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Checked October 2026

What to Eat with Breadfruit

Ackee and saltfish, fried jackfish and curried duck, then run down, callaloo, coconut sauces and three cold drinks.

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Ackee and saltfishSpoon it beside thick roasted slices and mop the plate with them.
Okra sauce with fish and crab (kalalou)Ladle it over mashed breadfruit so every bite carries sauce.
Curried duckServe fried slices beside it and drag them through the gravy.
Salt cod with olive oil and onions (bacalao)Pile the warm cod and its oil over boiled chunks.
Fried jackfishFry it crisp and squeeze lime over the fish and the breadfruit.

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Saltfish and smoked fish 5

Ackee and saltfish Spoon it beside thick roasted slices and mop the plate with them.
Mackerel run down (simmered in coconut milk) Break the breadfruit into the thick coconut gravy.
Salt cod with olive oil and onions (bacalao) Pile the warm cod and its oil over boiled chunks.
Saltfish buljol (salt cod, tomato and hot pepper salad) Serve it cold against hot roasted wedges.
Smoked herring with onion and tomato Flake it small. It is salty, so a little goes a long way.

Fresh fish and seafood 8

Escovitch fish (fried fish under pickled onion and pepper) Let the sharp pickle run onto the slices.
Fried jackfish Fry it crisp and squeeze lime over the fish and the breadfruit.
Grilled crayfish Split them, brush them with lime and set them beside a roasted wedge.
Octopus curry in coconut milk Use boiled chunks in place of rice to soak up the curry.
Okra sauce with fish and crab (kalalou) Ladle it over mashed breadfruit so every bite carries sauce.
Raw fish in citrus and coconut milk (ota ika) Serve it cold in a bowl, with warm wedges to scoop it up.
Shark chutney (satini reken) A spoonful on the side is plenty. It is sharp with lime.
Steamed flying fish in gravy Spoon the gravy over mashed breadfruit and lay the fish on top.

Meat and broth 10

Curried duck Serve fried slices beside it and drag them through the gravy.
Curry goat Boiled chunks under the gravy do the job of rice.
Fried pork chunks (carne frita) Good with breadfruit mashed with garlic, or with fried rounds.
Garlic chicken broth Serve a cup beside mashed breadfruit and dip each forkful.
Jerk pork Chop it small and eat it with your fingers and a roasted wedge.
Oxtail with butter beans Leave plenty of gravy in the dish for the breadfruit.
Pudding and souse (pickled pork with spiced sweet potato) Serve it cool, with the breadfruit sliced alongside.
Sausages in tomato and onion sauce (rougail saucisse) Spoon the sauce over boiled slices.
Stewed cow foot with broad beans Rich and sticky, so serve plain boiled breadfruit with it.
Stewed salt beef Shred the soft beef over breadfruit mashed with butter.

Coconut, greens and toppings 8

Avocado slices Lay a slice on each piece of roasted breadfruit and add salt.
Butter and salt Split a hot roasted wedge and let the butter melt in.
Coconut sambol (pol sambol) Take a pinch with each bite of boiled breadfruit.
Fish broth with greens (bouyon bred) Ladle it into bowls and drop in boiled chunks to soak up the broth.
Freshly scraped coconut Scatter it over boiled breadfruit while it is still steaming.
Steamed callaloo A heap of greens next to the slices, with or without saltfish.
Stone-cooked coconut sauce (pe'epe'e) Pour it warm over roasted pieces just before they reach the table.
Taro leaves baked in coconut cream (palusami) Open the parcel and scoop the creamy leaves up with a wedge.

Drinks 3

Coconut water Serve it cold, from the shell if you can.
Papaya punch Blend it cold and pour it with a breakfast plate.
Peanut punch Thick and sweet, so pour small glasses.

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What to eat with breadfruit? Saltfish, fried fish and anything with gravy or coconut. These 34 ideas come from the Caribbean, the Pacific and the Indian Ocean: fish, meat, coconut sauces, greens and three drinks without alcohol.

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How the Caribbean serves breadfruit

Jamaica eats breadfruit with ackee and saltfish, its national dish, serves baked breadfruit beside run down, and eats steamed callaloo with roasted breadfruit. Roasted breadfruit with fried jackfish is the national dish of St. Vincent and the Grenadines. Haiti mashes steamed breadfruit and eats it with an okra sauce made with fish and crab.

Coconut, and the job of rice

Samoa eats roasted breadfruit with a stone-cooked coconut sauce. In Seychelles it traditionally took the place of rice beside the main dish, so boiled chunks make a good bed for a curry or a stew with plenty of gravy.

