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Cracked Conch

Name: Cracked Conch
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Bahamas
Ingredients: 300g (shelled) Whelk; 100g All-purpose flour; 1 Egg; 50ml Milk; 50g Breadcrumbs; 2 Lime; 1/2 tsp Salt; A pinch Black Pepper; To taste Oil for frying; 3 tbsp Mayonnaise; 1 Cucumber pickles

Main Dish

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Conch meat pounded tender, battered, and fried — the Bahamas' national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Conch (queen conch) is the symbol of Bahamian food culture, used in salads, fritters, chowders, and more. Cracked conch is the meat pounded thin and tender, battered, and fried crisp, served with lime, tartar sauce, and peas and rice. Fishing is regulated to protect the resource.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At the Fish Fry stalls by Nassau's harbor, pounded conch is fried crisp and served on paper plates with lime and peas and rice.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Whelk 300g (shelled)
All-purpose flour 100g
Egg 1
Milk 50ml
Breadcrumbs 50g
Lime 2
Salt 1/2 tsp
Black Pepper A pinch
Oil for frying To taste
Mayonnaise 3 tbsp
Cucumber pickles 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Slice the shellfish thinly, place between plastic wrap, and pound until tender.
Sprinkle with lime juice, salt, and pepper and let stand 10 minutes.
Coat in flour, egg beaten with milk, and breadcrumbs.
Fry in 180°C oil for 2 minutes until crisp.
Mix chopped pickles into mayonnaise for a sauce and serve with lime.

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