~619 cal · 46g protein · 80g carbs · 11g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Bowl of limey fish broth with johnny cake
🇧🇸 Nassau
The classic Bahamian breakfast is "boil fish": fresh grouper simmered with onion, potato, lime, and bird pepper into a clean, tangy broth, served with dense, sweet johnny cake to soak it up. It is the restorative morning meal of the islands, especially after a long night.
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Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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1.5 lbs firm white fish (grouper), in chunks
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2 potatoes
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1 onion
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2 lime
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1 bird pepper
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2 cups flour (for the johnny cake)
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3 tbsp sugar
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2 tsp baking powder
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to taste salt and black pepper
Instructions
1
Simmer the onion, potato, lime juice, and bird pepper in salted water until the potatoes are nearly tender.
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Add the fish and poach gently until just cooked and the broth is bright and limey, about 8 minutes.
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For the johnny cake, mix the flour, sugar, baking powder, salt, and enough water to make a stiff dough, then bake or griddle until golden.
4
Serve bowls of the boiled fish with thick slices of johnny cake for dunking.
Bahamian island breakfast tradition.
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🌏 While it simmers — know your destination
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Nassau. Conch stand capital of the archipelago.
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Bahamas. Seven hundred islands ruled by the conch.
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North America. A collision of Indigenous, colonial, and immigrant tables.
The story behind this dish is up top — worth a read while the pot works.
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Richard Moore & Kelsey Tucker
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