West Indian Cod Fish Cakes
Cod Fish Cakes or Accra is one of the most delicious recipes enjoyed on every Caribbean island. Loaded with flavorful aromatics and dried salted cod (bacalao), it's the perfect appetizer or snack for any time!
Servings: 25 fritters
Calories: 124kcal
Ingredients
- 1 1/2 pounds dried salted fish bacalao
- 1 onion finely chopped
- 1 Scotch Bonnet chile finely chopped
- 3 scallions finely chopped
- 5 pimento peppers finely chopped
- 1 bell pepper finely chopped
- 2 tablespoons thyme leaves
- 1/4 cup parsley chopped
- ½ teaspoon black pepper
- 2 tablespoons fresh lime juice
- 3 eggs
- 1 ½ cups milk
- 1 tablespoon Creole seasoning optional
- 2 cups all purpose flour
- 1 tablespoon baking powder
- ¼ cup water
- Oil for frying
Instructions
- In a large bowl, combine onion, Scotch Bonnet pepper, scallions, pimento peppers, bell pepper, theme and parsley in a large mixing bowl.
- Add black pepper and lime juice. Stir to combine.
- In a small bowl, whisk together the eggs, milk and Creole seasoning for about 2-3 minutes until well combined.
- Add the egg mixture to the bowl with the vegetables.
- Add flour and mix well.
- Add prepared salt cod and mix to combine.
- Add water and mix well.
- For best results, let cod mixture rest for 15 minutes.
- In the meantime, you can start to heat the oil.
- In a large skillet, heat enough oil for shallow frying.
- Using a tablespoon or ice cream scoop, drop approximately 2 large tablespoons or 1 ice cream scoop of batter for each accra into the hot oil.
- Once you have added the batter into the hot oil, reduce to medium heat so that they do not burn too quickly.
- Fry until golden brown on both sides and transfer cooked fish patties to a paper towel lined plate to absorb excess oil.
- Serve with Creole Sauce.
Notes
If you are short on time, you can fry them right away, but the consistency will be better if you let the batter rest. This gives the baking powder the opportunity to activate so that the fish cakes are not too thin.
Nutrition
Calories: 124kcal | Carbohydrates: 10g | Protein: 17g | Fat: 2g | Saturated Fat: 1g | Polyunsaturated Fat: 1g | Monounsaturated Fat: 1g | Trans Fat: 1g | Cholesterol: 56mg | Sodium: 1609mg | Potassium: 453mg | Fiber: 1g | Sugar: 1g | Vitamin A: 412IU | Vitamin C: 10mg | Calcium: 86mg | Iron: 1mg
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