Thee Best Tasting Salt Mackerel Recipe Jamaican Style!! | Val’s Kitchen

salt mackerel

🥗Healthier: fresh mackerel

💰Cheaper: canned mackerel

Fresh mackerel is lower in sodium and can be more affordable.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Coconut oil adds a traditional flavor and is often used in Jamaican cooking.

Soak the salt mackerel for a couple of hours before cooking.

Boil the salt mackerel in water for about 5 minutes to tenderize it.

Prepare the vegetables: peel some skin off the cucumber and slice it into rings.

Chop the onion, scallion, and garlic, and prepare the sweet pepper.

Wash the mackerel and taste for salt; if it's too salty, wash it out.

Remove any bones from the mackerel and set aside the head if desired.

In a pan, add the chopped vegetables (garlic, onion, scallion, thyme, tomato, sweet pepper) and cook on low heat to release flavors.

Add a few grains of pimento and a small amount of vinegar to the vegetables.

Cover the pan and mix the vegetables properly while they cook.

In the meantime, prepare the dumplings by mixing flour and cornmeal with water; add salt to the boiling water for cooking the dumplings.

Once the vegetables have cooked for about 5 minutes, turn off the stove and prepare to cook the dumplings.

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