How To Cook Ackee & Saltfish + Recipe ||The Real Heavenly Bites

salt fish

🥗Healthier: fresh fish

💰Cheaper: canned fish

Canned fish is often less expensive and easier to prepare.

olive oil

🥗Healthier: coconut oil

💰Cheaper: vegetable oil

Vegetable oil is more affordable and has a neutral flavor.

Cut up the seasoning ingredients: 1 onion, 1 tomato, 3 sprigs of thyme, 2 cloves of garlic, and 1/3 each of red, yellow, and green bell peppers.

Soak the salted codfish in water twice to reduce saltiness, then drain it.

Boil the soaked codfish until tender, about 15-20 minutes, then drain and flake it into pieces.

Heat 8 tablespoons of sunflower oil in a wok or frying pan over medium heat for about a minute.

Add all the chopped seasoning ingredients to the pan and cook them with the codfish, adding about half a teaspoon of black pepper.

Cook the seasonings with the codfish for about 3 minutes, stirring gently to avoid mashing the ackee.

Add the ackee gently to the pan, mixing carefully to avoid scrambling it, and let it simmer for 2-3 minutes.

Optionally, add 50 ml of water to create a bit of gravy and cover the pan to let it simmer for a bit longer.

Serve the ackee and saltfish with fried plantain, Irish potato, or any preferred side.

Cooking Techniques

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