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Fried Flying Fish
Bajan flying fish marinated with lime and seasoning, crumbed and shallow-fried until golden.
About Fried Flying Fish
Fried Flying Fish is a popular Bajan preparation of Barbados' emblematic fish. This profile follows Loop Barbados' home recipe, seasoning the fish after a lime-and-salt soak before giving it a flour, egg and breadcrumb coating.
Flying fish stays mild and juicy beneath a savoury Bajan-seasoned crust. Lime adds brightness, while salt and white pepper sharpen the egg and breadcrumb coating without obscuring the fish.
The fried fillets have a crisp, deeply golden exterior and a tender, moist centre. Their thin shape gives each portion a broad crunchy surface rather than a heavy batter shell.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Wheat (gluten), Egg.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Fried Flying Fish
Loop Barbados' Home-Style Bajan Fried Flying Fish.
- Flying fishTender fish fillet
- LimesBright soaking acidity
- SaltSoak and coating seasoning
- WaterLime-and-salt soak
- Bajan seasoningSavoury fish marinade
- Seasoned breadcrumbsCrisp outer coating
- Wheat flourFirst coating layer
- EggsCoating binder
- White pepperPeppery egg seasoning
- Canola oilShallow-frying medium
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Flying fish:
- Limes:
- Salt:
- Water:
- Bajan seasoning: . The named local compound seasoning maps to the generic seasoning route; its complete recipe and commercial formulation are not supplied
- Seasoned breadcrumbs: . Ordinary wheat breadcrumbs support Wheat; the added seasoning and full commercial crumb formula remain unresolved
- Wheat flour: . The selected source says flour; the corroborating conventional Bajan coating supports wheat flour for this fixed profile
- Eggs:
- White pepper: . The selected source says pepper without colour; the corroborating Bajan recipe fixes white pepper for this profile
- Canola oil:
Origins & food traditions
Loop Barbados supplies the complete selected home-style fried flying fish recipe and describes the dish as one of Barbados' most popular. Barbados' official tourism guide independently identifies flying fish as central to the national dish and documents fried fish as a common local preparation; Totally Barbados corroborates the lime soak, Caribbean seasoning, egg, flour, breadcrumb and shallow-frying structure and fixes white pepper for this profile.
Countries
- Barbados
- BarbadosCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Bajan Cuisine
- Barbadian Cuisine
- Bajan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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