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Jamaican Steam Fish Recipe

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Jamaican Steam Fish Recipe

Jamaican Steam Fish

Steam Fish

This steam fish recipe is a delicious and healthy dish you can prepare quickly for a family dinner. You can use porgies, snapper, (You can slice them in half). I prefer to use kingfish, because of the meaty and firm texture.

This is a Jamaican favorite that is served quite often because of the availability of fish on the island. There are a few different variations to the way people prepare this meal, but it is basically the same dish. The combination of vegetables, fish, and spices make this a favorite in many households

 

Jamaican Steam Fish
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Jamaican Steam Fish Recipe

This is an old Jamaican favorite fish recipe. It is fairly easy to prepare, and the ingredients are common. You can pick up all ingredients at your local supermarket.

Course Dinner
Cuisine Jamaican
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 20 minutes
Total Time 40 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 273 kcal
Author myjamaicanrecipes.com

Ingredients

  • 2 lbs Kingfish Sliced
  • 3 tbsp Butter
  • 3 cups Water For cleaning Fish
  • 1 whole Yellow Onion Sliced
  • 2 whole Tomatoes Sliced
  • 2 stalks Green onions Diced
  • 1 small Bell Pepper Sliced
  • 2 cloves Garlic Minced
  • 1 tbsp Thyme Use 3 sprigs fresh thyme if available
  • 1/2 tbsp Scotch Bonnet Pepper Diced and De-seeded
  • 1 tbsp Black Pepper
  • 1 tbsp Salt
  • 1 tbsp White Vinegar For cleaning fish
  • 2 tbsp Lemon Juice For cleaning fish
  • 10 whole Okras Sliced

Instructions

  1. Clean fish in a solution of lemon juice and water (You can use 1 tbsp of white vinegar as a substitute for lemon juice). Let fish dry (Use paper towels to dry fish, until water is absorbed in paper towels).

  2. Season fish evenly with salt and black pepper.

  3. Melt butter in a medium-sized saucepan over a medium flame. 

  4. Add tomatoes, bell pepper, okras, garlic, thyme, and scotch bonnet pepper to saucepan.

  5. Let sauté for approx. 10 mins or until ingredients are soft.

  6. Add onion to sautéed vegetables.

  7. Add fish (laid evenly in medium-sized saucepan)

  8. Let cook for 20 minutes.

Recipe Notes

You have just prepared a Jamaican steam fish dinner. Serve with white rice, or boiled green bananas, and or Jamaican boiled dumplings.

 

 

Jamaican Ackee and Saltfish Recipe

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Jamaican Ackee and Saltfish Recipe

Ackee and Saltfish cooking on stove

Ackee and Saltfish on stove

The most famous of all Jamaican recipes is ackee and saltfish (codfish). Ackee and saltfish is considered Jamaica’s national dish. Ackee is a fruit of West African origin. It made its way to Jamaica around 1798. Ackee and saltfish is usually served as a breakfast dish but can be eaten for lunch, or dinner.

You must be careful if preparing this dish with the raw fruit from the tree. Raw ackee can be poisonous if ingested. You should never eat the raw fruit under any circumstances. You must make sure the fruit is ripe (when the pods open, and the seeds are exposed) before it is harvested for consumption. Then it should be cleaned by removing the seeds and the stringy pieces attached to the inside of the fruit. It should then be boiled before cooking.

There is however canned ackee which the majority of people in Europe, and the USA use. Canned ackee can be found at Walmart and many local supermarkets.

 

Ackee and Saltfish cooking on stove
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Jamaican Ackee And Saltfish Recipe

Ackee and saltfish can be served for served for breakfast, lunch or dinner. This is perhaps the most versatile of all Jamaican dishes.

