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Fry Jacks

Name: Fry Jacks
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Belize
Ingredients: 300g All-purpose flour; 2 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 tsp Salt; 30g Butter; 150ml Coconut milk; To taste Oil for frying; To taste Honey

Side Dish

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Triangles or squares of dough fried until puffy — Belize's breakfast fried bread.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Fry jacks are a Belizean breakfast staple: flour dough is cut into triangles or squares and fried until it puffs up hollow inside. They're eaten with refried beans, eggs, cheese, or ham, or sweetened with honey or jam.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a Belizean breakfast eatery, a basket of puffy triangular fry jacks arrives beside plates of refried beans and fried eggs.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

All-purpose flour 300g
Baking Powder 2 tsp
Salt 1/2 tsp
Butter 30g
Coconut milk 150ml
Oil for frying To taste
Honey To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Mix the flour, baking powder, and salt and rub in the butter with your fingers.
Add the coconut milk, knead, and rest 20 minutes.
Roll the dough 5mm thick and cut into triangles or squares.
Fry in 180°C oil on both sides until puffed.
Serve with honey or refried beans and eggs.

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