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Jamaican Food You Must Try

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This showcases a flavorful journey through bold spices, rich traditions, and island-style comfort. From iconic classics to must-taste favorites, this list celebrates the dishes that define Jamaican culture. Perfect for food lovers ready to explore au...
 
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Devon house Patties are not a traditional pastry but it has become very popular as the taste, shape of the crust and filling is very uniquely satisfying and delicious.
Devon House Patty - Frozen (6 Patties)
 
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Ackee and saltfish is out national dish. Some say the fruit Ackee, looks like brain or scramble eggs. However, it's very delicious with a hint of salt from the cod fish, peppers and seasoning to spice it up. Peered with the right food, it is finger l...
Ackee & Saltfish With Fried Dumplings -
 
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Oxtail is a must have. Very delicious when cooked right and peered with rice and peas and a salad on the side, it's definitely a favorite pick of mine.
Jamaican style oxtail with rice & peas for dinner tonight! Can't forget the sweet ...
 
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One of my favorite meals. Spicy is my choice and served with white rice, salad 🥗 and avocado 🥑
Jamaican Curry goat, white rice and 1 indian addition of papads
 
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A well-known meal, that's usually served with festival or bread from the pan chicken man (Jerk man) on the street. However u can have it with whatever you like, as the flavor is very distinctive as all the spices come through in the taste.
The Best Jamaican Jerk Chicken Recipe: Jamaican Jerk Chicken On ...
 
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Escovish fish is fried fish of your choice peered with a spicy pickled vinegar dressing that has carrots and onions along with other spices. This can be eaten alone or with festival, Tammy, rice or ground provision.
Escovitch Fish
 
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Jerk pork is one of my favorite. Like jerk chicken, the flavors of the spices are very distinctive and when done right you can taste the spices down to the last bite. I enjoy Having mine with festival. However it can be peered with any side of your c...
The Real Jamaican Jerk Pork
 
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Stew chicken is very nice with a side of rice or ground provision and a salad.
Save this post for Jamaican Brown Stew Chicken because it’s so easy ...
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Brown stew fish is fried fish that's cooked up in a sauce after frying. It's very similar to stew chicken and can also be peered with any side of your choice
Jamaican Brown Stew Fish Recipe -
 
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Juici patties are my favorite patties. However there are other choices on the island, but this is my favorite.
Juici Patties - Serious Jamaican Food
 
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Soup is traditional Saturday dinner for most household. However it's cooked any day of the week for other households. Chicken is one protein that we add to soups
Authentic Jamaican Chicken Soup Recipe
 
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Saltfish (salted cod) is a popular protein that's prepared with breadfruit a lot. It's very nice and a must try on the island.
Jamaican breakfast recipe with roast breadfruit and saltfish
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Manish water soup, otherwise known as goat head soup, is a traditional, robust, and flavorful soup deeply rooted in Jamaican culture. Its a celebratory dish often served at parties, and, famously, at "dead yard" functions (wakes). The soup is known f...
Mannish Water Soup
 
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Codfish or saltfish with roasted yam is a very nice peer to have.
Street food. Roast Yam and Saltfish #Repost @jamaica_uncut ・・・
 
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Everyone speaks about KFC in Jamaica. Try it and let me know what you think.
JAMAICA'S KFC
 
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Caribbean Red Peas Soup is a staple when it comes to rich stews and cozy soups with West Indian flair. A warming pot that’s full of tender peas (beans), succulent pigtails, herbs + aromatics, carrot, yam, and cornmeal dumplings all simmered in a deca...
Red Peas Soup With Pigtails!!@
 
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Delicious gummy and sticky sauce/gravy. Peered with rice and a salad on the side is my preference. It's a must have.
Jamaican Curry Cow foot and Beans
 
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Jamaicans would say Wednesday is stew peas day. But this favorite dish is eaten any time of the week for most. It's a thicker version of peas soup and delicious with white rice and a side of toss vegetables.
🇯🇲 Stew Peas with Pigtails, Salted Beef, & Chicken Foot
 
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These are land crabs. Very sweet and nice and can be purchased on some street corners cooked shops or crab corner shops.
Curry Land Crab
 
Jamaica Steam Fish
 
Fried Parrot Fish with Escovitch Sauce served with Fried Bammy and Ripe Plantains 💖
 
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Not my favorite but a popular breakfast dish that is loved my the locals. Give it a try and let me know how you feel about it.
Hominy Corn Porridge
 
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Curry Chicken is a vibrant, savory, and tender stew featuring bone-in chicken, potatoes, and carrots simmered in a savory, aromatic yellow curry gravy. It is typically seasoned with fresh thyme, garlic, and Scotch bonnet peppers. Delicious with a whi...
Curry Chicken - Jamaican Style
 
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Jamaican curry chicken foot is a popular, savory, and collagen-rich Caribbean dish. This dish is traditionally served with white rice, rice and peas, or "hard food" (boiled green banana, dumplings, or yellow yam).
Curry Chicken Foot
 
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Delicious warm breakfast meal that most Jamaicans grow up drinking. It is usually peered with bread or crackers on the side.
Jamaican banana porridge
 
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Another breakfast meal that's a must have when you visit Jamaica. You can get this from street vendors who provide hot breakfast in the mornings or even at some restaurants.
Jamaican plantain porridge recipe