Ackee & Salted Cod Fish
From foodcrazy100 14 years ago- 30min to make
- Serves 4
Ackee is to Jamaica what the hamburger is to the States, pizza to Italy, and fish and chips to the Brits. Nothing says Jamaica more than the island's national fruit.
Ingredients
- • 1/2 pound dried salted cod fish. shopping list
- • 6 slices thick-cut bacon shopping list
- • 4 tablespoons butter or coconut oil shopping list
- • 3 large onions, chopped shopping list
- • 4 cloves garlic, minced shopping list
- • 1 green bell pepper, sliced into strips shopping list
- • 1 red or yellow bell pepper, sliced into strips shopping list
- • 2 sprigs thyme shopping list
- • 6 green onions, finely chopped shopping list
- • 1/4 scotch bonnet pepper, finely chopped shopping list
- • 1/4 teaspoon ground allspice shopping list
- • 1 (28-ounce) can whole tomatoes, broken with your hands shopping list
- • 2 (18-ounce) cans ackee*, drained shopping list
- • Salt and freshly ground black pepper shopping list
How to make it
- In a bowl of cold water, soak fish at least 8 hours or overnight, changing water at least two times. Drain and transfer the fish to a saucepan. Discard soaking water. Cover the fish with fresh cold water by 1-inch and bring to a boil over high heat. Reduce heat to a simmer and cook for 15 minutes. Drain again and set the fish aside to cool. Discard water. When cool enough to handle, remove, and discard any bones and/or skin, and flake the fish into small pieces. Set aside.
- In a large skillet, cook the bacon over medium heat until very crispy and all of the fat is rendered. Transfer the bacon to paper towels to drain and set aside. Pour off most of the fat, then add the butter to the skillet. Add the onions, garlic, bell peppers, thyme, green onions, red pepper, and allspice and cook until the vegetables are tender but not browned, about 4 to 6 minutes. Add the tomatoes, fish, and drained ackee and cook, stirring occasionally, for about 30 minutes. Season with salt and pepper, to taste, and serve alongside a plate of white rice or rice and beans cooked in coconut milk , fried dumpling or any Jamaican side dish. Crumble the reserved bacon strips over the top of the ackee and serve.
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