Our family has used this recipe for more than a century.
| Prep Time: | 1 hr |
| Cook Time: | 20 mins |
| Additional Time: | 8 hrs |
| Total Time: | 9 hrs 20 mins |
| Servings: | 6 |
| Yield: | 24 small fritters |
Ingredients
- 6 ounces dried salted cod fish
- cold water, to cover
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 2 teaspoons ground black pepper
- 1 teaspoon baking powder
- 1 large tomato, chopped
- 2 green onions, chopped
- ½ cup water
- vegetable oil for frying
Instructions
- Soak cod in cold water to rehydrate it and remove excess salt, 8 hours to overnight.
- Remove bones and skin from fish. Flake and shred fish into small pieces; set aside.
- Sift flour, pepper, and baking powder into a large bowl. Add tomatoes, green onions, and flaked cod. Pour in 1/2 cup water; stir until well blended.
- Heat 1/4 inch of oil in a large, heavy skillet over medium heat.
- Drop rounded spoonfuls of batter into the skillet; fry in hot oil until golden brown and crisp, about 5 minutes per side. Drain on paper towels and serve hot.
- If you can’t soak the fish overnight, place salt cod in a saucepan and fill with enough water to cover. Bring to a boil, reduce heat to a simmer, and cook for 5 minutes. Drain and rinse under cool water. Repeat with fresh water four more times. Taste to check salt level; if the fish is still too salty, repeat.
- We have determined the nutritional value of oil for frying based on a retention value of 10% after cooking. The exact amount will vary depending on cooking time and temperature, ingredient density, and the specific type of oil used.
Nutrition Facts
| Calories | 232 kcal |
| Carbohydrate | 18 g |
| Cholesterol | 43 mg |
| Dietary Fiber | 1 g |
| Protein | 20 g |
| Saturated Fat | 1 g |
| Sodium | 2079 mg |
| Sugars | 1 g |
| Fat | 8 g |
| Unsaturated Fat | 0 g |
Reviews
Instead of tomatoes i added red sweet peppers (jalapeños). I also added some escallion and scotch bonnet peppers.
Delicious! I made the original recipe but will try the scotch bonnet version next time. Soaking the salt fish overnight is a must to avoid excessive salt
This recipe is great with a salad. Add hot peppers for a more spicy flavor. Fritters came out light and airy.
The batter was too thick. Had to add more than the 1/2 cup water.
I nailed it. My son said they were light and decadent. My husband is from Jamaica and he said it felt like he was home. Thank you.
I will definitely make it again. I added some other seasonings and was overall pleased.
I added some red pepper and Callaloo and it was yummy. Will definitely make again
I added garlic powder.
Overall, good recipe. Though I like my salt fish to have a bit of a salty taste so picked it apart then soaked it like my mother Beryl, did. Plus it is a bit cheaper having to cook for a large family and can use less fish with more flavour. Also, I don’t like to boil the fish because it seems that it loses that nice cod fish flavour and it’s so expensive!! Then did a taste test before I mixed it up. I added more water (more moist) and less olive oil and cook it like a pancake and it cooks faster as well. A litttle bit of thyme and grated carrots was added. Extra fiber never hurts and I love thyme. Did a second batch with scotch bonnet, cumin and tumeric for the “hot” folks. My daughter is purring while she eats. She loves it.
I made it this morning and we enjoy it two thumbs up
Made this but omitted the tomatoes and added a curry powder and just a tiny scotch bonnet pepper it was perfect!
Absolutely delicious! My mom and aunties never added tomatoes but I tried it anyway they tasted delicious. also added a few drops of hot pepper to each.
I added a little extra and it was out of this world. I left out the tomatoes but added corn. garlic, sweet union. Next time I am going to try it with corn meal “Hush Puppies”
Great recipe. I added a little minced garlic scotch bonnet pepper a little minced bell pepper (red and green) and little seasoning salt to the flour…Just like Mommy’s…”when yuh check it out Lawwd nuh weh nuh betta dan yaaard” #Jamaica ??
It was good I tasted the first batch and it needed a little kick of spice so I added Bahama spicy seafood seasoning to it made it better mine didn’t come out as well as the picture but still the family was asking for seconds
this is oh so good. next time i will boil the saltfish three times instead of two; it was still too salty for my family taste. But otherwise it was good. I also added extra seasonings like sweet pepper, thyme, basil, cayenne pepper,onion chive
This recipe turned out SO well, I felt like I had been making the fritters for years! I added scotch bonnet peppers, and that gave it the kick that Jamaicans are accustomed to having. I actually made it for a multi-cultural expo at my church and EVERYBODY raved about them!
his is too much black pepper, should be cut by half teaspoon. And a bit more water is needed. usually Fritas are not so thick.
Yesss gyal!!! I’ve been wanting these forever but never knew how to make them and don’t like the ones I’ve found in restaurants. I made them last night as directed except added some scotch bonnet. They were delicious! No one in my house really likes saltfish so I was lucky enough to be able to eat them all myself, and I sure did! Thank you
Sorry Monique C. I followed this recipe and I didn’t care for these. They seemed to soak up alot of oil, making them pretty greasy. I also thought they were kind of bland so I added some cayenne to kick it up a notch but it still didn’t appeal to me.
I added fresh Thyme and 1 Scotch Bonnett pepper