Cuisine in Dominica

Bouyon

Rich soup simmering chicken, pig feet, tubers, and green bananas; Independence Month staple

• Main ingredients: Chicken, Pig feet, Taro, Green banana, Herbs

Mountain Chicken

Traditional dish of deep-fried large frog legs; now rare due to protection

• Main ingredients: Toad leg meat, Seasoning, Lime

Manicou Stew

Mountain delicacy of opossum meat slowly simmered with spices

• Main ingredients: Opossum meat, Tomato, Thyme, Curry powder

Callaloo Soup

Green seafood soup thickened with taro leaves

• Main ingredients: Callaloo leaves, Crab, Coconut milk

Pelau

One-pot rice dish cooking rice and beans with chicken

• Main ingredients: Rice, Red kidney beans, Chicken, Coconut milk

Saltfish & Bakes

Breakfast staple of sautéed salted cod eaten with fried bread

• Main ingredients: Salt cod, Flour, Baking powder

Accra

Salt fish fritters; popular carnival street food snack

• Main ingredients: Salt fish, Flour, Herbs

Bélé

Pancake-style staple from baked fermented cassava dough

• Region: Kalinago
• Main ingredients: Cassava flour, Water, Salt

Cocoa Tea

Rich hot chocolate simmering grated cocoa stick with cinnamon

• Main ingredients: Cacao, Cinnamon, Milk, Nutmeg

Sorrel Drink

Sweet-sour red beverage steeping hibiscus calyx with spices

• Main ingredients: Hibiscus, Ginger, Cloves, Sugar