Laplap

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Preparation info
  • Yield:

    4 to 6

    servings
    • Difficulty

      Easy

    • Ready in

      1 hr 30

Appears in
Islas: A Celebration of Tropical Cooking - 125 Recipes from the Indian, Atlantic, and Pacific Ocean Islands

By Von Diaz

Published 2024

  • About

The national dish of Vanuatu, laplap is typically a family affair. It is often several feet long, with alternating layers of a grated starch such as cassava or yam, seafood or chicken, herbs, spices, and fresh coconut milk. It then cooks slowly outdoors over an earth oven heated with hot rocks. It’s one of Primrose Siri’s signature dishes, one she’s adapted over the years into individual servings. This recipe is inspired from hers, using commonly avai