St. Lucian Green Fig Salad -

St. Lucian Green Fig Salad

My St. Lucian train friend Petra shared her green fig salad recipe with me. She mentioned that at one point, green figs were St. Lucia’s main export crop and this is one of the dishes that was created using the abundance of green figs on the island. She said that everyone makes it on Sunday and it’s also a popular dish at many events on the island.

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Course: dinner, lunch, Main Course, Side Dish

Cuisine: Caribbean

Keyword: Green Fig Salad

Prep Time: 30

Servings:

Calories: 292kcal

Ingredients

½ lb salted codfish skinless and boneless
6-8 green figs aka green bananas, about 2 pounds
1 cup frozen mixed vegetables defrosted and drained
½ large yellow red or orange sweet pepper, seeded and diced
2 scallions finely chopped
½ cup mayo for a creamier salad use 1 cup
2 cloves garlic 1 whole and 1 grated
½ onion grated
2 sprigs parsley finely chopped (for garnish)
Salt and pepper to taste

Instructions

Wash the green figs. Cut off the top and bottom and slice skin lengthwise. Bring about 8-10 cups of water in a large pot to boil. Add one clove of garlic and the green fig. Boil 10-20 minutes or until fork tender, sometimes it may take up to an hour to boil!
Remove skins, and dice. Using a fork mash one of the figs.
While the green figs are boiling, rinse the salted fish. In a small pot, add about 2 cups of water and salted fish. Boil for 5 minutes. Drain and repeat a second time (if still salty). Drain boiled, salted fish in a colander.
Alternatively, you can rinse the salt fish, add the salt fish to hot water for 10 minutes, then test and flake.
Flake using fingers or fork. Dice sweet pepper, scallions and parsley. Grate one clove of garlic and onion.
Note: You can also boil the mixed vegetables for a few minutes to tenderize it(then drain).
In a large bowl, add chopped figs, mixed vegetables, diced sweet peppers, chopped scallions, grated onion, grated garlic and mayo. Mix well. Add salt and freshly ground black pepper to taste. Garnish with parsley.
Refrigerate until ready to serve. Enjoy..

Notes

**** free to adjust the quantity of mayo and salted fish according to your preference.

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