Jamaican Escoveitch Fish - Taste the Islands
Author: Admin
Description: Jamaican Escoveitch Fish is prepared with a cold or sauteed sauce made of carrots, onion, peppers and pimento seeds, soaked in vinegar.
Date: 2015-07-08T14:56:33+00:00

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# Jamaican Escoveitch Fish

Posted by Admin On July 08, 2015 2 Comments

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Escoveitch is a cold or sauteed sauce made of carrots, onion, peppers and pimento seeds, soaked in vinegar. It is typically drizzled over fried whole or filleted fish. For Jamaican escoveitch fish Use snapper, parrot or king fish for best results.

Serves 4

### FOR THE FISH

- 4 whole red snapper
- Salt and pepper to taste
- 1 cup cooking oil

### FOR THE SAUCE

- ½ ea green and red bell pepper julienned
- 1 carrot julienned
- 1 small onion, sliced in rings
- 3 tbsp cooking oil
- 2/3 cp vinegar
- 10-15 pimento seeds
- ½ tsp salt
- ½ scotch bonnet pepper (chopped with seed removed)

### FOR THE FISH

1. The day before, clean and scale fish. Season with salt and black pepper and refrigerate.
2. Set stove to High and add cooking oil to pan. Dry fish with paper towel and pan
3. fry for about 5 minutes each side.
4. Take fish out of pan and place on paper towel to drain oil

### FOR THE SAUCE

1. Cut and chop vegetables
2. Put vinegar and oil into a saucepan and bring to a boil
3. Add carrots, red and green bell peppers, pimento seeds and salt and let simmer for about a minute
4. Add onion and simmer for another 5 minutes or until the onion is transparent, then add scotch bonnet pepper and give a final stir
5. Place fish into serving dish and spoon dressing on top

Adapted from cooklikeajamaican.com

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## There are 2 Comments.

1. Elizabeth
   3:00 am May 28, 2016

   By pimento seeds do you mean what’s called in America Allspice berries?

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   - Admin
     8:43 pm June 18, 2016

     Correct. Pimento is the same as Allspice.

     Reply

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