DISH RESEARCH · Main dish
Saltfish with Spicy Plantains
A Saint Kitts and Nevis plate of stewed saltfish, spicy plantains, coconut dumplings and seasoned breadfruit.
About Saltfish with Spicy Plantains
This Saint Kitts and Nevis meal centres on saltfish with spicy plantains. Michelle Flanders’ version also includes coconut dumplings and seasoned breadfruit, forming the full national-dish plate she describes.
Tomatoes, peppers, garlic and onions flavour the fish. Ginger and chilli spice the plantains, while coconut gives the dumplings a mellow character and thyme perfumes the breadfruit.
Flaked fish and softened vegetables contrast with browned plantains and firm dumplings. The breadfruit forms a separate seasoned portion, and all four components are served together.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Milk, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Saltfish with Spicy Plantains
Michelle Flanders’ Kittitian saltfish, spicy plantains, coconut dumplings and breadfruit.
- SaltfishProtein · Stewed saltfish
- Green bell pepperBase · Stewed saltfish; seasoned breadfruit
- Red bell pepperBase · Stewed saltfish; seasoned breadfruit
- Yellow bell pepperBase · Stewed saltfish; seasoned breadfruit
- TomatoesBase · Stewed saltfish
- GarlicAromatic · Stewed saltfish; seasoned breadfruit
- Vegetable oilCooking medium · Stewed saltfish; spicy plantains; coconut dumplings; seasoned breadfruit
- ButterCooking medium · Stewed saltfish; coconut dumplings; seasoned breadfruit
- Spring onionsAromatic · Stewed saltfish
- OnionAromatic · Stewed saltfish; spicy plantains; seasoned breadfruit
- SaltSeasoning · Stewed saltfish; spicy plantains; coconut dumplings; seasoned breadfruit
- Black pepperSeasoning · Stewed saltfish; seasoned breadfruit
- WaterLiquid · Stewed saltfish; coconut dumplings
- PlantainsBase · Spicy plantains
- GingerAromatic · Spicy plantains
- Chilli pepperSeasoning · Spicy plantains
- Coconut flakesBase · Coconut dumplings
- Wheat flourBase · Coconut dumplings
- BreadfruitBase · Seasoned breadfruit
- Chicken brothLiquid · Seasoned breadfruit
- ThymeAromatic · Seasoned breadfruit
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Saltfish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Salted fish species unspecified; not forced to cod.
- Green bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (base); seasoned breadfruit (base).
- Red bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (base); seasoned breadfruit (base).
- Yellow bell pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (base); seasoned breadfruit (base).
- Tomatoes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (aromatic); seasoned breadfruit (aromatic).
- Vegetable oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Plant species/blend unspecified. Uses: stewed saltfish (cooking medium); spicy plantains (cooking medium); coconut dumplings (cooking medium); seasoned breadfruit (cooking medium).
- Butter: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Milk source-confirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (cooking medium); coconut dumplings (binder); seasoned breadfruit (cooking medium).
- Spring onions: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (aromatic); spicy plantains (aromatic); seasoned breadfruit (aromatic).
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (seasoning); spicy plantains (seasoning); coconut dumplings (seasoning); seasoned breadfruit (seasoning).
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Uses: stewed saltfish (seasoning); seasoned breadfruit (seasoning).
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Fresh water boils the saltfish and is drained; water also mixes the coconut-dumpling dough and boils the dumplings. These uses share the same water input.
- Plantains: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Maturity not identified in this original; no ripe/green state inferred.
- Ginger: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chilli pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Cultivar unspecified; finely chopped form retained.
- Coconut flakes: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader coconut candidate only; source flake moisture/formula unspecified, not equated with sweetened/desiccated coconut.
- Wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Wheat flour forms the coconut-dumpling dough and also dusts the kneading board.
- Breadfruit: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Source says unsalted/chopped; prior cooking state/recipe unprovided, no additional cooking medium inferred.
- Chicken broth: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. First named broth retained instead of other prepared liquid; full seasoning/product formula genuinely unspecified.
- Thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Literal method-only herb; fresh/dried form unspecified. Reader dried-thyme quantity is not adopted.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Saint Kitts and Nevis
- Saint Kitts and NevisCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Kittitian / Nevisian
- Saint Kitts and Nevis CuisineCatalogue link pending review