Jamaican Vegetarian Food: 33 Best Jamaican Vegetarian Dishes And Jamaican Vegan Food

We will write about Jamaican vegetarian food with the best 33 Jamaican vegetarian dishes. You will find Jamaican vegan food while traveling in restaurants and supermarkets.

As a vegetarian in Jamaica, people will understand easy but you will have to explain if you go vegan in Jamaica to make sure that they understand properly. Read here Jamaican food, best Jamaican breakfast and Jamaican drinks.

On average Jamaican plant-based dishes in a local restaurant in Jamaica will cost around $5-6 USD. Breakfast will usually be cheaper and dinner will usually be the most expensive. Coffee can cost $2-3 USD, beer $2-3 USD and for drinks like cocktails expect to pay $4-5 USD.

You will find in Jamaica a few of vegetarian choices like vegetarian sandwiches and fruits. Apart from this you can get vegetarian pizza and pasta with vegetables. Plus a lot of vegetables, juices, fruits and toasts with butter for breakfast too. Read here best restaurants in Negril, best restaurants in Montego Bay, best restaurants in Kingston Jamaica, Ocho Rios vs Montego Bay, Negril vs Montego Bay and best restaurants in Montego Bay

Is it possible to survive as a vegan in Jamaica? Can you survive with Jamaican vegan dishes? It will be challenging living as vegetarian in Jamaica and there are a few options for vegan food in Jamaica. Keep reading below

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There are dormitory rooms that you can rent the bed for as low as $20 USD a night if you want the cheapest option in Jamaica. Double room hostels can costs up to $30-40 USD a night while mid-range hotels costs more or less $80 USD a night.

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Jamaican Vegetarian Food: Best Jamaican Vegetarian Dishes And Jamaican Vegan Food

1. ACKEE AND CODFISH / ACKEE AND SALTFISH

Ackee and codfish / Ackee and Saltfish is considered the most popular for Jamaican vegetarian food. The Ackee and Codfish / Saltfish is considered perfect to be eaten during breakfast or brunch, ackee (a tropical plant) when cooked is best paired with the taste and texture of salt cod.

2. RICE AND PEAS

Rice and peas is one of the most popular Jamaican vegetarian dishes. Rice and peas has coconut, Caribbean herbs and spices. Rice and peas is usually served for dinner and on Sundays when families are together.

3. JAMAICAN CALLALOO

Callaloo is a vegetarian food in Jamaica. The callaloo is commonly cooked with onion, garlic, tomatoes, thyme and the Scotch bonnet pepper. It could be eaten for breakfast, lunch or dinner. The Jamaican callaloo can be eaten raw or cooked, and a lot of Jamaicans actually prefer to have it raw.

4. PEPPER POT SOUP

Jamaican pepper pot soup is a healthy dis if you’re looking for Jamaican vegetarian food. Some people will call it the green soup! Jamaican pepper pot soup includes a mix of fresh callaloo (or kale), sinner dumplings, and Scotch bonnet pepper, and with more spices and aromatics. Jamaican pepper pot soup also includes coconut milk for the vegetarian version. You can also add beef, pork and shrimps but not if you are vegetarian!

5. JAMAICAN CORN SOUP

Jamaican corn soup is so delicious! Jamaican households definitely love their soups. The Jamaican corn soup is a great Jamaican vegan food recipe inspired by the Rastafarian culture. Jamaican corn soup is a mix of coconut milk, spices and aromatics and of course corn.

6. JAMAICAN RED PEAS SOUP

Jamaican red peas soup is another traditional vegetarian food in Jamaica. The Jamaican red peas soup is made of dumplings, sweet potatoes and hot spices (scotch bonnets and pimento seeds). Of course the dry red peas or red kidney beans.

7. Gungo Pea Soup

Gungo Pea Soup is a delicious vegetarian stew in Jamaica. Gungo pea soup is made of peas, sweet potatoes, onion and carrot. You can also add hot species as they love to do in Jamaica. Gungo pea soup is perfect for rainy days to keep yourself warm.

