Caribbean Connection Recipes

30 EASY WAYS TO MAKE CARIBBEAN FOOD

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These Caribbean recipes bring the flavors of the tropics right into your home! From entrees to sides to cocktails, these easy dishes are the next best thing to a vacation!

Provided by insanelygood

Number Of Ingredients 30

Ingredients

Caribbean Sweet Cornbread
Antigua's Raisin Bun
Ultimate Ropa Vieja (National Dish of Cuba)
Dominican Rainbow Rice
Fried Ripe Plantains
Tu00e9 de Jengibre (Ginge Tea)
Basic Sofrito
Pikliz (Haitian Pickled Vegetable Relish)
Banana Ketchup
Caribbean Three Bean Salad
Jamaican Callaloo
Haitian French Toast
Bacalaitos (Codfish Fritters)
Caribbean Breeze
Caribbean Cole Slaw
Jamaican Jerk Seasoning
Tamal en Cazuela (Cuban Polenta)
Caribbean Cornmeal Cou-Cou
Cuban Sliders
Sweet Potato and Carrot Soup
Traditional Plantain Mofongo
Jerk Chicken
Best-Ever Bahama Mamas
Breadfruit Oil Down (Grenada)
Jamaican Brown Fish Stew
Puerto Rican Papas Rellenas (Stuffed Potatoes)
Ital Stew
Jamaican Coco Bread
Caribbean Shrimp
Doubles (Curry Chickpeas And Spicy Flat Bread)

Steps:

Select your favorite recipe.
Organize all the required ingredients.
Prep a Caribbean dish in 30 minutes or less!

Nutrition Facts :

CARIBBEAN-STYLE BEANS AND RICE

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Provided by Michael Chiarello : Food Network

Categories side-dish

Time 1h55m

Yield 4 servings

Number Of Ingredients 13

Ingredients

4 slices smoked bacon or 1 small ham hock
4 cloves garlic, roughly chopped
1 cup dried red kidney beans, brought to a boil and cooled, drained
5 cups cold water
1 Scotch bonnet, halved and seeded, or 2 serrano chilis
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1 (14-ounce) can coconut milk
4 scallions, crushed*
2 sprigs fresh thyme
1/4 teaspoon ground allspice
1 tablespoon sea salt
1 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
2 1/2 cups long-grain rice, washed and drained

Steps:

Heat a Dutch oven or large, deep pot over medium-high heat. Add the bacon to the hot pot and cook until light brown on both sides. Add the garlic and saute until light brown. Add the drained beans along with the cold water to the bacon and garlic and bring to a boil over high heat. Cover the pot, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook until beans are just tender, about 1 hour. Add the chili peppers, cinnamon, coconut milk, scallions, thyme, allspice, salt, and pepper and bring to a boil. Stir in the rice and, once the mixture has returned to a boil, stir, reduce the heat to low, cover and cook for 20 to 30 minutes, or until the rice is tender and has absorbed all of the liquid. Allow to sit for 15 minutes before serving. Remove the thyme sprigs and Scotch bonnet pepper halves and serve.

CARIBBEAN QUEEN COCKTAIL

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Who wants an easy, but tasty cocktail? When I lived in Florida, a friend introduced me to this simple drink. Serve chilled or on rocks. Make sure both the rum and Coca-Cola® are chilled.

Provided by thedailygourmet

Time 5m

Yield 1

Number Of Ingredients 3

Ingredients

½ cup ice
¼ cup coconut-flavored rum (such as Malibu®)
¾ cup Soda, Coca Cola, Coke-Can/Bottle CC

Steps:

Add ice to an old-fashioned glass. Pour chilled coconut rum and cola-flavored beverage over the ice. Stir.

Nutrition Facts : Calories 235.6 calories, Carbohydrate 30.7 g, Cholesterol 36.2 mg, Fat 4.8 g, Fiber 0.2 g, Protein 2.6 g, SaturatedFat 3.2 g, Sodium 43 mg, Sugar 20 g