- prep: 12 hr
- cook: 40 min
- total: 12 hr 40 min
Summary
Ackee and Saltfish, a delicious dish from Jamaica usually served as breakfast or dinner alongside breadfruit, hard dough bread,dumplings, fried plantain, or boiled green bananas.
Ingredients
- 12 ounces
- 1 can ackee, rinsed and drained
- 2 tablespoon of Olive oil
- 1 teaspoon dried thyme (or a few sprigs of fresh thyme)
- 1 small onion, chopped
- 2 garlic cloves, chopped
- 1 tomato, chopped or use one small tinned tomato
- 1/2 red and 1/2 green bell pepper deseeded, and chopped
- 1/4 Scotch bonnet or 1/2 chilli, stemmed, seeded, and finely chopped or 1/8 teaspoon of chilli powder
- 1 scallion thinly sliced, white part only
- A few drops of fresh squeezed lemon juice (optional, my version)
- ground black pepper, to taste
- 4-6 rashes, optional
Instructions
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Nutrition
Nutritional Info

- Servings Per Recipe: 4
- Amount Per Serving
- Calories: 405 % Daily Value *
- Total Fat: 20 g 31.4%
- Saturated Fat: 3 g 17.28%
- Trans Fat: 0 g %
- Cholesterol: 7 mg 2.44%
- Sodium: 666 mg 27.76%
- Calcium: 270 mg 26.96%
- Potassium: 710 mg 20.28%
- Magnesium: 0 mg 0%
- Iron: 5 mg 26.07%
- Zinc: 0 mg 0%
- Total Carbohydrate: 54 g %
- Dietary Fiber: 11 g 43.98%
- Sugar: 5 g
- Protein: 9 g
- Alcohol: 0 g
- Omega 3 Fatty Acid: 0 g
- Omega 6 Fatty Acid: 1 g
- Vitamin A 7.27%
- Vitamin C 75.25%
- Vitamin D 0.15%
- * Percent Daily Values are based on a 2,000 calorie diet. Your Daily Values may be higher or lower depending on your calorie needs.
Diabetes Exchanges
- Exchange - Fat4
- Exchange - Fruit1
- Exchange - NonFat Milk0
- Exchange - Other Carbs0
- Exchange - Starch1
- Exchange - Vegetables5
- Exchange - Lean Meat0
- Exchange - Alcohol0
MyPlate Info
- MyPlate - Grain Total0 oz-eq
- MyPlate - Vegetable Total1 c
- MyPlate - Fruit0 c
- MyPlate - Dairy0 c
- MyPlate - Protein Total0 oz-eq