Food of Micronesia
In the Federated States of Micronesia, food comes from the reef and the garden: fish, breadfruit, taro, yam, banana, and coconut, with rice and canned foods now common. Meals are shared, and breadfruit is prepared in many ways, from roasted to pounded and mixed with coconut.
National dish
Breadfruit with fish
Staples
- fish, breadfruit, taro, yam, banana, coconut, rice
Signature flavors
- coconut cream, lime, salt, ginger
Main dishes
Roasted breadfruit
Cooked over coals and eaten with fish.
Key ingredients: breadfruitFull guide →Fish in coconut milk
Reef fish simmered gently.
Key ingredients: fish, coconut milk
Boiled taro
Simple and filling.
Key ingredients: taroRaw fish with lime
Fresh fish cured in citrus.
Key ingredients: fish, limeRice with chicken
Everyday dish.
Key ingredients: rice, chickenFried banana
Sweet and savory.
Key ingredients: bananaBreakfast
Banana pancakes
Sweet.
Key ingredients: banana, flour
Boiled yam
With coconut.
Key ingredients: yamDesserts and sweets
Titiyas
Coconut flatbread.
Key ingredients: flour, coconutBanana in coconut milk
Sweet.
Key ingredients: banana, coconut milkDrinks
Coconut water
Fresh.
Key ingredients: young coconutSweet tea
With sugar.
Key ingredients: teaFruits and produce
Coconut
Used daily.
Key ingredients: milkFull guide →Breadfruit
Staple food.
Key ingredients: roastedFull guide →
Banana
Many local kinds.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →
Pineapple
Sweet.
Key ingredients: eaten freshFull guide →Dish guides from Micronesia
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About this page
Descriptions written by Intercontinental Chef. Dishes are listed as commonly eaten today; many are shared across neighbouring countries.
Photo credits
- Artocarpus altilis (fruit): Hans Hillewaert, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Songe-Réunion: No machine-readable author provided. Thierry Caro assumed (based on copyright claims)., CC BY-SA 2.5 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Yam at monday market kaduna state 01: Dorcas Atule, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
- 14-QWSTION-BANANATEX-STRIPPING-LAUSCHSICHT: BANANATEX, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
- കൈതച്ചക്ക: Suniltg at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
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