DISH RESEARCH · Side dish
Callaloo and Saltfish
Jamaican callaloo greens with salted cod, thyme and Scotch bonnet.
About Callaloo and Saltfish
Chris De La Rosa’s Jamaican callaloo and saltfish combines green amaranth with salted cod. The greens, including tender stems, define this Jamaican preparation and distinguish it from the soup-like callaloo found elsewhere in the Caribbean.
Coconut oil carries garlic, onion, thyme, black pepper and Scotch bonnet through the dish. Tomato adds acidity to balance the salted fish; coconut cream and scallions are optional flavour additions.
The greens reduce to a concentrated mixture with browned edges and little liquid around the fish. The creator pairs it with Jamaican festivals, while an optional lemon-juice finish adds another citrus note.
Allergens in this recipe
Contains: Fish.
Optional additions: Wheat (gluten).
Other allergen details are unconfirmed.
Ingredients vary by restaurant. Confirm your allergens with staff before ordering.
Ingredients in Callaloo and Saltfish
Chris De La Rosa’s Jamaican green-amaranth callaloo with salted cod.
- Green amaranth leaves and tender stemsBase
- Salted codProtein
- Coconut oilCooking medium
- OnionAromatic
- Scotch bonnet pepperSeasoning
- GarlicAromatic
- Fresh thymeAromatic
- Black pepperSeasoning
- TomatoBase
- Coconut creamLiquid · Optional
- ScallionsAromatic · Optional
- SaltSeasoning · Optional
- Lemon juiceFinish · Optional
- WaterLiquid
- Jamaican festivalsAccompaniment · Optional serving · OptionalIngredient page not linked
Ingredient details & uncertainties
Allergen information is incomplete. Unconfirmed details do not establish that an allergen is absent.
- Green amaranth leaves and tender stems: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Broader amaranth-leaf link; explicit green-amaranth identity and tender stems retained.
- Salted cod: Fish
- Coconut oil: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Onion: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scotch bonnet pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Garlic: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Fresh thyme: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Black pepper: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Tomato: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Coconut cream (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Scallions (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed
- Salt (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only if-needed addition; author usually omits.
- Lemon juice (optional): Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Optional final addition retained without adopting source medical rationale.
- Water: Recipe-specific ingredient evidence; Allergen details unconfirmed. Explicit method-only cod soaking/rinsing medium, not an invented sauce liquid.
- Jamaican festivals (optional): Wheat. Named fried dough accompaniment; normal wheat dough supports Wheat, full formula uninspected.
Origins & food traditions
Countries
- Jamaica
- JamaicaCatalogue link pending review
Cuisines & regions
- Jamaican Cuisine
- Jamaican CuisineCatalogue link pending review
AI-generated illustration of one possible presentation. Recipes and ingredients vary; the image does not establish allergen content.