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Ackee and Salt Fish
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Ackee and Salt Fish

7 ingredients 6 steps fandom
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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

522
Calories
24g
Protein
42g
Fat
12g
Carbs
What these numbers assume — 7 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Salmon 100g cooked 208
Olive Oil 1 tbsp (14g) 119
Butter 1 tbsp (14g) 102
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Bacon 1 slice cooked (8g) 43
Black Pepper 1 tsp ground (2.3g) 6
Salt 1 tsp (6g) 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 lb. soaked salt fish
  • 18 ackees
  • 4 rashers bacon
  • 1 large onion (thinly sliced)
  • 1 sweet pepper
  • 4 tbsp. oil or butter
  • black pepper

Directions

1

Place salt fish in water and boil. Remove pods, seeds and centres from ackees. Tie in a muslin bag and add to the boiling fish. Let it cook for 15 minutes.

2

Drain water. Remove the skin and bones from the fish. Fry the bacon and keep it hot. Saute onion and pepper in the bacon fat and then drain and keep hot with the bacon.

3

In the same pan, heat the oil or butter and add the fish and ackee and heat it through. Turn on to a heated dish and garnish with onions, pepper and bacon.

4

Serve hot with plenty of pepper.

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Category:French Guianese Recipes

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Category:French Guianese Meat Dishes

Recipe sourced from fandom

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