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Recipe

These Jamaican salt-fish fritters are popular throughout the Caribbean, where salt fish is a staple. Although salt fish will never win any fragrance awards—some compare its odor to that of a thirteen-year-old boy's gym locker—it tastes delicious.

Yield : Makes 6 servings

Ingredients

  • ½ pound dried, salt cod fish

Key Lime Sauce:

  • 1 cup mayonnaise
  • 1 cup sour cream
  • 2 tablespoons Gulden's mustard
  • 2 tablespoons lime juice
  • Grated zest of 1 lime

  • 2 green onions, all of the white part and some of the green, minced
  • 2 jalapeno peppers, minced
  • 1 small tomato, peeled, seeded, and minced
  • 2 cups flour
  • 2 teaspoons baking powder
  • About ¼ cup cold water
  • Vegetable oil, for deep frying

Directions

Cover the salt fish with cold water, and let the fish soak 4 to 12 hours.

Drain the fish, then place it in a saucepan, and cover it with fresh cold water. Bring the water to a boil, and simmer the fish 15 minutes or until tender. Let it cool in the cooking water.

Combine the ingredients for the key lime sauce, and chill the sauce until you're ready to serve it.

Skin and flake the fish. Mix the flaked fish, green onions, peppers, and tomatoes in a bowl. Stir in the flour and baking powder, and add enough water to make a soft, sticky batter. Heat the oil to between 350° and 375°. Drop the batter by the teaspoonful into the oil. Fry the fritters, a few at a time, until they are golden brown. Drain them on paper towels, and serve them immediately with the key lime sauce for dipping.


© 1996 The Morgan Corporation, Ltd.

Note from Cookstr's Editors

Nutritional information does not reflect the soaking and draining of the salt cod, which dramatically reduces the sodium content of the recipe.

 

Nutritional Information

Nutrients per serving (% daily value)

701kcal (35%)
210mg (21%)
9mg (14%)
124mcg RAE (4%)
721mg
70mg
29g
3g
2g
36g
91mg (30%)
3084mg (129%)
10g (49%)
49g (75%)
3mg (19%)
 

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