8. Jamaican Curry Lentil

Jamaican Curry Lentil is a delicious vegetarian food in Jamaica. Jamaican curry lentils is made with potatoes, carrots, onions, peppers, lentils and adding curry when boiling to get the flavor. A perfect dish to share for locals in Jamaica!

9. SPINACH SOUP

Jamaican Spinach Soup is a must try. Spinach soup is usually made with spinach, broccoli, coconut milk, cheese and serve with bread. If you want to make Spinach soup as vegan food in Jamaica you can make without cheese.

10. PUMPKIN SOUP

Pumpkin Soup is in the list of traditional vegetarian dishes in Jamaica. Pumpkin Soup is made of onions, garlic, sweet peppers and milk or cream. If you want to make a vegan Jamaican food the pumpkin soup you will remove the cheese and milk.

11. Jamaican Steamed Cabbage

Jamaican Steamed Cabbage is a delicious dish that you can eat with rice. Jamaican steamed cabbage is cooked first. After a few herbs, onions, garlic are added and mixed all together which is a perfect lunch or dinner.

12. Jamaican Jerk Marinade Tofu

Jamaican Jerk Marinade Tofu is a great Jamaican vegetarian food to try. Tofu is fried as barbecue and later you will add salt and spices. You can serve the tofu with vegetables mixing all together or with rice as a side dish.

13. COLESLAW

Coleslaw is definitely a dish to try in Jamaican cuisine. Coleslaw is more on the sweeter side, and with added lime juice. Coleslaw can be a partner to any of the main Jamaican dishes.

14. Jamaican Chop Suey

Jamaican Chop Suey is a delicious vegan food in Jamaica from Chinese influence. The bok choy (Chinese cabbage) is made with onion, carrots, salt and pepper. You can add soya sauce and the Jamaican chop suey is served with rice or noodles.

15. Vegan Jerk Tacos

Vegan Jerk Tacos is a must snack to try for vegan Jamaican food. You can add onion, tomatoes, pepper, tofu and cabbage with a corn tortilla. Who doesn’t like tacos? One of our favorite snacks to try in Jamaica.

16. BAMMY

The Jamaican bammy is grated bitter cassava. Bammy is delicious and popularly served with Vegan ackee, Jamaican callaloo, or steamed Jamaican cabbage, or even with jerk chicken. The cassava is ground up like flour, and is baked with coconut milk.

17. CORN FRITTERS

Corn fritters is another way of enjoying vegetarian dishes in Jamaica. Corn fritters are of course deep fried and served with their dipping sauce (ketchup, lime juice, and mayonnaise). The Corn fritters are made with a mix of corn, garlic, celery, peppers, onion and you can add more seasoning.

18. FESTIVAL

The popular Jamaican Festival is a big part of the traditional Jamaican food. Jamaican Festival is fried dough that resembles cornmeal fritters, with a little sweeter taste to it, and can be enjoyed with jerk meats.

19. FRIED PLANTAIN/PLANTAIN CHIPS

Jamaicans are taught to eat fried plantains from a very early age. Fried plantains are often served as sides to most of the main dishes in Jamaica. They can be eaten with meat, or standalone snacks.

20. BREADFRUIT

The breadfruit is a popular fruit that is a staple in the Jamaican cuisine. The breadfruits looks very similar to a jackfruit, with a round oval shape, and a green skin. The breadfruits tree only grows in places with a warm climate like the Caribbean and you’ll find the breadfruit in everywhere in Jamaica.

21. JAMAICAN PATTIES

Jamaican patties are popular in the Jamaican cuisine. Simple yet delicious. It’s made with yellow pastry dough filled with ground beef, seasoned with spices and aromatics. Jamaican patties is made from the turmeric powder, although it’s also acceptable to use curry or annatto to color and flavor the dough.

