Jamaican Ackee & Saltfish

Ingredients:

Salt fish/ Cod Fish
1 can of Double Deuce Ackee
One half onion diced
One plum tomato diced
Sprinkle salt
Sprinkle black pepper
2 tablespoon of cooking oil or more

Cooking the saltfish

Soak the saltfish in cold water for 1 hour to 2 hours in order to help remove some of the salt. Salt fish has a very salty taste.
Put salt fish with cold water on stovetop to cook.
You will know when the saltfish is cooked because it will break apart easy.
Drain the water from the saltfish. You can run cold water on the fish to cool it because it will be hot. Put the fish on a plate, remove the bone from the center of the fish and break into pieces.

Cooking the Ackee

Ackee

Drain the water from the can of Ackee.
Boil a pot of water then add the Ackee to it.
Cook for 5 minutes until soft. Do not overcook.

Use strainer to drain the water off the Ackee.
Heat frying pan on the stovetop until hot – add 2 tablespoon of cooking oil.
Sauté onion and ripe tomatoes
Add saltfish

Set aside the onion, tomatoes and saltfish on one side of the pot, on the other side, add Ackee then gently stir.
Sprinkle black pepper and sprinkle the salt ( option)
Cook for 1 or 2 minutes.
Serve with rice and fried dumplings or cooked foods. Please be careful when eating the saltfish because small bones can still be in the fish.

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