Jamaican Soups

Jamaican fish tea is a light soup or a fish broth seasoned with salt, pepper, and thyme, unlike other Jamaican soups that are usually hearty and thick. It features small, inexpensive fish such as herrings, and vegetables such as bell peppers, carr... READ MORE

Mannish water is a popular Jamaican soup made from goat offal (legs, head, intestines, testicles) combined with yam, coconut, green bananas, dumplings, and hot peppers. There are variations of the dish where white rum is added into the soup in ord... READ MORE

Chicken foot soup is a popular Jamaican one-pot dish featuring ingredients such as chicken foot, pumpkins, carrots, yams, potatoes, and seasonings such as pimento, thyme, and salt. It is traditionally prepared on Saturdays for dinner. The soup is ... READ MORE

Janga soup is a Jamaican soup consisting of janga (Jamaican word for fresh water crayfish) and vegetables such as pumpkin, carrots, onions, and sweet potatoes. It is usually seasoned with garlic, thyme, scotch bonnet peppers, and pimento. When it'... READ MORE

This nourishing Jamaican soup is prepared with beef, pig tails, gungo peas, yams, onions, thyme, pimento seeds, and either scotch bonnet or habanero peppers. The soup is usually enriched with the addition of spinners (Jamaican dumplings) ... READ MORE

Pepperpot soup is a classic Jamaican soup made with coconut milk, callaloo, okra, hot chili peppers, garlic, onions, and (optionally) meat such as pig's tails and salted beef. The soup is often enriched with flour dumplings. Before serving, the so... READ MORE