Course Breakfast
Cuisine Jamaican
Prep Time 35 minutes
Cook Time 15 minutes
Total Time 50 minutes
Servings 6
Calories 371 kcal
Author https://myjamaicanrecipes.com/

Ingredients

  • 1/2 lb saltfish (codfish)
  • 1 can ackee (drained)
  • 1 tbsp vegetable oil can be substituted with olive oil
  • 1 clove garlic minced
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 1/2 whole scotch bonnet pepper (chopped and de-seeded) optional if you dont like hot peppers
  • 1 whole tomato sliced in half moon slices
  • 1 whole yellow onion sliced in half moon slices
  • 2 sprigs fresh thyme (dried) can be substituted with 1 tsp bottled thyme
  • 1 whole green pepper chopped

Instructions

  1. Soak the saltfish in cold water for about 1 ½ hr, then place in a medium-sized saucepan filled with water and boil for about ½ hr. Remove the saltfish from the saucepan, then remove all bones and break the saltfish into flakes.

  2. Add 1 tablespoon of vegetable or olive oil to a medium-sized frying pan and let hear for about 3 minutes until hot. Add your, saltfish, chopped onions. garlic, scotch bonnet pepper, and green pepper to the heated oil, and sauté for approx. 8 minutes over a medium flame.

  3. Add your drained ackee and 1 tablespoon of black pepper, tomato and your thyme to the frying pan and let cook for approximately 15 minutes over a medium flame.

    Ackee and Saltfish cooking on stove

Recipe Notes

  1. Served with boiled green bananas and boiled or fried dumplings. To reduce sodium, boil salt fish (codfish) until salt dissipates.

Please check out this useful video from http://caribbeanpot.com/

 

Jamaican Curry Chicken Recipe

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Jamaican Curry Chicken Recipe

Curry Chicken for Dinner

Curry Chicken Served

This recipe is one of my favorites. This is how you make a traditional Jamaican curry chicken dinner. Curry chicken was first introduced to Jamaica by Indian immigrants who brought many different spices and even fruits to Jamaica. This has been a staple of almost every Jamaican home for centuries. You can now add a Jamaican curry chicken recipe to your recipe Rolodex.

Curry Chicken for Dinner
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Jamaican Curry Chicken recipe

This is one of the quickest and easiest recipes you will ever make. This is fast and delicious and will have your family asking for more. This recipe is one of my favorites. This is how you make a traditional Jamaican curry chicken dinner. Curry chicken was first introduced to Jamaica by Indian immigrants who brought many different spices and even fruits to Jamaica. This has been a staple of almost every Jamaican home for centuries. You can now add a Jamaican curry chicken recipe to your recipe rolodex.

Course Main Course
Cuisine Jamaican
Prep Time 30 minutes
Cook Time 40 minutes
Total Time 1 hour 10 minutes
Servings 10
Calories 410 kcal
Author https://myjamaicanrecipes.com/

Ingredients

  • 3 lbs chicken parts
  • 1 whole yellow onion chopped
  • 1 whole tomato sliced in half moon slices
  • 1 whole sweet pepper chopped
  • 1 tbsp black pepper
  • 3 cloves garlic chopped
  • 1 whole scotch bonnet pepper chopped (AKA habanero)
  • 4 tbsp yellow Jamaican curry powder
  • 4 tbsp vegetable oil can be substituted with olive oil
  • 2 cups water
  • 3 whole small potatoes chopped
  • 3 whole small to medium carrots chopped

Instructions

  1. Start preparing your chicken by cleaning and washing it. You can use lemon juice, salt, or white vinegar in a bowl with water to clean the chicken. Remove all excess fat from chicken. Rinse chicken with water after cleaning
  2. Begin seasoning the chicken by adding 2 tablespoons of curry powder and 1 tablespoon of black pepper. You can then add your chopped scallions (green onions), garlic, onion, green pepper, scotch bonnet pepper (habanero) and rub vigorously into the chicken until the all pieces are coated with your seasonings.
  3. Add 4 tablespoons of vegetable oil to a heated saucepan (medium flame) then add 2 tablespoons of curry powder to the heated oil . Let it cook for about 3 minutes.
  4. You then add your chicken to the saucepan, cover, and let cook for about 15 minutes (stirring occasionally). Add in 2 cups of water then add 1 sliced tomato, 3 sprigs of fresh thyme, the cubed potatoes, and carrots and let cook for 35 minutes.

Recipe Notes

Please check out this video from https://cooklikeajamaican.com/amp/

 


Serve with white rice, or traditional Jamaican rice and peas, with a side salad. In Trinidad and other islands, it is also served with roti.