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Conch Fritters

Name: Conch Fritters
Total time: 40 min
Yield: Serves 4
Cuisine: Belize
Ingredients: 200g (shelled) Whelk; 150g All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1 Egg; 100ml Milk; 1/4 Onion; 1/2 Green Bell Pepper; 1/2 Chili pepper; 1/2 tsp Salt; To taste Oil for frying; 1 Lime

Snack

⏱ 40 min

👥 Serves 4

Difficulty ⭐

Chopped conch mixed into batter and fried — a specialty of Belize's Caribbean islands.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Conch (queen conch) is a large sea snail beloved on Belize's reef islands, and conch fritters are made by finely chopping the meat and frying it in a batter with onion, bell pepper, and chili. A specialty of seaside shacks on Caye Caulker and Ambergris Caye, they're eaten with a squeeze of lime. Conch fishing has a closed season to protect the stock.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a seaside shack on Caye Caulker, a basket of fresh round conch fritters is served with lime and beer.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 4)

Whelk 200g (shelled)
All-purpose flour 150g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Egg 1
Milk 100ml
Onion 1/4
Green Bell Pepper 1/2
Chili pepper 1/2
Salt 1/2 tsp
Oil for frying To taste
Lime 1

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Finely chop the whelk meat.
Mix the flour, baking powder, egg, milk, and salt into a batter.
Add the shellfish and chopped onion, bell pepper, and chili and mix.
Drop spoonfuls into 170°C oil and fry until golden.
Serve with lime.

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