Ackee and Saltfish is Jamaica's national dish, and makes the perfect breakfast Lunch and dinner meal.
There are many ways that Ackee and Saltfish can be prepared depending on the Parish you are from as well as your own taste. We have chosen a recipe listed on the Grace website and tweaked it. Most Ackee consumed outside of Jamaica is usually sold in cans.
This recipe is only to show the most common way Ackee and Saltfish is prepared.
Ingredients
Recipe serves 4 persons
1 teaspoon(s) black pepper
1 small sweet pepper, julienne
1 can(s) Ackee in brine, drained
1 teaspoon(s) scotch bonnet pepper, chopped
1 medium onion, chopped
1 medium tomato, chopped
1 tablespoon(s) Vegetable Oil
2 stalk(s) scallion, chopped
1/2 pound(s) Saltfish
2 clove(s) garlic, chopped
Ackee and Saltfish Directions
Put Saltfish to soak in cold water for about 1 hour or overnight.
Pour off water; add fresh water and cook until tender.
De-bone and flake Saltfish.
Heat Vegetable Oil and sauté onion; garlic; scallion; tomato; scotch bonnet pepper and sweet pepper.
Add flaked Saltfish and stir together with sautéed vegetables. Let cook for 2 minutes
Add Ackee and Black Pepper.
Toss very lightly so as not to mash Ackee pods
Cover and allow to stand over low heat for about 2 - 5 minutes.
Serve with any combination of the following foods, boiled dumplings or fried dumplings, green bananas, breadfruit roasted or boiled and any other ground provisions.
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Looks delicious Sharon!
Hi Ruth, Since you asked 😗 here is an option with freshly picked ackees from a Jamaican website , https://jamaicans.com/ackee/ moderate adjustments. Use same ingredients above but replace 1 can ackee with 1 dozen ackees .
1.Soak saltfish in water to remove some of the salt or boil in water for 5-7 minutes.
2.Clean the ackee. Remove the seeds and all traces of interior red pit from the ackees.
3.Wash ackees.
4.Cover and boil until moderately soft.
5.Drain, cover, and put aside.
6.Wash saltfish again
7. Pick up (flake) the saltfish and remove all bones.
8. .Sauté thinly sliced onions, garlic, scallion, tomato, scotch bonnett and sweet pepper rings in oil or butter.
9.Remove half of the fried onions and peppers
10.Add saltfish first and turn until lightly browned.
11. Add ackees, and black pepper. Turn and allow to stand on low heat for 2-5 mins.
12.Pour in to serving plate and garnish with remaining onions and pepper slices.
JAMAICAN NATIONAL DISH - ACKEE AND SALTFISH!! 😍
Great recipe and great execution. Don't know any of our really indigenous Jamaicans though who would cook ackee from a can.!!
Excellent! One of my favourite dishes! 😊