Boat Recipes: Conch Salad

One of our favorite recipes while in the islands is Conch Salad. The population of conch in Florida has been terribly depleted and harvesting is totally prohibited. One of our first meals when we cross the Gulf Stream is always a tasty conch salad. In the Bahamas, each boat is permitted to harvest 6 Queen Conch per day which is more than enough for a perfect conch salad.

How to Make Conch Salad

Ingredients:

2 Cleaned Conch

1 Red or Green Pepper

1 Small Yellow Onion

1 Lime

½ Lemon

¼ Cup of Orange Juice

Directions:

Dice up the cleaned conch into small chunks.

Cleaned and cubed conch

Dice the onion and red or green pepper. You can add a half of each if you would like your salad to be more colorful.

Conch salad ingredients

Add conch, onion, and pepper into a single bowl.

Squeeze the juice of the lime and half lemon into the bowl.

Add the orange juice.

Lemon, lime, and orange juice “cooks” conch

Give it a good mix.

Chill for about an hour.

You can either eat as a salad or serve with tortilla chips as an appetizer.

Conch Salad!

Conch is a tough meat and other conch recipes call for the conch to be tenderized. The lime, lemon, and orange juice denature the protein molecules in the conch and essentially cook it.  You get a tasty meal with no need for any tenderizing. Conch salad is a perfect, healthy, delicious snack after a long day in the sun!

Bon appetite!

Sierra:)