Crispy Conch Fritters
This is a traditional Bahamian recipe made with conch, a wonderful but hard-to-find Caribbean treat. These fritters are great as an starter, party nibble or as a very tasty canapé to accompany your favourite tropical drink!
Ingredients
Serves: 8
- Fritters
- 1L oil for frying
- 100g plain flour
- 1 egg
- 120ml milk
- ground cayenne pepper to taste
- seasoned salt to taste
- salt and pepper to taste
- 225g chopped conch meat
- 1/2 onion, chopped
- 1/2 green pepper, chopped
- 2 sticks celery, chopped
- 2 cloves garlic, chopped
- Dipping Sauce
- 2 tablespoons ketchup
- 2 tablespoons lime juice
- 1 tablespoon mayonnaise
- 1 tablespoon hot sauce
- salt and pepper to taste
Method
Prep:15min ›
Cook:20min ›
Ready in:35min
- Heat the oil in a large pot or deep fryer to 185 degrees C.
- In a bowl, mix the flour, egg and milk. Season with cayenne pepper, seasoned salt, salt and pepper. Mix in the conch, onion, pepper, celery and garlic.
- Drop the batter by rounded tablespoons into the hot oil, and fry until golden brown. Drain on kitchen paper.
- In a bowl, mix the ketchup, lime juice, mayonnaise, hot sauce, salt and pepper. Serve dipping sauce on the side with the fritters.
Note
Conch can be found in some Caribbean markets. In a pinch, conch can be replaced with any seafood, such as squid.
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Reviews & ratings
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Reviews in English (37)
Made this tonight and received praise all round! The batter came out like tempura making this a nice light appetiser. I used a whole medium sized onion instead of celery, and 4 hot lemon peppers, all finely chopped, instead of a bell pepper, which worked very well. - 01 May 2012
This came out better than restaurant conch fritters!! I made a couple of changes, I used 1/4 cup corn flour and 1/2 cup all purpose flour, used 2 cups of conch (be sure to chop them up real small, I chopped them up too big), omitted onion and bell pepper. This came out so good. I can't wait to cook them for company. - 03 Oct 2007 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)
I lived in the US Virgin Islands for 6yrs. I would have to say after eating conch fritters for at least that long, that these are just as good, if not better. - 04 Jul 2008 (Review from Allrecipes US | Canada)