Saltfish and ackee
Saltfish and ackee

Hey everyone, I hope you’re having an amazing day today. Today, we’re going to prepare a special dish, saltfish and ackee. One of my favorites. For mine, I’m gonna make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Ackee and saltfish can also be eaten with rice and peas or plain white rice. When seasonings (onion, escallion, thyme, garlic) and saltfish are combined with plain rice it is often called "seasoned rice", which can be a one-pot meal including ackee. Ackee and saltfish is widely regarded as the national dish of Jamaica..

Saltfish and ackee is one of the most well liked of recent trending foods in the world. It’s simple, it is fast, it tastes yummy. It’s appreciated by millions daily. They are fine and they look fantastic. Saltfish and ackee is something which I have loved my entire life.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have saltfish and ackee using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you can achieve it.

The ingredients needed to make Saltfish and ackee:
  1. Make ready 450 grams salt cod
  2. Make ready 1 olive oil
  3. Prepare 1 onion, chopped
  4. Make ready 3 garlic cloves
  5. Make ready 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
  6. Get 1 scotch bonnet, deseeded and chopped
  7. Make ready 1 fresh thyme
  8. Prepare 1 fresh oregano (optional)
  9. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground allspice
  10. Get 3 spring onions, chopped
  11. Make ready 540 grams canned ackees, drained
  12. Prepare 3 cm piece root ginger, peeled and chopped
  13. Take 1 tbsp tomato puree
  14. Take black pepper

You must be careful if preparing this dish with the raw fruit from the tree. Raw ackee can be poisonous if. Ackee and Saltfish is Jamaica’s national dish. It can be eaten any time or any day of the week.

Steps to make Saltfish and ackee:
  1. Fill a small saucepan with water and add the salt cod. Stir to allow the salt to diffuse into the water, then drain. Repeat this step about seven times, then cover the ackee with water and heat on the hob until the water starts to boil. Leave it for a couple of minutes then drain again. Flake the fish then set aside. You want the saltfish to be very salty, but not inedible so try some and if it is still too salty, add water and drain a few more times.
  2. Heat some of the olive oil in a large pan and add the onion garlic and ginger. Sauté for 5 mins then add the tomatoes and chilli and cook for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the salt cod and add the black pepper, allspice, tomato puree, thyme and oregano if using. Cook for another 5 minutes.
  3. Add the ackee and spring onions and stir in gently, taking care not to crush the delicate ackee. serve with rice and peas or fried dumplings and enjoy.

However, it is traditionally served as a breakfast meal on Saturday and/or Sunday, or on special occasions. Ackee and saltfish is sautéed saltfish (codfish) with boiled ackee, onions, thyme, Scotch Bonnet peppers (optional), tomatoes, red bell pepper (optional), garlic, black pepper and. Break the cod up with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Add the thyme and a little black pepper, to taste, and stir. To prepare the dish, salt cod is sautéed with boiled ackee, onions, Scotch Bonnet peppers, tomatoes and spices.

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