Pick one salty partner and one wet one: saltfish with callaloo, or jerk pork with a coconut sauce.
Fry leftover roasted slices the next morning and serve them with avocado or smoked herring.

Questions and answers

What do you eat with roasted breadfruit?

Something salty beside thick slices: ackee and saltfish, fried jackfish, saltfish buljol or jerk pork. Avocado slices or just butter and salt suit a hot roasted wedge too.

What do you eat with boiled breadfruit?

Salt cod with olive oil and onions, as in Puerto Rico, or freshly scraped coconut and coconut sambol, as in Sri Lanka. Barbados mashes it with butter into a cou-cou and serves saucy meat with it.

What goes with fried breadfruit?

Saucy meat. Trinidad and Tobago boils breadfruit, fries it and serves it with dishes like curried duck. Fried pork chunks, escovitch fish and oxtail with butter beans go with it the same way.

What does breadfruit taste like?

Cooked when moderately ripe, it is described as tasting like potato or freshly baked bread. That is why salty and saucy dishes suit it.

What do you drink with breadfruit?

Without alcohol: cold coconut water, peanut punch or papaya punch. The two punches are thick and sweet, so they suit a breakfast plate best.

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How this list was compiled: All 34 ideas and the line under each were written for this page, and no list was copied. The lines are our own serving advice, not facts from a source. The customs and names the page uses were checked on 2026-10-16 in Wikipedia. Breadfruit (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Breadfruit): roasted, baked, fried or boiled before it is eaten, and when cooked the taste of moderately ripe breadfruit is described as potato-like or similar to freshly baked bread; in Jamaica it is eaten with the national dish, ackee and salt fish; roasted breadfruit served with fried jackfish is the national dish of St. Vincent and the Grenadines; in Trinidad and Tobago it is boiled, then fried and eaten with saucy meat dishes like curried duck; in Barbados it is boiled with salted meat and mashed with butter into breadfruit cou-cou, usually eaten with saucy meat dishes; in Haiti steamed breadfruit is mashed and eaten with a sauce of okra with fish and crab; in Puerto Rico it is often served boiled with sauteed salted cod, olive oil and onions, and mofongo is made of it; in Sri Lanka boiled breadfruit is often eaten with scraped coconut or coconut sambol; in Seychelles it was traditionally eaten as a substitute for rice beside the mains. Ackee and saltfish (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ackee_and_saltfish): usually served as breakfast alongside breadfruit, hard dough bread, dumplings or boiled green bananas. Run down (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Run_down): a stew of reduced coconut milk and seafood, often mackerel, traditionally served with dumplings or baked breadfruit. Callaloo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Callaloo): in Jamaica the steamed leaf is eaten with roasted breadfruit, and in Haiti breadfruit is eaten with kalalou. Samoan cuisine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Samoan_cuisine): breadfruit is often roasted and eaten with stone-cooked coconut sauce; a Sunday earth oven holds a whole pig and crayfish among other dishes, and a parcel of coconut cream wrapped in taro leaves is baked in it. Palusami (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palusami): a Samoan parcel of taro leaves and coconut cream; the taro leaf stew of French Polynesia in the same article is eaten with roasted taro, breadfruit, sweet potatoes or rice. 'Ota 'ika (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%27Ota_%27ika): raw fish marinated in citrus juice and mixed with coconut milk. Seychellois cuisine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Seychellois_cuisine): fish or octopus curries are traditional, and shark chutney (satini reken), sausages in tomato and onion sauce (rougail saucisse) and a fish soup made with greens (bouyon bred) are named dishes. Mofongo (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mofongo): traditionally served with fried meat and chicken broth soup, and made with breadfruit as mofongo de pana. Cou-cou (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cou-cou): can be made with breadfruit; flying fish, fried or steamed, is its usual complement. Barbadian cuisine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barbadian_cuisine): pudding and souse is pickled pork with spiced sweet potatoes. Buljol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buljol): a cold salad of chopped salted cod, tomatoes and chilies. Trinidad and Tobago cuisine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trinidad_and_Tobago_cuisine): smoked herring, and peanut and papaya punches. Jamaican cuisine (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jamaican_cuisine): escoveitch fish, brown stews such as oxtail and cow foot, and roast breadfruit. Pol sambol (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pol_sambol): a Sri Lankan dish made from coconut, used as an accompaniment. A second reference, the South Pacific Commission leaflet Breadfruit (South Pacific Foods Leaflet No. 9, 1983, on the FAO site, https://www.fao.org/4/x5425e/x5425e09.htm): breadfruit is traditionally baked in ground ovens or roasted over hot coals, and slices for frying are cut from fruit that is already roasted or boiled. Left out on purpose: alcohol, brand names, nutrition figures and recipes. Licence: own work