Codfish Fritters

Bacalaitos Fritos

Preparation info
  • Makes

    30

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Puerto Rican Cookery

By Carmen Aboy Valldejuli

Published 1983

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Ingredients

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  • ½ pound dried salted fillet of codfish

Method

  1. Cut codfish into 2-inch pieces. Cover with water in a large pot and boil rapidly for 15 minutes. (If preferred, do not boil codfish but soak in water to cover for 3 hours.)
  2. Drain, remove skin and bones from codfish. Rinse in fresh water two or three times.
  3. Squeeze codfish with the hands and shred, making sure all bones have