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Oil Down

↳ from Grenada, Grenada

Grenada's national dish: a one-pot meal of breadfruit and salted meat cooked in coconut milk until it 'oils down'.

History

A dish of enslaved Africans, cooked in one pot at community gatherings with breadfruit brought by the British in the 1790s.

Ingredients

  • Breadfruit
  • Salted pigtail or beef
  • Chicken
  • Coconut milk
  • Dumplings
  • Callaloo
  • Turmeric
  • Thyme

How it's made

  1. Layer the breadfruit, meat and dumplings in a pot
  2. Add coconut milk, turmeric and herbs
  3. Cover and simmer for an hour
  4. Cook until the liquid has been absorbed and the oil shows
  5. Serve hot

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