Ackee and Saltfish Recipe with fried Dumplings| how to make Jamaican Ackee and Saltfish

saltfish

🥗Healthier: smoked mackerel

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna is often less expensive and easier to find.

vegetable oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: canola oil

Canola oil is often cheaper and has a neutral flavor.

flour

🥗Healthier: whole wheat flour

💰Cheaper: all-purpose flour

All-purpose flour is usually less expensive.

scotch bonnet pepper

🥗Healthier: jalapeño

💰Cheaper: bell pepper

Bell pepper provides flavor without the heat.

Prep the vegetables by slicing the onion, bell pepper, and tomato into small pieces.

Chop the green onion into smaller pieces.

Combine 2 cups of flour with 1 tablespoon of baking powder and 1/2 teaspoon of salt in a bowl.

Add water gradually to the flour mixture to form a dough, kneading until smooth.

Set the dough aside and rinse the saltfish under running water.

Boil the saltfish in a pot of water until tender, then drain and cool.

Flake the cooled saltfish into small pieces.

Heat vegetable oil in a Dutch pot over high heat for frying the dumplings.

Pinch off pieces of dough, roll them into circular shapes, and fry in the hot oil until golden brown.

Remove the fried dumplings and drain on paper towels.

In a separate pot, heat 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil and add the chopped onion, bell pepper, tomato, and green onion; stir-fry until fragrant.

Add 1/2 teaspoon of thyme, seasoned salt, fish seasoning, and black pepper to the vegetables and stir well.

Add the flaked saltfish to the vegetable mixture and stir to combine.

Gently fold in the ackee and cook for 15 minutes, being careful not to mash the ackee.

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