COOKING THE BAHAMAS: Cracked Conch w/ Rice & Peas 🇧🇸

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  • How to make Conch Fritters with Rice & Peas from the Bahamas in the Caribbean.
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    Ingredients:
    conch fritters:
    1 lb/ 450 grams conch
    1 lb/ 450grams flour
    1 tsp pepper
    1 tsp salt
    1 tsp garlic powder
    1 tsp minced thyme
    1 egg
    2-4 cups water
    Rice and Peas
    1 can pigeon peas
    2 roma tomatos small
    1 onion
    2 tsp thyme
    1.5 cups long grain rice
    1/2 tomato paste
    2 bacon
    3 cups water`

ความคิดเห็น • 90

  • @pacararahming1991
    @pacararahming1991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +137

    Hi chef I'm BAHAMIAN 🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸 BEAT THE CONCH MORE YOULL HAVE A TENDER MELT IN YOUR MOUTH EXPERIENCE. U NEED AN IRON TENDERIZER FOR THAT. NEXT JUST AN EGG WIT SEASONING OF UR CHOICE THEN PLAIN OLD FLOUR AND DROP IN HOT OIL FOR ABOUT 1 AND 1/2 MINUTES. BUT I LOVE THAT U FEATURED MY COUNTRIES CUISINE THANK YOU‼️ THE RICE LOOKED GREAT LITTLE MORE PRACTICE AND YOU'LL PERFECT IT‼️🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸🇧🇸 APPRECIATE YOU🥰

    • @waynefisher4327
      @waynefisher4327 2 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      So cool, your feedback a person from the region. Thx for sharing :)

    • @ChapatiMan
      @ChapatiMan 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      Country’s*

    • @johntaedorsett2609
      @johntaedorsett2609 ปีที่แล้ว

      This just plain wrong. Sad man sad.

  • @annainchicago
    @annainchicago 3 ปีที่แล้ว +41

    We make a very similar rice in Puerto Rico. “Arroz con Gandules” (rice with pigeon peas) It’s a staple for celebrations, usually covered with a banana leaf while cooking. I’m sure you can find it in New York :D

  • @MSUki10
    @MSUki10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +36

    Looks great! When tenderizing protein w/ a meat tenderizer or rolling pin, you can place the protein in a ziplock bag or even lay a piece of good quality plastic wrap on top. That way you keep the tenderizer clean (unless you're using the pointed part of the tenderizer which will break the plastic). It also doubles to keep any juices from splattering all over the place.

  • @marshak6459
    @marshak6459 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Put the conch in a baggy and use a hammer the put in milk for 30 minutes. Dip in flour mixed with bread crumbs then fry

  • @ronschlorff7089
    @ronschlorff7089 2 ปีที่แล้ว +17

    Nice! Of course, any sea food that is deep batter fried would be good. Survivorman ate one of these raw, on a Caribbean Island as a "shipwrecked guy", but said only the pure white parts, so he trimmed it. You did the whole enchilada which is good. Like an abalone it needs to be tenderized; go to the hardware store and get a nice hammer, cheaper that and chef's meat mallet. Also putting plastic wrap over it would isolate the blunt instrument from the fish product. The rice and pigeon feed looked good too!

  • @eltemp
    @eltemp ปีที่แล้ว +10

    I always enjoy the comments with these videos. It's so wonderful to read about other people's experiences and suggestions. It's just such a great platform for people come together and share and learn things about different cultures. Of course I love the videos too! 😊

  • @lindseyapfel6061
    @lindseyapfel6061 3 ปีที่แล้ว +34

    1 tsp. of garlic powder…more like 5 tablespoons!! 😂 thanks for making me laugh today!

  • @Nyahaakitty
    @Nyahaakitty 3 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    Your videos never fail to put a smile on my face and make me laugh ☺️

  • @danaconrad5871
    @danaconrad5871 2 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I had conch fritters in the Bahamas and the dipping sauce was a mix of mayo, ketchup, and hot sauce.

