The mushrooms turn the rice a dark brown or black — thus the Haitian Creole name diri djondjon, or black mushroom rice, that some call the dish. Some people also add blue crabs, shrimp or lobster.

Though affectionately dubbed “Haitian black rice” over the years due to its deep, dark color, chef Natacha Gomez argues that that name does a disservice to diri djon-djon. A visually striking ...

Make Kwame Onwuachi's Trinidadian doubles, Gregory Gourdet's Haitian ... recipe refer to kidney beans, which cook in a blend of water, coconut milk, aromatics, and spices along with the rice.

Indeed, a disproportionate number of the country’s dishes involve 20-step recipes, hours of work ... a heavy scoop of diri djon djon, Haitian black rice, which owes its color and much of ...

The "Top Chef" star shares recipes for pikliz ... and fish dishes. Rice and beans are a universal language, and Gourdet's expression of the Haitian rendition is saucy, smooth, pungent, and ...

She talked him through recipes for Haitian specialties like griyo ... who come by for traditional dishes like djon djon, black rice that gets its color from a mushroom puree, and soup joumou ...

Haitian dishes like diri djon djon (black mushroom rice), lambi (conch), and akasan (a shake made from cornmeal and warming spices like anise and nutmeg) are excluded from such talks. Although ...

We’re known for the food. Haitian black rice or Djon Djon, made with mushrooms is a well-known traditional dish of the country. Glenn: Dishes like what? Germain: So folks call it black rice but ...