Conch Salad

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

  1. Tenderize conch with a meat mallet. Dice into bite-sized chunks. Soak conch in 1 cup lemon juice for at least 2 hours
  2. preferably overnight.
  3. Drain off lemon juice and place conch in a bowl. Add tomatoes
  4. onion
  5. green pepper
  6. cucumber
  7. seasoning blend
  8. and seasoned salt; mix thoroughly.
  9. Transfer conch mixture to a container. Add remaining 1/4 cup lemon juice
  10. tomato juice
  11. and lime juice; mix well. Stir in vinegar and hot sauce. Refrigerate until flavors combine
  12. about 1 hour. Serve cold.

Prep Time: 20 mins

Total Time: 3 hrs 20 mins

Servings: 8

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