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Jamaican Escovitch Fish Recipe

Learn how to prepare Jamaican Escovitch fish with this easy-to-follow recipe.
Course Main Course
Cuisine Jamaican
Keyword fired fish, Fish, Jamaican Escovitch fish
Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 30 minutes
Servings 5 Servings
Calories 22kcal
Author Lesa

Ingredients

  • 850 g Fresh fish
  • 2 tsp Salt
  • ¾ tsp Black pepper
  • 1 ½ tbsp Brown sugar
  • 3 Garlic cloves
  • 60 g Slice onion
  • 150 g Carrot strips
  • 3 Scotch bonnet pepper De-seed two and slice. Leave the other two whole
  • 30 Pimentos berries (allspice)
  • 6 tbsp White distill vinegar
  • Cooking Oil

Instructions

Fish

  • Wash the fish in water with the juice from the lime/lemon. Drain away the excess water and dry the fish.
  • Mix 1 tsp salt and the black pepper to make the fish seasoning. Rub the seasoning all over and into the fish. Cut small deep gashes on each side of the fish and rub the seasoning into it.
  • Add cooking oil to a frying pan, just enough to cover one side of the fish at a time (you are NOT deep frying the fish). Place on high heat. Let the oil hot to smoke point.
  • Cut the garlic cloves in half and drop them into the oil with 5 grains of pimentos berries and a whole scotch bonnet pepper.
  • Carefully place the fish in the hot oil. After 2-3 minutes, turn the heat down to medium-low (you don't want the fish to brown before they cook). Fry both sides of the fish until it is crispy.

Escovitch sauce

  • Pour away the oil in the frying leaving about 1 tbsp. Add the onion, the rest of the pimento berries, the slice of scotch bonnet pepper, carrot strips and sauté for 2-3 minutes on low heat.
  • Add the vinegar and brown sugar, and cook for another 2-3 minutes.
  • Pour the sauce over the fried fish and leave to absorb the flavour.

Notes

  • Use only one scotch bonnet pepper in the Escovitch sauce if you can't take too much spice.

Nutrition

Serving: 120g | Calories: 22kcal | Carbohydrates: 5g | Protein: 0.2g | Fat: 0.04g | Saturated Fat: 0.01g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.02g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.002g | Sodium: 932mg | Potassium: 29mg | Fiber: 0.2g | Sugar: 4g | Vitamin A: 40IU | Vitamin C: 6mg | Calcium: 10mg | Iron: 0.1mg