked in a skillet or square pan. Bahamians cut it in thick slices to go with stew fish and fried snapper.

  • Prep 15 min
  • Cook 35 min
  • Serves 8
  • Level Easy

You need

  • 3 cups all-purpose flour
  • ¼ cup sugar
  • 1 tbsp baking powder
  • 1 tsp salt
  • ½ cup cold butter, cubed, plus more for the pan
  • 1 cup milk (about)

How to make it

  1. Mix the dry. Heat the oven to 350 °F (175 °C) and butter a 9-inch (23 cm) skillet or square pan. Whisk the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt.
  2. Rub in the butter. Rub the butter into the flour with your fingertips until it looks like coarse crumbs.
  3. Make the dough. Stir in the milk a little at a time to make a soft, slightly sticky dough. Knead it 3–4 times, just to bring it together.
  4. Bake. Pat the dough into the pan and bake 30–35 minutes until golden on top and a toothpick comes out clean. Cool 10 minutes and cut into squares or wedges.

Photo: Infrogmation of New Orleans · CC BY-SA 4.0

More ways to cook Conch

Same fish, a different corner of the sea.

Freeport, Grand Bahama, BahamasBahamian Conch Fritters
Jacmel, HaitiHaitian Conch Stew
Tobago, Trinidad and TobagoTrini Conch Souse