  • @TheSlavetoabunny
    @TheSlavetoabunny 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

    I love conch!!! My pet bunnies always thump along with me when I tenderize it, lol.

  • @allibart
    @allibart 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    I’m from Barbados and I’m very excited to see what dish you choose to make.

  • @miajohnsonmusic9258
    @miajohnsonmusic9258 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Wine bottles work great to tenderize meat, etc. Nice and heavy on the bottom & the neck works great as a handle. Washes easily too 😉

  • @builderjack
    @builderjack ปีที่แล้ว +1

    You are on to something here. Very entertaining.

  • @jenjabba6210
    @jenjabba6210 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Yeah, we're on B. Haha i gasped when you poured the lime essence in. I've never thought of making that. Doesn't look too bad. I give you 5 stars for prefectly golden brown.

  • @theresathompson5098
    @theresathompson5098 3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Happy New Year! I’ve been binging on your videos. For someone that didn’t really know how to cook, you’ve mastered some impressive dishes. Thinking of buying some yeast and making bread or something. That is terrifying to me for some reason. Keep up the good work.

  • @keketee7056
    @keketee7056 2 ปีที่แล้ว +20

    We don't call it rice & peas, we call it peas n rice. The conch was prep wrong but it was a good try. All in all not bad for a first try

    • @annother3350
      @annother3350 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's rice 'n' peas in every carribean restaurant in the UK

    • @Hermit7414
      @Hermit7414 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      @@annother3350 rice and peas isn’t Bahamian…it’s a whole different dish from a whole different island

    • @reginabillotti
      @reginabillotti 6 หลายเดือนก่อน

      Do you have a link to a good video or recipe blog about how to make it better?

    • @007fuzziee
      @007fuzziee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

      Agreed, in the Bahamas and Turks and Caicos Islands we say "peas and rice", but as a Turks Islander living in the UK, if you say "peas and rice" no-one knows what you are asking for.
      Yes, the conch should have been beaten within an inch of its no longer available life.

    • @007fuzziee
      @007fuzziee 2 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

      ​@@reginabillotti Melda242 is a good place to start for Bahamian food

  • @Wheelman1966
    @Wheelman1966 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    1:18 LOL

  • @janethutter3022
    @janethutter3022 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    I’m going to take you out for Cracked Conch in TCI in 2 weeks!!!!! You will love it!!!!!

  • @moshu10
    @moshu10 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    This was awesome!

  • @susanmaakestad3435
    @susanmaakestad3435 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    "Can you hear me?" LOL

  • @cydkriletich6538
    @cydkriletich6538 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I hope you’ll make Gourmet Sabzi when it comes to Iranian/Persian food. I’m Italian American, but I can’t lie….Persian food is my favorite ethnic food. 🤫. So fresh and delicious!

  • @XMachete
    @XMachete ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Hi, I enjoyed your exploration of our culture. A few notes: yes a meat tenderizing mallet would have helped immensely (especially with the chewiness 😂 )
    second, Ba-hay-mee-yun is the pronunciation. we generally eat cracked conch with hot sauce and ketchup, some people drizzle lime or lemon on it.
    it's peas and rice. Rice and peas is a different dish in a few other islands, most well known being Jamaica, where they use dark kidney beans.
    The word order of the dish is just cultural signifier but important. Your peas and rice looked fine, but may be missing a bit of the flavor. Variations of the dish add everything from salt pork to crab, to dry conch.

  • @byakko6645
    @byakko6645 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Gotta admit i kinda need go face the wall at the beginning and literally “ooch, it hurts” in 1:00 😂🤣 but it looks so crunch and yummy when all done. Wish i was somewhere close by, so you don’t have to eat them all! 😝

  • @alsadacharlton762
    @alsadacharlton762 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    in the Bahamas it is peas n rice only Jamaicans do rice n peas

  • @JohnMoncrief-ic9hp
    @JohnMoncrief-ic9hp ปีที่แล้ว

    jc has in here cook book on season 1 with American lobster dish looks good

  • @mikmowmil
    @mikmowmil ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Why didn't he peel off the outer layer of the conch, that layer is like a tough film.

