How to make saltfish buljol | How to make salt cod| Trinidad style

salt fish

🥗Healthier: fresh fish

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Fresh fish is lower in sodium, while canned fish is often more affordable.

lime juice

🥗Healthier: lemon juice

💰Cheaper: vinegar

Lemon juice offers a similar acidity, while vinegar is often less expensive.

Place water in a pan to boil.

Add salt fish to the boiling water and cook until tender, about 15 minutes.

If the salt fish is very salty, discard the water after cooking.

Drain the cooked salt fish and rinse it in cold water.

Place the rinsed salt fish in a bowl and flake it into pieces with your hands, leaving the pieces not too small.

Dice the red onion and add it to a pan with some olive oil, then sauté on low heat.

Dice the green and red sweet peppers and add them to the sautéing onions, stirring to combine and letting them cook lightly without becoming super soft.

Dice the scotch bonnet and garlic, then add them to the pan with the other vegetables.

Transfer the sautéed vegetables to the bowl with the flaked salt fish and mix together.

Dice the fresh tomatoes and add them to the bowl with the other ingredients.

Roughly chop the coriander and add it to the bowl.

Squeeze fresh lime juice into the bowl.

Drizzle extra virgin olive oil into the bowl and mix everything together thoroughly.

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