Saltfish fritters (Jamaican stamp and go)

Name: Saltfish fritters (Jamaican stamp and go)
Total time: 45 min
Cuisine: Caribbean
Ingredients: 250g salt cod, soaked overnight in cold water; 200g plain flour; 1 tsp baking powder; 1 spring onion, finely sliced; 1 tomato, finely chopped; 1 tsp fresh thyme leaves; 0.5 scotch bonnet chilli, deseeded and finely chopped; 0.5 tsp black pepper; 180ml cold water; 750ml sunflower oil, for deep frying

Crisp little fritters packed with salt cod, thyme, spring onion and scotch bonnet, a Jamaican breakfast and snack.

Time45 min
LevelEasy
Costabout £1.31 a head

Cost is worked out from Aldi and Tesco shelf prices in October 2026. Your shop and brands will differ.

4 fritters

Ingredients

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250 gsalt codsoaked overnight in cold water
200 gplain flour
1 tspbaking powder
1spring onionfinely sliced
1tomatofinely chopped
1 tspfresh thyme leaves
½scotch bonnet chillideseeded and finely chopped
½ tspblack pepper
180 mlcold water
750 mlsunflower oilfor deep frying

Method

1
Drain the soaked salt cod and put it in a pan of fresh cold water. Bring to the boil and simmer for 10 minutes. Drain, cool, and flake finely, removing any skin and bones. If it still tastes very salty, rinse again.
10 min
2
Mix the flour, baking powder and pepper. Stir in the fish, spring onion, tomato, thyme and chilli.
3
Add the cold water gradually, mixing to a thick batter that drops off the spoon in clumps.
4
Heat the oil in a deep pan to 175C, or until a drop of batter floats and fizzes at once.
5
Drop in heaped tablespoons of batter, 5 or 6 at a time. Fry for 4 minutes, turning, until deep golden. Drain on kitchen paper.
4 min
6
Serve hot with a squeeze of lime.

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