Description
My twist on a favorite Bahamian-style dish, served cold.
Ingredients
- 1 pound fresh conch
- 1 ¼ cups lemon juice, divided
- 1 cup diced tomatoes
- ½ cup diced onion
- ½ cup diced green bell pepper
- ½ cup diced cucumber
- ¼ teaspoon seasoning blend (such as Badia® Complete Seasoning®), or to taste
- 1 pinch seasoned salt, or to taste
- 2 cups tomato juice
- ¼ cup lime juice
- ¼ cup vinegar
- 1 dash hot sauce, or to taste
Instructions
- Tenderize conch with a meat mallet. Dice into bite-sized chunks. Soak conch in 1 cup lemon juice for at least 2 hours
- preferably overnight.
- Drain off lemon juice and place conch in a bowl. Add tomatoes
- onion
- green pepper
- cucumber
- seasoning blend
- and seasoned salt; mix thoroughly.
- Transfer conch mixture to a container. Add remaining 1/4 cup lemon juice
- tomato juice
- and lime juice; mix well. Stir in vinegar and hot sauce. Refrigerate until flavors combine
- about 1 hour. Serve cold.
Prep Time: 20 mins
Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins
Servings: 8