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Traditional Caribbean Cooking

Some people hear Colonial Chicken, and they think KFC :smile: – Colonial Chicken recipe is one of those recipes that every home cook should have in their collection. It uses a small amount of ingredients – chicken, onions, stock, green pepper, sour cream, paprika, and butter – and is especially useful on those busy days when you’re just too busy to get creative.

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Ingredients:

  • 1 chicken (cut into pieces)
  • 2 large onions, sliced
  • 1 tomato chopped
  • 1 cup stock
  • 1 clove garlic, crushed
  • ¼ cup butter
  • 1 green pepper, sliced
  • 1 tablespoon paprika (spice made from peppers)
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 1 cup sour cream



Method:

Wash and drain chicken. Put into a bowl and sprinkle with salt, pepper, and garlic. Mix well and allow standing for 2-3 hours. In a large skillet, heat butter and brown chicken pieces - removing from pan as they are done. Then sauté onions, green pepper and tomato until wilted. Add paprika and stock. Bring to a boil point and add chicken pieces. Cover and simmer until tender (about 40 minutes). Remove chicken to platter and keep warm. Stir in sour cream, but do not allow it to boil. Spoon over chicken and serve hot.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue

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fish-souffle

Fish Soufflé is a very popular recipe throughout most Caribbean islands. By following these easy steps in this recipe, you too can learn how to make/prepare Fish Soufflé.

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Ingredients:

  • 2 tablespoon flour
  • 1 cup milk
  • ¼ teaspoon ground garlic
  • 1 tablespoon butter
  • 1 tablespoon salt
  • 1 cup flaked fish cooked
  • ½ teaspoon lemon juice
  • 2 eggs
  • ¼ teaspoon ground pepper
  • ¼ teaspoon finely chopped thyme
  • 1 dash hot pepper sauce

Method:

Clean, bone and cut up fish. Then season with lemon juice, half salt, and pepper, thyme and garlic. Allow to stand for one or two hours. Then melt butter in pan over heat and add four. Do this over low heat. Mix egg yolks and add balance of salt. Cool thickened sauce and when slightly warm, add beaten egg yolks. Then mix (or beat) egg whites stiffly and add to mixture. Drain fish quickly and place into bettered baking dish. Pour sauce over fish and bake at 375F for about 20-30 minutes. Serve immediately. For best result do not allow any time between preparing and baking.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue
Photo courtesy:Lottlie Davies via telegraph.co.uk

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photo of pear topped with blue cheese salad

“Parmesan cheese, crumbled blue cheese, iceberg lettuce, egg, lemon juice and crushed garlic, combined with olive oil, to make this salad unforgettable. This blue cheese salad recipe is a sure hit worth trying!”

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Ingredients:

  • 1 clove garlic. Crushed
  • 2 cups ¼ fresh bread squares
  • ¼ cup grated parmesan cheese
  • ¾ cup olive oil
  • 1 teaspoon salt
  • 1 egg
  • ¼ cup crumbled blue cheese
  • 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce
  • ¼ teaspoon pepper
  • ¼ cup lemon juice
  • 1 large head iceberg lettuce
  • 1 head leaf lettuce

Method:

About 4 hours before serving time, crush garlic and drop into ¼ cup oil and set aside. Toast bread squares in shallow pan at 300F for about 20 minutes until crisp and dry. Tear lettuce into bits and put into salad bowl and refrigerate. Just before serving, sprinkle lettuce with cheese and drizzle one mixture of ½ cup olive oil, Worcestershire sauce, salt and pepper. Toss gently break raw egg into salad, add lemon juice and toss until egg specks disappear. Now pour remaining ¼ cup oil over bread squares, toss and sprinkle over salad. Toss salad and serve immediately.

Recipe by:Yolande Cools-Lartigue
Photo courtesy:bringonthesalads.com

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