Mackerel rundown or “rundung” as we Jamaicans say, is a delicious fish dish that you will enjoy with hard food (boil dumpling, yam and green banana). Try this recipe today for dinner.
Mackerel rundown recipe Jamaican dish
Bring a touch of Jamaica to your dinner with the mackerel rundown recipe. Flavour with coconut milk and other Jamaican spice, this mackerel dish taste great.
Ingredients
- 2 lbs Salt mackerel
- 2 Cloves garlic Crushed
- 3 Sprigs of thyme
- 1 Stalks scallion Chopped
- 1 Onion Chopped
- 5 Pimento berries (Allspice)
- 1 Tomato Diced
- 1/2 Scotch bonnet Seeds removed and finely chopped
- 1 1/2 Coconut milk
- 1 Lime/lemon To wash the mackerel
Instructions
- Wash the mackerel with the juice from the lime/lemon in some water. Then place the mackerel in a sauce pan with fresh water and put to boil until tender.
- When cooked, remove from fire wash in cold water to cool. Pour water away. Deboned the mackerel then break into small pieces.
- Pour the fresh coconut milk in a sauce pan and let boil rapidly. Stir in the mackerel, onion, garlic, dried pimento, scallion, tomato, scotch bonnet pepper and thyme.
- Turn the heat to medium low. Cover the pot and let it cook until coconut milk is reduced to oil. Stir occasionally.
Notes
Mackerel rundown is mostly eaten with hard food.
I just tried this mackerel rundown. It came out perfectly and was a big hit with the family!