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Spinach with Salted Codfish

February 2, 2015 By Tekesha Leave a Comment

Spinach with Salted Codfish

When I was growing up, we would eat this for breakfast with fried dumplings. I can remember opening my bedroom door on a weekend morning, smelling it cooking on the stove and rushing to the kitchen to see if it was time to eat. It wasn’t until my adult years that I started making it as a side dish with dinner.

If you have never had it before, salted codfish (or “saltfish” or “bacalao”) is dried, salted codfish that must be re-hydrated and the outer layer of salt removed by boiling or soaking hot water. Once you’ve done so, the texture is like slightly firmer tuna and it gives everything a nutty, salty flavor. It’s eaten all over the Caribbean and Latin America in a variety of ways. Another of my favorites is Jamaican saltfish fritters! Still trying to find a way to make a low carb version of that, but until then, this is how I get my saltfish fix!

Spinach with Salted Codfish
 
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Prep time
5 mins
Cook time
40 mins
Total time
45 mins
 
Jamaican-style sauteed spinach and veggies with saltfish
Author: Tekesha @ EatMoreFoodProject
Serves: 6
Ingredients
  • ½ lb Salted Codfish
  • ½ onion, sliced
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper, de-seeded and minced
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 2 stalks of scallion, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 16-oz bags of frozen spinach
  • 2 tbsp butter
Instructions
  1. Boil the codfish for 20 minutes to remove some of the salt. Rinse in cool water and shred.
  2. Prepare the onion, pepper, tomato, scallion and garlic.
  3. Add oil to a large skillet and sauté the tomato mixture on medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.
  4. Add spinach, butter, and shredded fish to the skillet.
  5. Cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.
  6. Uncover and cook for an additional 10 minutes to evaporate some of the liquid in the pan.
  7. Season to taste, but watch the salt content.
Notes
Sodium amounts were not calculated for this recipe because I could not find a way to calculate it that took into account that a lot of the salt is removed from the saltfish during the boiling process.
Nutrition Information
Calories: 160 Fat: 10 Saturated fat: 3 Trans fat: 0 Carbohydrates: 8 Sugar: 2 Fiber: 4 Protein: 15 Cholesterol: 30
3.2.2885

 

Gather up:

  • ½ lb Salted Codfish
  • ½ onion, sliced
  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper, de-seeded and minced
  • 1 tomato, chopped
  • 2 stalks of scallion, chopped
  • 2 cloves of garlic, minced
  • 2 tbsp olive oil
  • 2 16-oz bags of frozen spinach
  • 2 tbsp butter

This is what salted codfish looks like.

Spinach with Salted Codfish

You can see from the package that these chunks of fish are preserved in a thick layer of salt and have been de-boned. If yours haven’t already been de-boned, you will need to do that after they are boiled. The texture of it at this stage is like a flat piece of beef jerky.

Boil the codfish for 20 minutes to remove some of the salt. Rinse in cool water and shred.

Spinach with Salted Codfish

Prepare the onion, pepper, tomato, scallion and garlic.

Spinach with Salted Codfish

Add oil to a large skillet and sauté the tomato mixture on medium heat for 10 minutes, stirring frequently.

Spinach with Salted Codfish

Add spinach, butter, and shredded fish to the skillet.

Spinach with Salted Codfish

Cover and cook for 20 minutes, stirring occasionally.

Uncover and cook for an additional 10 minutes to evaporate some of the liquid in the pan.

Spinach with Salted Codfish

Season to taste, but watch the salt content. The fish seasons everything in the skillet with a bit of salt, so you don’t want to mindlessly add too much additional salt.

I served this with curry jerk chicken* and a low-carb wrap.

Spinach with Salted Codfish

Spinach with Salted Codfish

*Super easy! Put 1 pack of chicken thighs, 1 tbsp olive oil, 3 tbsp curry powder, 1 tbsp reduced-sugar ketchup, 1 tbsp Goya Adobo seasoning powder, ¼ cup water, and 2 tbsp jerk seasoning into the slow cooker on high for 3 hours, stirring occasionally. Oh my gosh, so so so good!!!

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