Sunday Breakfast Callaloo & Saltfish With Boiled Green Bananas

saltfish

🥗Healthier: smoked mackerel

💰Cheaper: canned tuna

Canned tuna is more affordable and still provides protein.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is often less expensive and has a neutral flavor.

Cut off all the seeds from the callaloo stalks and wash them.

Chop garlic, white onions, red onions, and scotch bonnet pepper.

Prepare preserved tomatoes from last summer's garden.

Bundle and cut the callaloo carefully with a proper knife.

Boil green bananas in a pot.

Heat grapeseed oil in a heavy pot (duchy) until hot but not burning.

Add chopped garlic, white onions, red onions, and preserved tomatoes to the hot oil and stir.

Add half of the callaloo to the pot and stir to combine with the seasonings.

Add the remaining callaloo along with sea salt and stir again.

Add allspice seasoning and stir to combine.

Add a small amount of tomato juice to the pot and cover to steam for 10-15 minutes.

Check the callaloo and add more tomato juice if needed to prevent sticking.

Add extra virgin olive oil to the callaloo when almost done.

In another saucepan, heat grapeseed oil and add garlic, white onions, red onions, and tomatoes to sweat down.

Add cod fish to the mixture and stir, then add five spice seasoning.

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