Jamaican Codfish Breakfast

I'm always looking for creative ways to make traditional Jamaican dishes without disrupting the recipe completely. I cooked some salt fish with green plantain this morning for breakfast and the twist was in the preparation of the plantain.

Ingredients:

1 package salted cod

1 tomato

1 yellow onion

1 tsp scotch bonnet sauce

1 green plantain

Instructions:

Codfish :

Boil salted cod to remove some of the salt

Remove boiled cod from stove and begin to break fish apart with hands

Sautée sliced tomato and onion in 1.5 tbsp olive oil for a couple of minutes

Add cod to pan

Mix all ingredients together and cook on low for about 8 mins

Add scotch bonnet pepper sauce and 1/2 tsp of black pepper

Plantain:

Cut plantain into 4 even pieces

Soak in salted water for about 15 mins

Remove from water and dry on paper towel

Add plantain to heated pot of vegetable oil

(Add enough oil to submerge plantain or brown on one side before rotating)

Remove plantain from oil and press in whatever way you prefer. Sometimes, I do it flat, but today, I used a lemon squeeze to create a cup like shape. #kitchenhacks

Place plantain back in oil and cook until crispy

Spoon cooked cod into plantain cups and enjoy!

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