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Guyanese Fish Cake

Name: Guyanese Fish Cake
Total time: 60 min
Yield: Serves 6
Cuisine: Guyana
Ingredients: 200g Salt Cod; 200g All-purpose flour; 1 tsp Baking Powder; 1/2 Onion; 3 Green Onion; A pinch Thyme; 1 Chili pepper; A pinch Black Pepper; 200ml Water; To taste Oil for frying

Snack

⏱ 60 min

👥 Serves 6

Difficulty ⭐

Salt cod mixed with flour, onion, and chili and fried — a Guyanese party fritter.

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📖 The Story Behind This Dish

Guyanese fish cakes are fluffy fritters made with salt cod, a dish found throughout the Caribbean. Desalted, flaked salt cod is mixed into a flour batter with onion, green onion, thyme, and chili and dropped by spoonfuls into oil. They're essential at birthday and Christmas parties.

🌆 Where it's eaten: At a party in a Guyanese home, small round fish cakes fresh from the fryer are heaped on a platter with chili sauce alongside.

🥕 Ingredients (serves 6)

Salt Cod 200g
All-purpose flour 200g
Baking Powder 1 tsp
Onion 1/2
Green Onion 3
Thyme A pinch
Chili pepper 1
Black Pepper A pinch
Water 200ml
Oil for frying To taste

👩‍🍳 Instructions

Soak the salt cod in water overnight to remove the salt, then boil and flake finely.
Mix the flour, baking powder, and water into a thick batter.
Mix in the chopped onion, green onion, thyme, chili, salt cod, and pepper.
Scoop the batter with a spoon and drop into 170°C oil.
Fry, turning, until golden.

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