JamWest Carribean Foods: Dedicated to Quality and Taste
Catering Menu
Please let us know if you have any allergies or special needs…we can adapt.
Appetizers & Sides
Fritters
Similar to a crab cake fritters are made with codfish or ripe banana.
Rasta Roll
Sautéed vegetables rolled in a pastry shell and deep-fried to perfection.
Festival
Delicious. A slightly sweet crispy cornmeal dumpling
Plantain
Cousins of the banana, ripe plantains are deep-fried.
Solomon Gundy
This Jamaican pate is eaten on crackers its main ingredient is pickled fish.
Main Dishes
Curry (chicken, beef, shrimp)
A traditional blend of spices and seasoning, curry, is a typical ingredient of the West Indies and an integral part of Caribbean cuisine.
Brown Stew Chicken
Braised Chicken stewed to perfection with chef’s special blend of herbs and spices.
Jerk Chicken
Developed over centuries Jerk is hot, spicy and uniquely Jamaican. Chicken is marinated with a fiery mixture of spices including Scotch Bonnet (our hot pepper), pimento or allspice, nutmeg and thyme.
Fricassee Chicken
Mama’s specialty…chicken sautéed and stewed down with bell peppers and tomatoes.
Jamaican Bar-B Fried Chicken
Succulent pieces of chicken deep fried to perfection and served with the chef’s secret bar-b sauce.
Spicy Tangerine Chicken
Boneless chicken breast cubed, seasoned and sautéed in a special sweet and spicy sauce.
Stew Beef
Chunks of beef marinated and stewed in a variety of spices, red pepper, tomato and carrot.
Mango Beef
Stewed beef seasoned Caribbean style with the added flavor of mango.
Oxtail
This meat is well known throughout the world and is a particular favorite of the Jamaican palate. Well seasoned and marinated the meat is slow cooked and lightly browned with butter beans.
Curried Goat
You just don’t get anymore Jamaican than curried goat, it is a tradition throughout the islands.
Stew Beans (Kidney) and Rice
Stewed beef, pimento, thyme and coconut are some of the key ingredients for this Jamaican favorite.
*Escovitch Chicken Boneless
chicken braised then topped with our chef’s special escovitch .
Roti
The Caribbean wrap traditionally served or wrapped with curry chicken, beef, shrimp or vegetables.
*Escovitch is a style of cooking using vinegar, onions, carrots and spices.
Soups
Our soups alternate and may include:
Red Bean
Another Jamaican famous soup made with kidney beans, coconut and vegetables. Sometimes made Ital (vegetarian) or with beef.
Pumpkin
Made Ital or with beef either way it is sure to please.
Callaloo
Callaloo (the Jamaican spinach) soup is made ital or with crab.
Chicken
The world’s cure-all Jamaican style.
Jamaican Pepperpot
The main ingredient is callaloo or spinach. The soup includes beef, coconut milk, okra and plenty of spices. This can be made vegetarian style.
Fish Tea
A spicy soup where the broth has captured the taste of the sea.
Vegan Menu
We use soy protein as our base for each chicken, beef or seafood dish there are no animal products used whatsoever.
Brown Stew (Chicken, Beef, Tofu)
Try the chef’s special blend of herbs and spices stewed down in a brown sauce Jam style.
Curry (Chicken, Shrimp, Beef, Tofu)
A traditional blend of spices and seasoning, curry, is a typical ingredient of the West Indies and an integral part of Caribbean cuisine.
Ital Stew
Stewed red kidney beans cooked with coconut milk a medley of vegetables and *spinners.
Vegan Mango Beef
Stewed soy beef seasoned Caribbean style with the added flavor of mango.
Vegan Kung Pao (Beef, Chicken)
This dish is made Chinese-Jamaican style and tossed with peanuts and a spicy sauce.
Calaloo (with fried dumplings, rice or *food)
Our buttery spinach-like greens are sautéed with onions, garlic and tomato.
Ackee (with fried dumplings, rice or *food)
Jamaica’s national dish “Ackee” is a fruit sautéed with tomato and a blend of seasonings.
* In Jamaica food is referred to as “earth food” and can consist of boiled green banana, yam, potato, dumpling and plantain.
The Jamaican Patty
The patty is to Jamaicans what the hamburger is to Americans. This baked pie is filled with spiced meats or vegetables.
Beef, Chicken, Vegan meat or Vegetarian
Dessert
Caribbean Black Cake
Find this in any home near the holiday season or at a wedding. This delicious confection includes raisins, currants and prunes soaked in red wine.
Rum Cake
The Jamaican pound cake…baked and glazed with dark Jamaican rum.
Natural Juices
Juices Include: Pineapple/Ginger, Lemonade, Carrot/Ginger, sorrel, magnum and more…
**Please give us 24 hour notice
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