DISH RESEARCH · Salad
Buljol
Shredded saltfish dressed with hot oil, with optional onion, pepper and tomato.
About Buljol
Chris de la Rosa records the simple buljol described by his father from earlier family generations. Shredded saltfish forms the base, with hot oil poured over the fish.
Sliced onion, hot peppers and tomato were additions when those ingredients were available. They bring a vegetable element alongside the saltfish and oil dressing.
The preparation centres on loose pieces of fish coated with the oil. It is the modest family-style buljol in the account, with the optional vegetables accompanying the seasoned saltfish.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Buljol
The simple family buljol recorded by Chris de la Rosa.
- Prepared shredded saltfishBaseIngredient page not linked
- OilLiquidIngredient page not linked
- Sliced onionAccompaniment · Optional
- Hot peppersAccompaniment · OptionalIngredient page not linked
- TomatoAccompaniment · Optional
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Prepared shredded saltfish: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Fish source-confirmed. Actual18 named prepared component; fish species, original curing/desalting/cooking subformula not given for this historical account. Fish definite, no modern pollock19 transfer.
- Oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual18 hot oil dressing, botanical species not specified for original; no modern oliveoil28 borrowed.
- Sliced onion (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual18 ifavailable optional addition.
- Hot peppers (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual18 ifavailable optional addition, cultivar/colour unknown.
- Tomato (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Actual18 ifavailable optional addition.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Trinidad and Tobago
- Saint Vincent and the GrenadinesCatalogue link pending review
- Trinidad and TobagoCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Trinidadian Cuisine
- Trinidadian and Tobagonian Creole CuisineCatalogue link pending review
- Vincentian CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.