Pineapple Chow
This Trini street food is refreshingly sweet, spicy, salty and delicious! It's made with pieces of fruit, seasoning, salt, and pepper. It's like a tropical vacation in one bowl.
Servings: 4 people
Ingredients
- 1 pineapple
- 10 leaves culantro
- 10 leaves cilantro
- 3 chili peppers
- 1 tsp salt
- 1 clove garlic (grated) (optional)
Instructions
- Peel and cut pineapple into small, bite-sized pieces.
- Chop culantro and cilantro leaves.
- Cut the peppers in half and remove the seeds. Chop the peppers.
- Mix everything together with salt.
- Chill for 30 minutes before serving.
Notes
This recipe can be made with any seasonal fruit or veggie or some combination. So you can mix pineapple, mango and cucumber for instance.
Chili powder, paprika, and pepper flakes are great in the chow as replacements for fresh pepper.