Hey everyone, hope you are having an incredible day today. Today, I’m gonna show you how to make a special dish, saltfish and ackee. It is one of my favorites. This time, I will make it a little bit unique. This will be really delicious.

Saltfish and ackee is one of the most well liked of recent trending meals in the world. It is enjoyed by millions daily. It is easy, it’s quick, it tastes delicious. Saltfish and ackee is something that I’ve loved my whole life. They are nice and they look fantastic.

Read Customer Reviews & Find Best Sellers. Ackee and saltfish can also be eaten with rice and peas or plain white rice. When seasonings (onion, escallion, thyme, garlic) and saltfish are combined with plain rice it is often called "seasoned rice", which can be a one-pot meal including ackee.

To get started with this particular recipe, we have to first prepare a few ingredients. You can have saltfish and ackee using 14 ingredients and 3 steps. Here is how you cook it.

The ingredients needed to make Saltfish and ackee:

1. Prepare 450 grams salt cod
2. Make ready 1 olive oil
3. Make ready 1 onion, chopped
4. Prepare 3 garlic cloves
5. Prepare 2 medium tomatoes, chopped
6. Prepare 1 scotch bonnet, deseeded and chopped
7. Take 1 fresh thyme
8. Prepare 1 fresh oregano (optional)
9. Prepare 1/2 tsp ground allspice
10. Make ready 3 spring onions, chopped
11. Take 540 grams canned ackees, drained
12. Make ready 3 cm piece root ginger, peeled and chopped
13. Get 1 tbsp tomato puree
14. Make ready black pepper

Putting together the ackee and saltfish once both major elements are prepared is the easy part. Cutting up the veggies and other aromatics while waiting on the ackee and saltfish to boil is a good way to multitask. Break the cod up with a wooden spoon as it cooks. Add the thyme and a little black pepper, to taste, and stir.

Steps to make Saltfish and ackee:

1. Fill a small saucepan with water and add the salt cod. Stir to allow the salt to diffuse into the water, then drain. Repeat this step about seven times, then cover the ackee with water and heat on the hob until the water starts to boil. Leave it for a couple of minutes then drain again. Flake the fish then set aside. You want the saltfish to be very salty, but not inedible so try some and if it is still too salty, add water and drain a few more times.
2. Heat some of the olive oil in a large pan and add the onion garlic and ginger. Sauté for 5 mins then add the tomatoes and chilli and cook for a further 5 minutes. Stir in the salt cod and add the black pepper, allspice, tomato puree, thyme and oregano if using. Cook for another 5 minutes.
3. Add the ackee and spring onions and stir in gently, taking care not to crush the delicate ackee. serve with rice and peas or fried dumplings and enjoy.

Ackee and saltfish is considered Jamaica's national dish. Ackee is a fruit of West African origin. Ackee and saltfish is usually served as a breakfast dish but can be eaten for lunch, or dinner. You must be careful if preparing this dish with the raw fruit from the tree. Raw ackee can be poisonous if.

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