~345 cal · 36g protein · 40g carbs · 3g fat (estimated, per serving)
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Golden fried conch fritters piled beside a pink dipping sauce
🇧🇸 Nassau
Conch is the national obsession of the Bahamas, and fritters are how Nassau turns it into finger food. Diced conch is folded into a peppery batter and fried into craggy golden nuggets, served hot from the pan with a pink dipping sauce at every fish fry along Arawak Cay.
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🥚 Egg-Free
Ingredients
Serves 4 —
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1 lb conch meat, finely diced
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1.5 cups all-purpose flour
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1 egg
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1/2 each + to taste red bell pepper, onion, and scotch bonnet, minced
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2 tbsp lime juice
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2 tsp baking powder
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as needed oil for frying
Instructions
1
Whisk the flour, baking powder, egg (or water mix), and enough water to make a thick, spoonable batter.
2
Fold in the conch (or hearts of palm), pepper, onion, scotch bonnet, and lime juice.
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Heat 2 inches of oil to 350°F.
4
Drop tablespoons of batter into the oil and fry 3–4 minutes, turning, until deep gold and cooked through.
5
Drain and serve hot with a pink sauce of mayo, ketchup, lime, and hot sauce.
Nassau fish fry.
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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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