How to Make Bahamian Conch Salad
Here is another one of my Daddy's recipe's, Conch Salad. The Queen Conch or Pink Conch is a gastropod, a soft-bodied type of mollusk that is protected by a very hard shell. The conch is found in warm shallow waters in grass beds of the Caribbean Sea. The flavor and texture of conch salad is amazing. It is a wonderful refreshing and tasty salad that will enhance any summer picnic or meal.
- Difficulty:
- Easy
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- conch
- onions
- green pepper
- tomatoes
- celery
- lemons
- limes
- crushed red pepper
- black pepper
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You will not find conch at the corner store or supermarket, unless you live in an ethnic community. I usually purchase conch at a fish market. Use about a pound of conch for this salad.
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Rinse and dice 1lb of conch into small pieces and place in a bowl. Take your time cutting the conch, as it is kind of rubbery like clams. Use a sharp knife.
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Dice green pepper, celery, tomato, onions in small pieces, a little smaller than the conch.
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Thoroughly mix the conch, green pepper, celery, tomato, and onions together.
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Take the juice of 2 fresh lemons and pour over the conch salad. Add crushed pepper, salt and pepper to taste.
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For the best flavor, allow the conch salad to sit a few hours to overnight in the fridge.
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Tips & Warnings
Bahamian Conch salad is similar to eating clams, but a lot better.
Bahamian Conch salad is expensive, don't waste it on people who don't like to try different foods.
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Comments
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First, this recipe leaves a lot of the prep out. The Conch must be fresh. If you live in the Islands, that's not an issue. Most Conch will be frozen, so it's hard to tell if it is fresh frozen. It should be white-not yellow or grey. The foot must be removed, and the tip of the foot taken off. The underside membrane should be removed also. Slice the meat in 1/4" thick chunks.For about 2 lbs. conch-Add juice of 4 Persian limes to the meat(no, it's not ok to use bottled juice).Add salt(more than you think--a good couple of swishes back and forth from the container).Mix well. Next the veggies--All vegitables should be 1/4" chopped. 3-4 stalks celery, 1 meduim sweet onion, 1 meduim green bell pepper, 3-4 whole ripe tomatos. Mince very fine 1 medium peeled cucumber, almost so you can't see it in the mix. Dump it in and mix well. Juice from 4 sour oranges(include any pulp). Dice the tomatos and add. Now, finely chop 1 whole Habanero(or Jolokia, or Scorpion)add. Never use tomato juice or catsup, you'll ruin it. Commercial sour orange juice is ok, but not as good as fresh.
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FrazzledNanny
Mar 24, 2009
Thanks for the Bahamian Conch Salad recipe. It sounds great. 5* -
MommyBear
Mar 13, 2009
Wow. This looks amazing! I'm always excited to find new foods to try and make. Thanks! :) 5*
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CBeatrix
Nov 02, 2008
I've been always very interested in exotic food. Well, this is definitely one for me! In my country, Hungary, we don't have a sea, and people don't eat too much seafood. Even though, I've been living here for more than 10 years, I still find recipes like this one exciting to my taste buds and fantasy. Thanks for sharing! 5*
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candylady
Oct 14, 2008
sounds good!but difficult to find in chicago
