Hello everybody, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a distinctive dish, ackee and salt fish. It is one of my favorites. This time, I’m gonna make it a bit tasty. This is gonna smell and look delicious.
Ackee and saltfish is the Jamaican national dish prepared with ackee and salted codfish. The ackee fruit (Blighia sapida) is the national fruit of Jamaica. Learn how to make Ackee and Saltfish in this episode of #TastyTuesdays with Chris De La Rosa of CaribbeanPot.com Ackee and Saltfish (salted cod).
Ackee and salt fish is one of the most well liked of current viral foods in the world. It’s simple, it’s fast, it tastes delicious. It is appreciated by millions daily. Ackee and salt fish is something which I have loved my whole life. They are nice and they look wonderful.
To begin with this particular recipe, we must first prepare a few ingredients. You can have ackee and salt fish using 11 ingredients and 1 steps. Here is how you cook that.
The ingredients needed to make Ackee and salt fish:
- Get ingredients
- Take 1 can ackee drained
- Get 1/2 lb boneless salt cod
- Prepare 3 tbsp oil
- Take 2 onions, sliced
- Make ready 1/4 tsp dried thyme
- Prepare 1/4 scotch bonnet pepper skin finely chopped up
- Make ready 1 small tomato, chopped
- Prepare 3/4 tsp tomato paste
- Take 1/2 sweet pepper chopped
- Take 1/8 tsp black pepper:
Place salt fish in water and boil. Remove pods, seeds and centres from ackees. Tie in a muslin bag and add to the boiling fish. Remove the skin and bones from the fish.
Step by Step to make Ackee and salt fish:
- Soak the salt cod in a pot of water overnight to remove most of the salt. If the cod is still very salty, boil in water for 20 minutes. Drain cod and cut or break into small pieces.Heat oil in a frying pan. Add the onions, thyme and scotch bonnet pepper, tomato, tomato paste and green peppers. Stir for a few minutes. Add the cod. Stir. Simmer for 5 minutes, then add the can of drained ackee. Do not stir because this will cause the ackees to break up. Cook for a few more minutes then sprinkle with black pepper.Best served with fried or cooked dumplings, or fried or cooked plantains, cooked yams and Jamaican sweet potatoes.
Picture and video recipe for Ackee and Saltfish - another Jamaican Recipe from Click on the video to watch Tracy cook some Ackee and Saltfish or scroll down to see the. Ackee and saltfish is the national dish of Jamaica consisting of an unusual fruit of West African origin and any sort of dried and salted fish, usually cod, mahi mahi, or mackerel. A ripe ackee, the national fruit of Jamaica. [Photograph: Lauren Rothman]. The traditional Jamaican diet is a healthful one, full of the fresh fruits that thrive in the island's tropical climate; heavy on dark, iron-rich greens like callaloo; and often prepared using the oil from the coconuts that grow all over the. Ackee and saltfish encapsulate much of how I feel about Jamaica.
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