🇧🇧 Barbadian Cuisine

Flying Fish Sandwich

Fried Flying Fish in a Salt Bread Roll

Prep Time 25 min

Servings 2

Difficulty Easy

Calories 442 kcal

Seasoned and breaded flying fish fillets fried until golden, served in a fresh salt bread roll with lettuce, tomato, and Bajan pepper sauce.

Ingredients

4 flying fish fillets, deboned
1 cup breadcrumbs
1 egg, beaten
Juice of 1 lime
1 tsp Bajan seasoning
2 salt bread rolls
Lettuce leaves
Tomato slices
Bajan pepper sauce
Vegetable oil for frying
Salt and pepper

Instructions

1 Season flying fish with lime juice, Bajan seasoning, salt, and pepper. Let sit for ten minutes.
2 Dip each fillet in beaten egg, then coat evenly in breadcrumbs.
3 Fry in hot oil for two to three minutes per side until golden brown and crispy.
4 Slice salt bread rolls and layer with lettuce, tomato, and fried fish fillets.
5 Top with generous drizzles of Bajan pepper sauce and serve immediately.

Did You Know?

The flying fish is so central to Barbadian identity that the island is nicknamed "the land of the flying fish" and the fish appears on coins and stamps.