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A plate of jerk chicken, with rice, plantains, carrots and green beans. This is a list of Jamaican dishes and foods.Jamaican cuisine includes a mixture of cooking techniques, flavors, spices and influences from the indigenous people on the island of Jamaica, and the Africans and Indians who have inhabited the island.
Popular Jamaican dishes include curry goat, fried dumplings, ackee and saltfish. Jamaican patties along with various pastries, breads and beverages are also popular. Jamaican cuisine has spread with emigrants, especially during the 20th century, from the island to other nations as Jamaicans have sought economic opportunities in other countries.
Jerk is a style of cooking native to Jamaica, in which meat is dry-rubbed or wet-marinated with a hot spice mixture called Jamaican jerk spice.. The art of jerking (or cooking with jerk spice) originated with indigenous peoples in Jamaica from the Arawak and Taíno tribes, and was carried forward by the descendants of 17th-century Jamaican Maroons who intermingled with them.
The dish is prepared in various unique ways by Jamaicans, and is a staple in Jamaican homes and restaurants, due to its popularity. [ 18 ] [ 19 ] In September 1992, the Jamaican newspaper, The Gleaner , declared stew peas with rice as "the best dish made in Jamaica ", in its Home, Living and Food Guide.
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Ackee and saltfish is widely regarded as the national dish of Jamaica. [12] [13] [14] According to The Guardian, Jamaican sprinter Usain Bolt often has ackee and saltfish for breakfast. [15] Harry Belafonte's 1956 hit song "Jamaica Farewell" declares, "Ackee rice, saltfish are nice". [16]
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