- Fresh conch meat, diced
- Fritter batter: flour, egg, onion, pepper, celery
- Lime, hot sauce and kalik beer alongside
Conch Fritters
Conch fritters with lime. Photo via Wikimedia Commons.
Conch (pronounced 'konk') is the Bahamas' defining seafood: the big sea snail whose sweet meat goes into fritters, salads, chowders and the cracked-conch main course. Conch fritters are the entry point: diced conch folded into a peppery batter and deep-fried golden.
Conch salad is the raw version: diced conch cured in lime and orange juice with onion, pepper and tomato, made to order at the dock. Cracked conch is the main event: tenderised, breaded and fried, served with peas n' rice.
Key ingredients
Where to try it
- The Fish Fry at Arawak Cay, Nassau: conch salad made dockside.
- Goldie's and the conch shacks across the islands.
- Every Bahamian restaurant menu, from shacks to resorts.