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Pick Up Salt Fish
Photo: Gregor Moser

Pick Up Salt Fish

5 ingredients 8 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

280
Calories
22g
Protein
13g
Fat
16g
Carbs

Counts 5 of 6 ingredients — the other 1 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 5 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 0
Scotch not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 1/2 pound salt fish
  • 1/2 onion
  • 1/4 tomato
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper
  • 2 tablespoons ketchup

Directions

1

Soak or boil saltfish to remove most of the salt, drain.

2

Cut up the onions, tomato and scotch bonnet (optional) and saute in a small bit of oil in a saucepan.

3

Remove and place in a dish.

4

"Pick up" (break in to small portions and remove any bones) saltfish and fry in the same saucepan with light oil.

5

Add seasonings (onions, tomato, scotch bonnet pepper) with ketchup and cook for 2-3 minutes.

6

Serve with one of the following or combination of all: Jamaican water crackers, Fried Green Plantations, Yellow or White Yam, Flour dumplings and Boiled Bananas

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Category:Jamaican Recipes

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Category:Jamaican Appetizers

Recipe sourced from fandom

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