bouyon soup

St. Lucia · Latin America

Short description: Bouyon soup is a thick one-pot meal of meat, root vegetables, green banana, dumplings, herbs, and chile heat.
Ingredients: Salted meat or chicken simmered with green figs, dasheen, yam, plantain, dumplings, vegetables, thyme, and chile.
Cultural note: The dish is built for abundance: each spoonful should feel like soup, stew, and provision plate at once.
Common misconception: Related soups appear across the Caribbean, but this version leans on ground provisions, dumplings, and a hearty one-pot texture.

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