Food of United States Virgin Islands

The U.S. Virgin Islands blend African, Danish, British and Caribbean food traditions. Fish and fungi, callaloo, johnnycakes, saltfish and pate are everyday foods, with local fruit and bush tea completing the table. Cooking is flavorful, seasoned with thyme and pepper.

• Main dishes (7)
• Breakfast (2)
• Street food (2)
• Desserts and sweets (3)
• Drinks (2)
• Fruits and produce (4)

Staples

• fish
• cornmeal
• okra
• saltfish
• plantain
• sweet potato
• rice
• coconut

Signature flavors

• thyme
• scotch bonnet
• garlic
• lime
• nutmeg

Main dishes

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Fish and fungi

Fish with cornmeal and okra.

Key ingredients: fish, cornmeal, okra

Callaloo

Greens stew.

Key ingredients: dasheen, okra

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Saltfish and dumplings

Salt cod with dumplings.

Key ingredients: saltfish, flour

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Kallaloo soup

Hearty soup.

Key ingredients: greens, meat

Rice and beans

Island rice.

Key ingredients: rice, beans

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Stewed chicken

Seasoned chicken.

Key ingredients: chicken

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Pates

Fried pastries with meat.

Key ingredients: pastry, beef

Breakfast

Johnnycakes

Fried bread.

Key ingredients: flour

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Fried plantains

Sweet.

Key ingredients: plantain

Street food

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Fry bread

Fried dough.

Key ingredients: flour

Conch fritters

Fried bites.

Key ingredients: conch

Desserts and sweets

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Coconut tart

Sweet.

Key ingredients: coconut

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Guava tart

Sweet.

Key ingredients: guava

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Banana fritters

Fried fruit.

Key ingredients: banana

Drinks

Maubi

Bark drink.

Key ingredients: mauby

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Soursop juice

Creamy.

Key ingredients: soursop

Fruits and produce

Mango

Seasonal.

Papaya

Common.

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Soursop

Creamy.

Sugar apple

Sweet.

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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

• Callaloo: https://www.flickr.com/photos/67276179@N08/, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Rice and beans, Hotel in Itatiaia: Henrique Dante de Almeida, CC BY-SA 3.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Johnnycakes: Douglas Perkins, CC BY 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Queen Conch (Lobatus gigas): Daniel Neal from Sacramento, CA, US, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Botellas de Maví (izq. - llena, der. - vacía), en Ponce, Puerto Rico (DSC02261): Carmelo Ruro, CC BY-SA 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Mangos - single and halved: Ivar Leidus, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Carica papaya - Köhler–s Medizinal-Pflanzen-029: Franz Eugen Köhler, Köhler's Medizinal-Pflanzen, Public domain (Wikimedia Commons)
• Annona muricata 1: Damien Boilley from suburbs of Paris, France, CC BY 2.0 (Wikimedia Commons)
• Annona squamosa (Custurd Apple) flower in Hyderabad, AP W IMG 9352: J.M.Garg, CC BY-SA 4.0 (Wikimedia Commons)