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Oil Down

Name: Oil Down
Total time: 120 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Grenada
Ingredients: 1 Breadfruit; 800ml Coconut milk; 400g Chicken Thigh; 150g Bacon; 2 Green banana; 1 bunch Spinach; 150g All-purpose flour; 1 Onion; 1 tsp Turmeric; A pinch Thyme; 1 Chili pepper; 1 tsp Salt

Main Dish

⏱ 120 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐⭐

Breadfruit, salted meat, and dumplings simmered in coconut milk until dry — Grenada's national dish.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Oil down is Grenada's national dish: breadfruit, salted pork, chicken, green bananas, callaloo (greens), and flour dumplings are layered in a big pot and simmered in turmeric-tinted coconut milk. It's named for the way the coconut milk is fully absorbed, leaving only oil at the bottom of the pot ('oil down').

🌆 Where it's eaten: On a Grenadian beach, friends gather to cook a big pot of oil down over a fire and serve it out on large leaves.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Breadfruit 1
Coconut milk 800ml
Chicken Thigh 400g
Bacon 150g
Green banana 2
Spinach 1 bunch
All-purpose flour 150g
Onion 1
Turmeric 1 tsp
Thyme A pinch
Chili pepper 1
Salt 1 tsp

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Remove the skin and core from the breadfruit and cut into large pieces; peel and cut the bananas too.
Knead the flour with 5 tbsp water and shape into long dumplings.
Lay the chicken, bacon, and onion in a big pot, layer the breadfruit, bananas, and dumplings, and top with spinach.
Pour in the coconut milk mixed with turmeric, thyme, chili, and salt.
Cover and simmer on low for 1 hour until the liquid is gone (don't stir).

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