Local Specialty Dishes at Paradise Resorts Jamaica

JERK PORK / CHICKEN / FISH "jerked" meat is marinated for hours in a mixture of scallions, onions, thyme, Jamaican pimento, cinnamon, nutmeg, peppers, a special blend of fruit juices and more... then cooked over an outdoor pit lined with pimento wood or grilled simply over an open flame. The low heat allows the meat to cook slowly, so it loses little of its natural juices while becoming saturated with the flavour of the wood. You will love it! - ACKEE & SALT FISH - Jamaica's national dish featuring Ackee the mild Jamaican National fruit teamed with dried salted cod fish. The tasty combination is cooked up in a savoury sauce of tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices. - CALLALOO AND SALTFISH Jamaican greens and dried salted cod is cooked up in a savory sauce of tomatoes, onions, peppers and spices. - STEAMED/CALLALOO Callaloo is Jamaican greens like spinach, which has a slightly firmer texture. The greens are sautéed with peppers and onions then simmered in a mixture of aromatic herbs and spices. - JAMAICAN BROWN STEW CHICKEN Also known as Fricasseed Chicken the most popular way of cooking chicken in Jamaica. Chicken is marinated with a wild combination of herbs and spices then fried to a golden brown. Peppers vegetables and spices are then added and cooked to create the rich gravy (stew). - JAMAICAN CURRY CHICKEN


Chicken marinated in spicy Jamaican curry along with a host of other herbs spices and vegetables slowly cooked. This dish is typically served with steamed white rice. - Typical food for a party a popular island dish dating back to 1845 when -- following the abolition of slavery -- plantation owners began importing labourers from India and later China; the new arrivals quickly added their own contributions, including curry and other spices, to the island's expanding palette of exotic flavours. - To prepare curry goat, cut meat into small cubes and marinate in spicy Jamaican curry, thyme and other herbs and spices. Cook until the meat just fall off the bones. - MACKERAL – RUN DOWN Whole salted mackerel simmered in coconut milk, tomatoes, onions, scallions, thyme and hot peppers, and served with boiled green bananas or yams

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