Breadfruit Oil Down (Grenada)
Ingredients
- 2 lbs salted meat (beef, pig snout, pig tails, etc, you can also use salted ham or salted cod fish) ⓘ
- 1 (2 -3 lb) breadfruit ⓘ
- 4 cups coconut milk ⓘ
- 1/2 cup sliced celery ⓘ
- 2 sprigs fresh thyme ⓘ
- 1/2 cup chopped chives ⓘ
- 1/2 cup pimento pepper (seeded and chopped) ⓘ
- 1 whole congo hot pepper or 1 whole habanero pepper ⓘ
- 1 onion, chopped ⓘ
- 1 garlic clove
- salt ⓘ
Instructions
- Put salted meat into a pot with water. Bring to a boil and drain, repeat three times to remove preserving salt. Cook until almost tender. Drain.
- Wash and peel the breadfruit, cut into eight sections, remove the center lengthwise of each section, cut into 1/2" slices.
- Saute onions and garlic in hot oil until onions are translucent. Add chive thyme and salted meat, hot pepper and 3 cups coconut milk. Add in the breadfruit pieces.
- Cover pot and bring to a boil.
- Reduce heat and simmer for about 45 minutes until breadfruit is cooked and tender; add more coconut milk if necessary and put salt to taste. (Salt may not be necessary since the salted meat flavours the dish).
- When cooked liquid should be absorbed and breadfruit mixture will look mushy.
- Remove pepper before serving.
Nutrition & Diet Analysis (per serving)
432
kcal
22% DV
Protein
Fat
Carbs
* % Daily Values based on a 2,000 calorie diet (FDA 2020).