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Hemingway’s Fresh Conch Salad with sour Orange Vinaigrette and Crispy Plantain Chips

Hemingway’s Fresh Conch Salad with sour Orange Vinaigrette and Crispy Plantain Chips

This bright and flavorful salad recipe uses a major food staple of the Turks & Caicos islands—Queen Conch. Courtesy of Hemingway’s Restaurant & Bar’s executive chef, Alix Saimpha, this dish features local Caribbean ingredients.
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Photo by: Courtesy of Hemingway's Restaurant

SERVES 2

1 lb fresh conch meat
1 green pepper
1 red pepper
1 onion
1/2  habanero pepper (no seeds)
Juice of 1 orange
2/3 cup of lemon juice
1 green plantain
1 tsp olive oil
1 cup cooking oil
Salt and pepper to taste
Chopped cilantro for garnish

1. Dice conch meat, bell peppers, onion and habanero pepper. In a mixing bowl put together all the ingredients with lemon juice and orange juice and olive oil, mix well cover and refrigerate.

2. In a frying pan put cooking oil on medium heat. Peel and slice the plantain, fry plantain until golden and crispy for 1 to 2 minutes.

3. Bring the mix salad out, serve cold with plantain chips garnish and chopped cilantro and lemon slice.

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