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Baked Beans & Salt Fish

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Baked Beans & Salt Fish

This is a good, tasty economical breakfast item often found in the downtown area of Kingston, Jamaica. It usually is eaten with boiled green banana, yellow yam & dumpling. Crumbled bacon has been added here to give an extra dimension.

Course Breakfast

Cuisine Caribbean

Servings 2

Ingredients

1 – 13.8 Oz Swiss Tetra Pak Baked Beans inTomato Sauce
5 Oz Boneless Salted Cod or Pollock (about3 small pieces)
½ Onion small diced
1 Plum Tomato large diced
½ Clove Garlic chopped
1 Small Sprig of Thyme, leaves only
1 Small piece of Scotch Bonnet Pepper
Salt & Black Pepper to taste
2 Tbsp Olive Oil
2 Strips of bacon

Notes

PREPARATION

In advance of cooking, wash the heavily salted fish under running water well several times then place in a bowl of water to soak for 15 minutes, repeat this 3 more times. In a small pot boil some water, lower to simmer and drop the washed and soaked fish in for 2 minutes, drain, remove, break into small chunks and set aside.

While soaking the salted fish above, dice the washed onion & tomato, slice the Scotch bonnet pepper & strip the leaves off the sprig of thyme, set aside.

Open your tetra pak baked beans, set aside.

In a small frying pan on high heat as soon as hot, add your oil, when sizzling, add your onion and tomato and saute quickly moving it around until the onions are just translucent. Turn the heat down to medium and add the garlic, thyme & Scotch bonnet pepper, incorporate then add the salted fish pieces, stir quickly without breaking up the fish too much. Add black pepper & salt to taste. Remember the fish still has some salt in it so be careful not to add too much salt, you may not even have to add any. Lastly, add Baked Beans mix in just enough on low heat. Prepare your strips of bacon to crisp. You are now ready to plate the Baked Beans & Salted Fish, crumble the bacon and sprinkle on top.

SERVING SUGGESTION

If you don’t have boiled green bananas, yellow yam or flour dumpling these are some options:

Serve with Carib Festival. The mix is available in 16oz pouches and all you need to do is prepare as instructed on the packaging by adding water, kneading lightly, rolling in a cigar shape, stretching, resting a few minutes then frying in a separate frying pan until golden brown.

You may also serve with garlic bread made from a ciabatta roll as in photo for those living outside of Jamaica with access to this product.

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Easter is approaching and the first thing that comes to mind is Miss Birdie Easter Bun, the seasonal favorite by far. Moist, fruity, spiced to perfection, waiting to be devoured with your favorite cheese or butter by the entire family. A Jamaican tradition which has spread throughout the English-speaking Caribbean and anywhere in the world a Jamaican immigrant population exists, North America, Canada, the United Kingdom & beyond.

The bun is an off shoot of the Hot Cross Bun from Jamaica’s British colonial period. Like many Jamaican food items, some ingredients were changed or added to make something similar and accessible to the local population and adapted to their tastes.

The among the main ingredients are: Flour, Brown Sugar, Preserved Fruits, Raisins, Vegetable Shortening, Yeast, Cinnamon, Nutmeg, Vanilla Flavoring. The rest is a secret.

Carib is the sole distributor of Miss Birdie Easter Bun and Whole Wheat Crackers in Florida. Products are available at many of their customers throughout the state and other areas.

Course Main Course

Ackee & Saltfish

Course Main Course

Cuisine Caribbean

Prep Time 10

Cook Time 10

Total Time 20

Servings 4

Ingredients

3 lbs Boneless Saltfish (bacalao): Soaked overnight and flaked
1 large Onion: chopped
1 stalk Escallion (green onion): chopped
2 plum Tomatoes: chopped
1/2 Scotch Bonner Pepper optional
1 can Carib Ackee: drained
3 tbsp Ground Thyme
3 strips Bacon: fried crispy optional
2 springs Thyme
3 tbsp Cooking Oil
1 tbsp Carib Ground Black Pepper

Instructions

Saute vegetables in oil.
Add flaked saltfish and cook for 2 minutes.
Add rinsed Carib Ackee.
Add black pepper and thyme.
Simmer for 10 minutes.
Garnish with crisp bacon and fresh tomatoes.