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Fried codfish
Jamaican Restaurant in The Bronx Serving the Best Codfish
Fried Codfish or Saltfish
In the islands, salt fish or bacalao is a meaty, fresh white fish (typically cod) that’s been preserved through drying and salt curing. To prepare it for cooking, it must be re-hydrated and stripped of most of its salt through overnight soaking and boiling. This is a delicate process; if too much salt is removed, you’ll end up with a plain-tasting piece of fish.
Saltfish is low-fat and high in protein, but it’s also high in sodium because of the way it’s processed. 100g or three ounces of saltfish contains about 140 calories, .9g fat, 33g protein, and 400mg sodium. The RDA for sodium is 2400mg for those without heart disease, kidney disease, or high blood pressure. Nutritionists suggest that people with those conditions limit their consumption of saltfish.
Along with cod, other fish are dried and salt-cured, including shark, snapper, and pollock. The name “salt cod” has become a generic term for other types of dried fish, even if they’re not codfish.
Saltfish is prepared in various ways in Jamaica, but frying is one of the most common methods. With the “cook up" version, we mean that the fish is sautéed with onions, tomatoes, hot peppers, and thyme. When the fish is prepared this way, we usually serve it with fried dumpling or festival. As a meal great for lunch and dinner time with ground provisions or rice.
In the islands, salt fish or bacalao is a meaty, fresh white fish (typically cod) that’s been preserved through drying and salt curing. To prepare it for cooking, it must be re-hydrated and stripped of most of its salt through overnight soaking and boiling. This is a delicate process; if too much salt is removed, you’ll end up with a plain-tasting piece of fish.
Saltfish is low-fat and high in protein, but it’s also high in sodium because of the way it’s processed. 100g or three ounces of saltfish contains about 140 calories, .9g fat, 33g protein, and 400mg sodium. The RDA for sodium is 2400mg for those without heart disease, kidney disease, or high blood pressure. Nutritionists suggest that people with those conditions limit their consumption of saltfish.
Along with cod, other fish are dried and salt-cured, including shark, snapper, and pollock. The name “salt cod” has become a generic term for other types of dried fish, even if they’re not codfish.
Saltfish is prepared in various ways in Jamaica, but frying is one of the most common methods. With the “cook up" version, we mean that the fish is sautéed with onions, tomatoes, hot peppers, and thyme. When the fish is prepared this way, we usually serve it with fried dumpling or festival. As a meal great for lunch and dinner time with ground provisions or rice.