  • @PaulaBean
    @PaulaBean ปีที่แล้ว

    It needs some green? Herbs or parsley or chopped spring onions?

    • @PaulaBean
      @PaulaBean ปีที่แล้ว

      Coriander/Cilantro perhaps?

  • @TheRebellefleur27
    @TheRebellefleur27 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Bahamians don't really eat them in nuggets. Good effort! Love the videos.

  • @sharoncobo5079
    @sharoncobo5079 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Critters! 😂😂😂🥰

  • @macsarcule
    @macsarcule 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Meat Hammer. That’s the name of your metal band.

  • @maggiebonnett4034
    @maggiebonnett4034 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    well done little one. mwah!

  • @suzieferguson1065
    @suzieferguson1065 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Hi, what happened to countries that start with A?

    • @antichef
      @antichef  3 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      I made them all! th-cam.com/play/PLnBJiJ3X1GSaF8fVMXQtkUEfgBANgkHMr.html

    • @suzieferguson1065
      @suzieferguson1065 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@antichef my apologies! I did not check the playlist. Now i need to binge watch. Thanks!

  • @barbaraburkhardt3047
    @barbaraburkhardt3047 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Peas rehydrate, onion, coconut milk, water, rice and chili.

  • @denisepratt2797
    @denisepratt2797 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    It's peas and rice

  • @denisepratt2797
    @denisepratt2797 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Ketchup in the mayo

  • @allycatspreparedlife5313
    @allycatspreparedlife5313 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow dude you made that so much harder than it needed to be. But looks delicious

  • @TheFancyCakery
    @TheFancyCakery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Peas n rice....and we use a Mallot aka "conch bruiser"...the conch was too big...shoulda chop it smaller....like mince...
    You was almost making crack conch! Not the same...at all
    You seriously couldn't find no lime juice?
    and it's Ba - hame- y- an.
    Yes...I don't even know why they call pigeon peas...
    Basmati??? Never!!!. We use parboiled or jasmine rice.
    But the rice looked pretty good actually...... pretty impressed.
    Please know that you flucked up our conch!
    Everyone watching....that is NOT how we do conch fritters.....but he tried. I give him credit for trying!
    The rice was not bad looking....so...
    Just sayin!

  • @barbaraburkhardt3047
    @barbaraburkhardt3047 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Contact me when you get to the northern pacific islands. Guam, CNMI, Palau, FSM. There are 40 Pacific island nations and territories. BTW I am growing "peas" Pigeon Pea

  • @miopera40
    @miopera40 ปีที่แล้ว

    You don't need to cook the conch, by the matter of fact the more you cook it the harder it will get. You cook the rice and when it is done (not fully dry) take it off the fire, add the conch, mix it up and let it sit till it dries up. You can eat fresh conch right out of the shell, it is soft, which is the most important thing, the conch get to be fresh.
    And you need to take the hard skin off man.

  • @tonyreimann4735
    @tonyreimann4735 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    That tempura looked a bit thick. The conch fritters are big in other places than the Bahamas too. Probably a part of why they call Key West the Conch Republic.

  • @darswayeeyou
    @darswayeeyou 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    I think you choose a bery hard dish to begin with. You have to know what you are doing to make cracked conch.

  • @enotbegemot1240
    @enotbegemot1240 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Conches... Not sure whether those are edible, but it's nice to watch your cooking as always.

    • @pacararahming1991
      @pacararahming1991 2 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      U Makin n E sense🤔

    • @NZKiwi87
      @NZKiwi87 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@pacararahming1991 oh the irony

  • @SianLondon
    @SianLondon ปีที่แล้ว

    This is not shade at all, I've never cooked "unwashed" rice, please can anyone who has made the same dish with washed and unwashed rice tell me if there is a big difference? Thanks

  • @doubledenim1341
    @doubledenim1341 8 หลายเดือนก่อน

    jamie cracked conch and he don't care...jamie cracked conch...

