Ackee Stir-fry

Name: Ackee Stir-fry
Yield: Serves 4 as a starter or as a main course with rice and salad
Cuisine: Jamaica
Ingredients: 1 tbsp soy sauce; 1 red pepper, deseeded and cut into small chunks; ½ tbsp sunflower or groundnut oil; 2.5 cm (1 in) piece of root ginger, cut into thin slithers; juice and grated zest of 1 lime; 540 g can ackee, drained; 1 garlic clove, finely chopped; ½ red chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 1 red onion, finely sliced; 100 g (3½ oz) peanuts (in their skins or dry roasted); large handful of fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped

Preparation info

Serves
4
as a starter

Difficulty
Medium

Appears in

Caribbean Food Made Easy

By Levi Roots

Published 2009

About

Wonderful ackee is one of the delicacies of Jamaica and a very special food (see The Caribbean Kitchen). It is best known for its role in the national dish, saltfish and ackee, but there are other ways to try it – and I recommend you do! Here it’s in a delicious stir-fry that features the bright national colours of Jamaica: red pepper, yellow ackee and green coriander.

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Americas
Jamaica
Dinner
Spicy
Vegan
Caribbean

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