American & Caribbean recipes

Southern fried chicken burgers

Southern fried chicken burgers

Place the chicken in a large bowl and add all of the ingredients apart from the breadcrumbs.  Mix well and then remove a small portion and fry in olive oil to test for seasoning.  If the meat needs more seasoning or heat then add the appropriate ingredients and repeat the process.

Pizza reggae style

Aidan's Rasta Reggae Pizza

Roll out the dough into the shape of a face, spead on the levi roots jerk sauce, use the peppers for eyebrows and dreads, chicken for eyes ears and mouth and cover in the cheese!

Cuban style pork

Cuban style pork with rice

This is such a simple recipe, the flavour of orange doesn't really shine through but the use of citrus juice results in really tender pork.

Coconut prawns

Mix panko, coconut, lime zest, salt and pepper in a large bowl. Whisk eggs in another bowl. Add the prawns to the beaten egg and toss to coat. Remove one prawn at a time and coat in panko mixture.

Sweet soul pork recipe

Sweet soul pork

Heat the oil in a frying pan, then fry the onion and ginger for 1 minute. Increase the heat and add the pork and garlic. Brown the meat on both sides, then reduce the heat and cook gently

Caribbean goat curry

First make the spice blend. Roast the coriander seeds, peppercorns, cardamom pods, fenugreek and cinnamon in a dry frying pan for a few minutes. Then grind to a fine powder using a pestle and mortar

Jambalaya

Heat oil in ovenproof pan with a lid. Add sauasage and fry until browned and the oil has taken the colour of the sausage. Remove with a slotted spoon and set aside.

Brown Stew Chicken

First off marinade the chicken in the onion, pepper, chilli and ginger ....for about an hour or longer. Scrape off the marinade and fry off the chicken

Black bean soup

Add the oil to a pan and set to a medium heat. Add the chopped onion and carrot and fry for about ten minutes until soft (not brown).

Arroz Con Gandule

This dish is actually a Puerto Rican classic, "Arroz Con Gandules". If your Spanish isnt too good, Gandules are Pigeon Peas....

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