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A bowl of cooked smoked herring with tomatoes, onions and scallion

Smoked Herring Recipe

A delicious smoked herring choka. Smoked herring with onions and tomatoes with a hot garlic oil mix. Paired well with bake or bread.
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Prep Time 15 minutes
Cook Time 4 minutes
Total Time 19 minutes
Servings: 6
Course: Appetizer, Breakfast
Cuisine: Caribbean
Calories: 183
Ingredients Method Nutrition Notes

Ingredients
  

  • 3/4 pound smoked herring
  • 3 medium Roma tomatoes chopped. (or one large beefsteak tomato)
  • 1/4 cup chopped onions
  • 2 cloves garlic minced
  • 2 sprigs thyme
  • 1/4 cup oil
  • 1/2 scotch bonnet chopped (with seeds for more heat)
  • Hot boiling water

Method
 

  1. Take scissors and cut the fillets into smaller sizes then shred the meat off using your hands. Discarding as much bones as possible.
  2. Add the shredded meat to a medium-sized dish
  3. Take boiling water and pour water over herrings. Make sure the water covers the fish.
  4. Leave to soak for about 10 minutes. This is to get rid of excess salt
  5. Throw water off and taste for salt. If still too salty, pour additional hot water onto fish and repeat.
  6. Add oil to a heavy pot, when heated add garlic, onions, flavor pepper, and hot pepper. Saute for 5 minutes
  7. Add hot oil mixture to the bowl of drained, shredded fish, and mix
  8. Add chopped tomatoes
  9. Taste for salt and pepper. Add if needed.
  10. Let sit so that flavors can combine.
  11. Serve

Nutrition

Calories: 183kcal

Notes

  • Another method would be to add the smoked herring to the pan with the hot oil, garlic, onions, and pepper and saute for about 5 minutes. Remove from stove and add tomatoes.
  • If you got the whole herrings and not the fillets, remove the head and tails, then proceed with the recipe as normal.
  • If you taste the herring after scalding and think too much salt has been removed, simply add back your amount with regular salt
  • You can also boil the herring instead of scalding it with water. Just add to a pot of boiling water and boil for about 10 minutes.

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