Authentic Jamaican Recipes
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1) Annatto RunDown With Chicken Foot

• 3 pounds chicken foot (precooked)
• 2 cups coconut cream
• 2 medium carrots
• 11gram sweet peppers
• 1 onion
• Salt, Seasoning, Thyme and Pepper
• 1 1/2 tbsp annatto powder
• 1tbs wine (optional)
• small amount of flour dough for spinners
  
  

Procedure

1. Pour coconut cream in saucepan
2. Add sweet pepper, carrot, annatto powder etc
3. Place precooked chicken foot in and cover
4. If adding spinners, do so now.
   
5. Allow to simmer for 15-20 mins, checking ocassionally until done.
   

2) Annatto SaltFish Pasta

• /2 pound saltfish
• 1 pk pasta
• 2 medium carrots
• 11g onion/ sweet pepper
• 1 tbsp annatto powder
• String bean (as desired)
• Okra (optional)
• 4-5 tbsp cooking oil
• Rosemary  (if desired)
  
• 1 tsp Jamaican pimento
  
  

Procedure

1. Partially cook string beans, carrots and okra
   
2. Prepare saltfish (pick, remove bones etc) and pasta
3. Saute onion and sweet pepper in annatto powder
   
4. Add saltfish, pasta and vegetable etc.
   
5. Sprinkle with desired seasonings and simmer for a few minutes.
6. Remove and serve
   

3) Annatto Stew Fish

• 3-4 pounds of fresh fish (seasoned)
  
• 11 gram sweet pepper
• 11 gram onion
• few pegs of garlic
• 1-2 tbsp of annatto powder
• eskellion
• thyme
• 1 tsp pimento
• pinch of ginger powder
• 3 tbsp cooking oil
• Rosemary
  
  

Procedure

1. Simmer seasoning ingredients for a few minutes until it takes the color of the annatto.
2. Add fish to saucepan
3. Cover and simmer for 12-15 minutes
4. Serve  as desired with your favourite food.
   

4) Annatto Steamed Fish

• 3-4 pounds of seasoned fish
• 11gram sweet pepper
• 1 scotch bonnet pepper
• 11g onion
• 2 tbsp cooking oil
• 2-3 tbsp annatto powder
• 1-3 medium carrots
• thyme
  
• eskellion
• rosemary
• 1 tsp pimento
  

Procedure

1. Spread oil in frying pan
2. Add fish and other ingredients
3. Allow to steam for 12-15 minutes or until done.

5) Annatto Mutton

• 5-6 pounds of mutton
• 1 tsp ginger
• 3 tbsp cooking oil
• Escellion/ Onion/ Thyme
• 1 sprig of rosemary
• 1 tsp pimento
• 6-7 tbsp annato
• Carrots and Irish Potato as needed
  

Procedure

1. Season mutton overnight if possible. Add most of the annatto powder to the meat.
2. Heat oil, adding the rest of annatto powder
3. Add mutton and about 1/4 cups of water
4. Cook tightly and cook to desired tenderness.

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