Making Fried Bake & Saltfish|| Fried Bake|| Caribbean Breakfast|

saltfish

🥗Healthier: smoked mackerel

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

smoked mackerel offers a similar flavor profile at a lower cost.

butter

🥗Healthier: olive oil

💰Cheaper: margarine

olive oil provides healthy fats while margarine is a budget-friendly option.

Get a large bowl and add flour, sugar, salt, baking powder, and shortening.

Mix the ingredients well until combined, rubbing the shortening into the flour mixture until it resembles small crumbs.

Slowly add lukewarm water a little at a time, mixing until the flour comes together to form a dough.

Lightly knead the dough until it's soft and smooth, then cover it and let it rest for 30 minutes.

Dust the counter surface with flour, then place the dough on it and divide it into even-sized dough balls.

Roll each dough ball into a circular shape, ensuring it's not too thin but also not too thick.

Heat a frying pan over medium to medium-high heat and add enough oil for frying the bakes.

Once the oil is hot, place the rolled bakes into the oil and fry until golden brown, flipping them and using a spoon to pour oil over the tops to help them puff up.

Once fried, place the bakes on a plate lined with paper towel to soak up excess oil.

For the saltfish, boil the sausage twice, changing the water after the first boil, boiling for about 10 minutes and then 5 more minutes.

Let the saltfish cool, then shred it into tiny pieces using a fork or your hands.

Dice onions, bell peppers, cilantro, fresh thyme, and tomatoes, and add them to a bowl with the shredded saltfish.

Season the mixture with black pepper, onion powder, and garlic powder, and drizzle lime juice over it, mixing well.

Taste and adjust seasoning if necessary, then cover and let it chill for a bit.

Cut open a fried bake and stuff it with the saltfish mixture.

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