Jamaican salt fish fritters
Learn how to make this saltfish fritters.
Servings 4 Servings
Calories 229kcal
Ingredients
- 113 g Saltfish
- 250 g Plain flour
- 1 Small tomatoes finely chopped
- ½ Scotch bonnet pepper seeds remove and finely chopped
- ½ tsp Dried thyme
- 1 Stalk scallion finely chopped
- ¼ tsp Black pepper
- Salt (optional)
- Water
- Cooking oil
Instructions
- Wash the excess salt off the fish. Place the washed fish in a pot cover with water and put to cook for 10 to 15 minutes.
- Remove saltfish from heat. Pour away boiling water. Wash the saltfish in cold water to cool the it.
- Remove the skin, debone the fish then break it into small fish flakes.
- In a mixing bowl, add the flour, saltfish flakes, and all the other ingredients.
- Slowly add the water and mix all the ingredients together until you get a sloppy paste. Not too runny.
- Heat cooking oil in a frying pan on medium to low fire.
- Place fried fritters on kitchen rolls paper towels to absorb the excess oil.
Notes
- You can also add bell pepper and yellow onion when making the saltfish better.
- Only add salt if you feel you have washed the fish too much. The saltfish should add enough flavour to the fritters, so you shouldn't need it.
Nutrition
Serving: 330g | Calories: 229kcal | Carbohydrates: 48g | Protein: 7g | Fat: 1g | Saturated Fat: 0.1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 0.3g | Monounsaturated Fat: 0.1g | Sodium: 1mg | Potassium: 74mg | Fiber: 2g | Sugar: 0.2g | Vitamin A: 17IU | Vitamin C: 2mg | Calcium: 13mg | Iron: 3mg