Garifuna Kitchen · Coconut Seafood Stew
Tapado
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Tapado is traditionally layered into a single covered pot in a strict order — fish first, then shellfish, then plantain and yuca — which is where the dish gets its name, "covered."
A rich coconut-milk seafood soup layered with fish, shrimp, crab, plantain, and yuca, simmered slowly. In Livingston it's ladled from big pots right outside Garifuna family kitchens.
Why it's made this way: Livingston, Izabal's Caribbean port town, is the historic heart of Guatemala's Garifuna community, whose coconut-based Caribbean cooking is entirely distinct from the rest of the country.
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