22. VEGETARIAN PIZZA

Vegetarian Pizza is so popular in Jamaica. There are options for vegan and vegetarian in Jamaica. Just make sure you ask in the restaurant and they will provide the options. Basically if you choose vegan you will have to remove the cheese. But if you go for vegetarian pizza in Jamaica you will have a few options. Prices can be around $6-7 USD depending on the size of the pizza.

23. VEGETARIAN SANDWICH

Vegetarian sandwich is easy to find in Jamaica. If you go as a vegan in Jamaica. You will have to remove the egg. But as vegetarian sandwich you will find a few bars offering with French fries as side dish included. Prices can be around $5-6 USD and it can include French fries.

24. RICE WITH VEGETABLES

Rice with vegetables you will find everywhere in Jamaica for lunch and dinner. Rice with vegetables is fried rice with vegetables and can be added salad too if you choose a vegan in Jamaica or vegetarian option. So delicious and prices starting from $5 USD.

25. GREEN SALAD

Green Salad in Jamaica will be available in the restaurants. Just make sure that they don’t ask chicken and fish especially tuna. You will find cucumber, tomato, lettuce, corn and onion mixed with oil and vinegar. Prices are around $5 USD.

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26. COCO BREAD

The Jamaican staple bread, Coco bread is very popular in Jamaican and other Caribbean countries. Coco bread is made of flour and coconut milk, lightly sweetened. Coco bread can be eaten for breakfast or snacks, or just any time of the day you feel like having one!

27. JOHNNY CAKES

Johnnycakes is bread is a big part of every culture in the Caribbean. Johnnycakes can usually be enjoyed with stews and curries. Johnnycakes is popular in Jamaica and countries around like Bahamas.

28. JAMAICAN PORRIDGE

Jamaican porridge has different versions like the cornmeal porridge, hominy corn, green banana porridge, green plantain porridge, peanut porridge, and the requisite oats. Jamaican cornmeal porridge is made with coconut and condensed milk, has added flavors of nutmeg, vanilla, bay leaf and brown sugar. Jamaican porridge is definitely a common breakfast food, and can be seen sold in the streets by vendors.

29. SWEET POTATO PUDDING

Jamaican sweet potato pudding can be eaten any time of the day. Jamaican sweet potato pudding is of course made of sweet potatoes, with dark sugar, and a lot more delicious spices, which include nutmeg, cinnamon, white rum, vanilla, coconut milk powder, allspice and more.

30. BANANA BREAD

Jamaican banana bread has the more tropical taste to it than the regular banana bread recipe. It has a tangy lime glaze that balances out the sweetness of the banana bread. Ingredients include nuts, coconut, lime and rum. Banana bread has cinnamon, nutmeg, and the Jamaican essential spice – pimento, also known as allspice.

31. COCONUT DROPS

Coconut drops is a Jamaican dessert traditional and very well loved! Coconut drops resembles the toffee, and the dessert is sweet, chewy and has a unique texture. It is very different as a dessert because this one doesn’t include milk, cream and such, and doesn’t even involve baking.

32. GIZZADA TART / COCONUT TART

The Jamaican gizzada is another popular Jamaican treat! Gizzada is a coconut treat, with a buttery crust filled with a mixture of grated coconut, brown sugar, ginger, and of course, spices. The Jamaican gizzada treat actually has its Portuguese beginnings. The pinch-me-around popular term for it was derived from the gizzada’s pinched crust.

33. TOTO

Jamaican Toto is Caribbean’s coconut cake, simple and delicious coconut cake with Jamaican spice. Jamaican Toto is served in a lot of family gatherings in Jamaica, and has its origins from olden Jamaican times when they worked in the plantations and would mix coconut molasses with flour to make Toto.

Hope you liked our vegetarian food in Jamaica blog post. How did you find being vegetarian in Jamaica and vegan in Jamaica? Let us know if we missed any vegan food in Jamaica and which one is your favorite one in the list of Jamaican vegetarian dishes.

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