
Breadfruit in Butter Sauce
A Barbados lunch. Ready in about 35 minutes. Difficulty: medium.
- 25 minPrep (about)
- 10 minCook (about)
- 35 minTotal time
- 4Servings
- MediumDifficulty
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Join the waitlist Not nowIngredients
Fresh & other
- 3 ¼ breadfruits
- 3 ¼ onions
- 1.8 lb butter
- 20 onions
- ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp garlic
- 14 cups tinned tomatoes Shopping tip: Canned diced tomatoes (14.5 oz can = about 1¾ cups).
- ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp lime juice
- 6 ¾ cups water
- Garnish parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
Sauces & oils
- ⅓ cup + 1 tbsp olive oil
- To taste red bell pepper sauce Shopping tip: Bell pepper (UK recipes call it pepper).
Spices & seasonings (3): parsley, salt, pepper
- 1 cup + 3 tbsp parsley Shopping tip: Fresh flat-leaf (Italian) parsley. Curly works too.
- To taste salt
- To taste pepper
How to make it
Steps in our own plain words.
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Cut the breadfruit.
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Remove your seeds in the core, and peel.
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Boil in salted water using a little onion and oil, on high heat until soft.
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Drain.
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While that cooks, melt your butter in a frying pan plus lightly brown the onion rings.
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Add the pepper, salt, lime juice, parsley, tomatoes and garlic.
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Continue to cook for a couple of minutes.
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Add the water.
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Bring to the boil.
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Simmer for 5-10 minutes.
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Slice the cooled breadfruit.
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Place it in a serving dish.
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Pour the butter sauce over the breadfruit.
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Top with chopped fresh parsley, serves 4.
On the side: Green salad
A side we added to round out the meal. It is not part of the original recipe.
How to make it (10 min)
- Rinse the salad greens. Slice the cucumber.
- Put it all in a bowl and toss with the dressing just before eating.
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Join the waitlistRecipe from TheMealDB, adapted from the original. Steps rewritten in our own words. Times are estimates.