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Saltfish Accra
Trinidad-style saltfish fritters with herbs, lime and pimento.
About Saltfish Accra
Saltfish accra are Caribbean fish fritters. This Trinidad-style recipe from CGA combines salted fish with a flour batter, onion, garlic and local herbs, fried in coconut oil.
The fish gives a savoury, salty flavour, balanced by lime juice. Pimento, chives, thyme and chadon beni add fresh, aromatic notes, with black pepper providing gentle warmth.
The batter forms spoonful-sized fritters with a golden, crisp exterior. The fish and herbs sit within the softer centre; the source serves them hot, with tamarind dipping sauce alongside.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish, Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Saltfish Accra
CGA’s Trinidad-style saltfish accra with chadon beni.
- Salted fishProtein
- OnionAromatic
- Pimento peppersSeasoning
- GarlicAromatic
- ChivesAromatic
- Chadon beniAromatic
- ThymeAromatic
- Wheat flourBinder
- Garlic powderSeasoning
- Onion powderSeasoning
- Baking powderBinder
- WaterLiquid
- Lime juiceSeasoning
- SaltSeasoning
- Black pepperSeasoning
- Coconut oilCooking medium
- Tamarind dipping sauceAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Salted fish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Fish species unspecified
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Pimento peppers: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Caribbean seasoning pepper, not allspice
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chives: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Chadon beni: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Chadon/shadon beni is culantro; candidate broader naming
- Thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Wheat flour: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Wheat (gluten) source-confirmed. Published recipe says flour; standard wheat flour is supported by its conventional flour-and-baking-powder fritter batter context. Catalogue mapping/review remains separate.
- Garlic powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Baking powder: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Carrier formula unspecified
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Lime juice: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coconut oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tamarind dipping sauce (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Serving suggestion with unspecified sauce formula
Recipe-specific unresolved details
- Publisher says flour without a numbered grade; standard wheat batter identity is used, while exact flour grade and catalogue approval remain separate.
- Fish species, baking-powder carrier and dipping-sauce formula unresolved.
Origins & food traditions
The local publisher tags the recipe as Trinidad and Tobago saltfish accra.
Countries
- Trinidad and Tobago
- DominicaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint LuciaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCatalogue link pending review
- Antigua and BarbudaCatalogue link pending review
- BarbadosCatalogue link pending review
- GrenadaCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Kitts and NevisCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Trinidadian cuisine
- Vincentian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Dominica Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Lucian Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Bajan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Saint Kitts and Nevis CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Antiguan and Barbudan CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Grenadian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
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