Bacalaitos ( cod fish fritters )
Bacalaitos ( cod fish fritters )

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Bacalaitos ( cod fish fritters ) is one of the most well liked of current trending foods in the world. It is appreciated by millions daily. It is easy, it is fast, it tastes yummy. Bacalaitos ( cod fish fritters ) is something which I have loved my entire life. They’re fine and they look fantastic.

Bacalaítos are salt cod pancake-like fritters from Puerto Rico. The recipe uses dry salted cod fish that been boiled or left over night in water removing most of its salt. The cod is shredded, mixed with milk, water or beer with equal parts flour.

To begin with this recipe, we must prepare a few components. You can have bacalaitos ( cod fish fritters ) using 8 ingredients and 14 steps. Here is how you can achieve that.

The ingredients needed to make Bacalaitos ( cod fish fritters ):
  1. Make ready boneless cod fish
  2. Take all purpose flour
  3. Prepare adobo (goya)
  4. Make ready sazon (goya)
  5. Make ready sofrito (use my sofrito recipe)
  6. Get black pepper
  7. Take baking powder
  8. Get corn oil

Make Bacalaítos, or fried codfish fritters, using a GOYA® recipe that will take this incredibly popular Puerto Rican food into your home kitchen. All over the island you'll find these cod fritters sold from small roadside kiosks, and any street fair there will usually feature several stands of crispy Bacalaítos. Take your salted cod and rinse under cold water. Put a pot of water on your stove over high heat.

Steps to make Bacalaitos ( cod fish fritters ):
  1. put cod fish in a pot filled with water and boil for 20 minutes
  2. drain water from pot and refill again with water put to boil for another 20 minutes
  3. this time drain water into a bowl for later use
  4. let cod fish cool to room temp
  5. in a mixing bowl add your flour and baking powder
  6. break up cod fish up cod fish with your fingers as much as u can and mix into your dry ingredients
  7. add your sofrito and mix with your hands
  8. start to add the broth from your mixture (some people tend to use a lot of that broth water I use some and just add regular water you don't want those fritters to be salty)
  9. mix until you get a nice pancake batter consistency
  10. now u add sazon adobo and black pepper to taste and mix
  11. in a frying pan heat up your corn oil to about 375° you want it nice and hot
  12. start to pour it batter into the frying pan fry till each side is a golden color flipping over only once
  13. put fritters on a paper towel or on a rack so oil can drain off and your fritters remain crispy
  14. enjoy

That is how big the pieces should be. We want to be able to feel the cod when biting Into the fritter☺. Codfish fritters or Bacalaitos can be found in various versions throughout the islands and are called stamp-and-go in Jamaica, saltfish accra in Trinidad, and fish cakes in Barbados. They are a mixture of flour, codfish and spices deep fried as either flat cakes or round balls. Bacalaitos (Codfish Fritters) a delicious side dish that can substitute meat or fish in your Dominican meal.

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