Jamaican Escovitch Fish Recipe || Easter Special

whole fish

🥗Healthier: filleted fish

💰Cheaper: frozen fish

Filleted fish is easier to prepare and frozen options are often more affordable.

vinegar

🥗Healthier: apple cider vinegar

💰Cheaper: white vinegar

Apple cider vinegar offers a milder flavor while being widely available.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: banana pepper

Jalapeños provide heat with less intensity, while banana peppers are milder and more accessible.

pimento seeds

🥗Healthier: allspice

💰Cheaper: mixed spices

Allspice captures the essence of pimento and is readily available.

Add a bit of black pepper to the fish, using a small amount since only two fish are being prepared.

Sprinkle muggy fish seasoning and table salt on the fish, mixing it up.

Make cuts in the flesh of the fish with a knife to allow seasoning to penetrate.

Sprinkle seasoning inside and outside the fish, ensuring it gets into the cuts.

Heat vegetable oil in a pot for frying the fish.

Add garlic to the hot oil for flavor before frying the fish.

Fry one side of the fish until dry, then flip to fry the other side.

Once the fish is finished frying, remove it from the oil.

Prepare the vinegar sauce by cutting onion into rings, and chopping carrot and scotch bonnet pepper.

Add onion rings, chopped carrot, scotch bonnet pepper, and pimento seeds to a pot.

Pour vinegar into the pot and turn on the stove to boil the mixture.

Once the vinegar boils, turn off the stove to avoid overcooking the vegetables.

Pour some of the vinegar sauce over the fried fish, allowing it to soak into the flesh.

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