How to Cook Fresh Ackee

saltfish

🥗Healthier: smoked mackerel

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna is more affordable and widely available.

festival dumpling flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

All-purpose flour is less expensive and still yields good dumplings.

Remove fresh ackee from the pod and clean it thoroughly.

Wash the ackee to ensure it is clean before cooking.

Put water in a pot and add salt to flavor the water.

Cover the pot and bring the water to a boil.

Once boiling, add the fresh ackee to the pot.

Mix the ackee into the boiling water and cover the pot halfway.

Boil the ackee for about 10 minutes, checking for doneness without mashing it.

Remove the ackee from the hot water and rinse it.

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