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🇭🇹 Traditional dishes from Haiti

3 dishes people actually cook in Haiti: what they are, how long they take, and what you need to buy.

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Diri kole

45 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Diri kole, a traditional dish from Haiti

Savor the rich flavors of this Haitian rice dish!

  • 300 g long-grain rice
  • 200 g black beans
  • 400 ml coconut milk
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 bell pepper
  • 1 tsp thyme
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 600 ml water

Griot

150 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Griot, a traditional dish from Haiti

Savory fried pork bursting with Haitian flavors.

  • 900 g pork shoulder
  • 60 ml lime juice
  • 4 garlic
  • 1 onion
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 tbsp salt
  • 500 ml oil
  • 1 green bell pepper

Soup joumou

90 min · medium · 10 ingredients

Soup joumou, a traditional dish from Haiti

A hearty Haitian pumpkin soup to warm your soul.

  • 500 g pumpkin
  • 300 g beef
  • 150 g carrots
  • 100 g celery
  • 1 onion
  • 3 garlic
  • 1 tbsp thyme
  • 1 tsp salt
  • 1 tsp black pepper
  • 1 water

What do people eat in Haiti?

The three dishes from Haiti documented in Copper are Diri kole, Griot and Soup joumou. Garlic and onion each appear in more than one recipe. Two of the three are simmered. Not one needs an oven — they cook entirely on the hob. Between them they use 19 different ingredients.

What ingredients do you need for cooking from Haiti?

The three recipes need 19 ingredients between them, of which 3 are shared by more than one dish. Copper's atlas covers 588 dishes from 196 countries, and these three are the Haiti entries. Every ingredient list on this page is complete, with quantities, and free to read.

How long do recipes from Haiti take?

Diri kole is the quickest at 45 minutes. Griot is the longest at 150 minutes, most of it unattended. The median is 90 minutes — a weekend dish rather than a weeknight one.

Which dish from Haiti is easiest to make at home?

None of the dishes from Haiti here is rated easy, but every one has the full method written out step by step, free to read. Diri kole is the shortest way in.

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