  • @professeurgideere5856
    @professeurgideere5856 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wait... unwashed rice ?

  • @Jerri-ellen
    @Jerri-ellen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Yeah no thanks lol

    • @Jerri-ellen
      @Jerri-ellen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      Liked the rice though

    • @GatorAidMedical
      @GatorAidMedical 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      No one asked Jeri-ellen

    • @Jerri-ellen
      @Jerri-ellen 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@GatorAidMedical I thought Jamie’s asked if we would eat this on his thumbnail but I think he changed thumbnail Sorry my comment was in fun and not meant to be rude

    • @Jerri-ellen
      @Jerri-ellen 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@GatorAidMedical Jamie always gets a thumbs up with me

    • @GatorAidMedical
      @GatorAidMedical 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@Jerri-ellen ohh sorry, I was just sticking up for him haha. I thought it was a good recipe and looked true to what I've had in nassau

  • @ImAshlynMars
    @ImAshlynMars 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    You don’t wash your rice? 😮

  • @orderofsalvation2593
    @orderofsalvation2593 10 หลายเดือนก่อน

    No no not rice and peas. Peas and rice. Lol as much as i hate to say it bahamian say peas and rice Jamaican says rice and peas

  • @kell_checks_in
    @kell_checks_in 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Well, I honestly don't think that's any of your bus..! Oh. It's seafood. Never mind...

  • @MHarenArt
    @MHarenArt 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Conch. NO thanks. The recipe looks good, but I don't like it. Tried it in St. John USVI at a little restaurant, and although it was well prepared, it's not for me. It's a frickin' snail.

    • @TheFancyCakery
      @TheFancyCakery 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      It's a delicious snail. We in the Bahamas prepare it like at least 10 different ways!

  • @delvoynrolle2941
    @delvoynrolle2941 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Bro don’t do my country like that our crack conch and rice don’t look like that that look like jail food

  • @flarican64
    @flarican64 ปีที่แล้ว

    In Puert Rico we make conch (carrucho) in a fresh cold salad. Google 'Ensalada de Carrucho'.😊

  • @denisepratt2797
    @denisepratt2797 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Not even close

  • @kell_checks_in
    @kell_checks_in 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Thumbs down for the pointless blocking music. Please, please, please lose the music. It's a major headache trigger for many migraineurs and makes it hell to discern speech for autistics and people with hearing loss. PLEASE STOP! You delivery is part of the fun of this channel, but with the unnecessary blocking music, you're forcing many of us to turn off the audio completely and rely solely on captioning. Non-migrainers, non-autistics, and people with average hearing will not notice the absence of background noise if it's not there. Why hurt people if you don't have to? Why alienate big chunks of your audience if you don't have to?

    • @antichef
      @antichef  3 ปีที่แล้ว +25

      There has been music in every single one of my videos and I believe you’re the only one who’s complained. I’m sorry if you have hearing problems and migraines..that sucks. My intention is not to cause harm but rather an artistic choice. I hope you continue to watch the videos, but if not, I understand.

    • @kell_checks_in
      @kell_checks_in 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@antichef Wow. Great values. I'm starting to understand why Child hated people ripping off her work.

    • @colleenloffredo7895
      @colleenloffredo7895 3 ปีที่แล้ว +13

      Wow Kell aren’t you a Negative Nancy! Lol

    • @YoNorton
      @YoNorton 3 ปีที่แล้ว +10

      I can’t imagine every TH-camr is going to turn off background music in their videos to accommodate what should be handled with mute and closed captions turned on.

    • @ronschlorff7089
      @ronschlorff7089 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@colleenloffredo7895 guess she has a headache!! ;D