Food of Turks and Caicos Islands

Turks and Caicos food is centered on conch, which is served as fritters, salads and stews, along with lobster, grouper and peas and rice. Bahamian-style johnnycake and Caribbean spice shape meals, with fish fries popular for gatherings.

• Main dishes (6)
• Street food (2)
• Desserts and sweets (2)
• Drinks (2)
• Fruits and produce (3)

Staples

• conch
• lobster
• grouper
• rice
• pigeon peas
• plantain
• cassava
• sweet potato

Signature flavors

• thyme
• scotch bonnet
• lime
• garlic
• allspice

Main dishes

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Cracked conch

Fried conch.

Key ingredients: conch, flour

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Conch salad

Raw conch with lime.

Key ingredients: conch, lime, onion

Conch fritters

Fried bites.

Key ingredients: conch

Peas and rice

Island rice.

Key ingredients: rice, peas

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Grilled lobster

Fresh lobster.

Key ingredients: lobster

Grouper fingers

Fried grouper.

Key ingredients: grouper

Street food

Johnnycake

Fried bread.

Key ingredients: flour

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Fish fry

Casual seaside meals.

Key ingredients: fish

Desserts and sweets

Guava duff

Boiled pastry.

Key ingredients: guava, flour

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Coconut tart

Sweet.

Key ingredients: coconut

Drinks

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Ginger soda

Fresh.

Key ingredients: ginger

Switcha

Limeade.

Key ingredients: lime, sugar

Fruits and produce

Sapodilla

Sweet.

Papaya

Common.

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Coconut

Water and milk.

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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

• Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas): Daniel Neal from Sacramento, CA, US, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Rice and Peas: File:Rice and Peas.png: Whispyhistory conversion to jpg: Hike395, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Baltimore Aquarium - Mycteroperca microlepis - 05: Jarek Tuszyński, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Johnnycakes: Douglas Perkins, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Guava duff: LittleT889, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Limeade: Michael Fludkov, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• സപ്പോട്ട: Sugeesh at Malayalam Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
• Cocos nucifera - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-187: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)