Jamaican Mackerel Run Down

Ingredients

  • 1 lb pickled mackerel

  • 3 cups of coconut milk

  • 1 medium onion, chopped

  • 2 medium tomatoes, chopped

  • 2 cloves garlic, chopped

  • 1 small sweet pepper, chopped

  • 1 scotch bonnet pepper, sliced (to taste)

  • 2 stack of scallion

  • 4 sprigs of thyme

  • 1/2 tsp. Black pepper

Preparation

  • Soak pickled mackerel in water for one hour to remove some of the salt from your pickled mackerel. Then, boil in hot water for 1/2 hour.

  • Drain water, remove the bones from the mackerel and cut into small pieces.

  • Put the coconut milk in a saucepan and bring to boil until it has an oily look.

  • Add all seasonings in the coconut milk, stir and let it boil for twenty minutes.

  • Add mackerel to pan, stir, lower the heat and let it simmer for 10 minutes.

    Notes

    Serve with boiled green bananas, boiled breadfruit, roast breadfruit, dumpling or yam. .

Video Instructions

By Gregory Hibbert