Food of Haiti
Haitian food is deeply flavorful, built on African, French, Taino and Spanish influences. Epis, a green seasoning of herbs, peppers and garlic, flavors rice, beans, stews and fried pork. Meals are served with rice and beans, plantains and a tangy spicy slaw called pikliz.
- Main dishes (8)
- Breakfast (3)
- Street food (4)
- Soups (2)
- Salads (2)
- Desserts and sweets (3)
- Drinks (4)
- Fruits and produce (6)
Staples
- rice
- beans
- plantains
- pork
- chicken
- corn
- yams
- breadfruit
Signature flavors
- epis
- scotch bonnet
- thyme
- parsley
- cloves
- garlic
- citrus
Main dishes
Marinated pork cubes fried until crisp.
Key ingredients: pork, sour orange, scotch bonnetFull guide →Rice cooked with black mushrooms.
Key ingredients: rice, djon djon, lima beansChicken in a spicy tomato sauce.
Key ingredients: chicken, tomato, peppersVegetable stew with beef and eggplant.
Key ingredients: eggplant, cabbage, beef, spinachFried, seasoned beef or goat.
Key ingredients: beef, citrus, epis
Spicy pickled cabbage and peppers.
Key ingredients: cabbage, scotch bonnet, vinegarTwice-fried green plantains.
Key ingredients: plantains, oilStewed conch in a spicy sauce.
Key ingredients: conch, epis, tomatoBreakfast
Sweet potato pudding.
Key ingredients: sweet potato, coconut, spicesCreamy corn drink with cinnamon.
Key ingredients: cornmeal, milk, cinnamonHearty morning soup.
Key ingredients: plantain, yam, meatStreet food
Fried pastry with meat or fish.
Key ingredients: pastry, herring, onionFried dough fritters.
Key ingredients: flour, episShaved ice with syrup.
Key ingredients: ice, syrupMalanga fritters.
Key ingredients: malanga, garlicSoups
Pumpkin soup with beef and vegetables.
Key ingredients: pumpkin, beef, cabbage, pastaBean and cornmeal stew.
Key ingredients: corn, beans, porkSalads
Creamy pasta salad.
Key ingredients: macaroni, mayonnaise, peasAvocado with tomato and onion.
Key ingredients: avocado, tomatoDesserts and sweets
Sweet potato pudding.
Key ingredients: sweet potato, sugarFudge-like milk sweet.
Key ingredients: milk, sugar, vanillaPeanut brittle.
Key ingredients: peanuts, sugar, gingerDrinks
Soursop juice.
Key ingredients: soursop, sugarDark Haitian coffee.
Key ingredients: coffeeFresh lime drink.
Key ingredients: limes, sugarWarm corn drink.
Key ingredients: cornmeal, milkFruits and produce
Francique mangoes are loved.
Local creamy avocados.
Full guide →
For marinades.
Called veritab.
Staple vegetable.
Juicy fruit of the cashew tree.
Dish guides from Haiti
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Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
- Griot haïtien (42675563925): Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Haitian Pikliz: Aliceba, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Soup joumou: Lëa-Kim Châteauneuf, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Persea americana fruit 2: B.navez, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Citrus aurantium: A. Barra, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Artocarpus altilis (fruit): Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cashew apples: Abhishek Jacob, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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