Trinidad SALTFISH BULJOL & FRIED BAKE | CODFISH | BACALAO

Learn how to make Trinidad Saltfish Buljol (Salted Codfish | Bacalao Salad). After most of the salt is removed from the salted fish, it is tossed with a few simple ingredients and then drizzled with the finest olive oil. Bulol is best accompanied with fried bakes, roti or coconut (pot) bakes. It is one of my absolute favorite meals!
Some of my favorite childhood memories in Trinidad are centered around Easter at my Nana's house (mother's father). Breakfast on Easter Sunday was always held at Nana's. My two younger sisters and I piled into the backseat of my mom's Datsun 120Y, all dressed in identical, pink lace-layered dresses, which were usually specially sewn by her seamstress friend for the occasion.
Once there, I headed straight to the kitchen to observe Nana in action and ask one too many questions. In his humble kitchen, he would be busy kneading flour for the bakes or creating his simple culinary masterpiece, the buljol. Once the ingredients were added (I recall he only used garlic and onion) to the flaked fish, he disappeared to some undisclosed location and reappeared minutes later with a small, thin bottle of "sweet oil" (olive oil), his secret, highly prized ingredient. Even in my adult years, I have often wondered why it was never stored in the kitchen. Apparently, I didn't ask enough questions. For the final step of the buljol, he removed the cork from the bottle and slowly and methodically drizzled the "sweet oil" in a thin stream around the bowl. This act, a cook's prayer, was hypnotizing, mesmerizing and appetizing to say the least.
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Ria!!! I loveeee 🤗 more buljols and chokas please and maybe coconut bake and pot bake. Thanks Ria! #Bestcookonyoutube #tutorialqueen 👏🏽

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Shernella Gaya Thank you! Made me chuckle on the train on my way to work! 😀 So much more to come. Just getting started. Have a great weekend.

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Happy to make you happy 😃 so much more to come???? Yes! Thank you! Have a beautiful day as well and I wish a wonderful and blessed weekend for you and your family 💕

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Shernella Gaya Thank you Dear! Same to you and yours!

[@marialee2124]

My beautiful mom is from Trinidad she cooked all these amazing dishes!!! I love her so much!!! ❤

[@RoxanneRoxanne760]

My fav way to cook salt fish

[@yolandaortiz8159]

You cook so clean and neatly.

[@garychung4238]

One of my favorite dish🇨🇦🇹🇹👍👍

[@triciadafryck7547]

Love Buljol and fried bakes with avocado 🥑 at the side 😋👍

[@bella-mariecummins8046]

I prefer this method best!!! My mom always prepared the bul(bol)jol in this way without heating the oil and other ingredients! The only difference was that about 1 tbsp. - depending on the amount of salt fish - lemon (lime) juice was also added. Thank you for posting this video and inviting us to share in your very loving family memories. I enjoy watching your videos, Ria. Educational, entertaining and heart-warming!

[@janiceagimudie5067]

This is exactly how my mom made it with coconut bake. This was breakfast on Sunday morning. I love watching your videos Ria, reminds me of growing up in Trinidad. Thank you for all the great recipes!❤️

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Ria it's a joy to watch you prepare dishes. 👍👍👍

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I love your food stories and I love that you share who we are s Trinis.

[@veshmahlalwah334]

Knock knock knoch i'm outside lol. Your food always comes out colourful and exciting to the eyes. I miss cooking with my grandfather and grandaunty sooo much now. Great job Ria thankd for sharing please keep them coming. Have a great weekend to you and your family. Lots of love from trinidad.

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veshmah Lalwah Thanks Veshmah! I love cooking with ‘ colorful’ ingredients-looks appetizing and healthy at the same time! Same to you!

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Hi my friend this is very beautiful to see whot you are doing great things I love it very much I thank you God bless 🙌🙏

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Thanks Sister. God bless you too 🥰

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Yesssss

[@sweet69aw1]

I love your recipe method💯

[@ruthnettles1677]

Hi Ria ,not sure if you made a coucou recipe yet(I’m new to the channel)but I will like to see that with callaou &fish of course,My mother made us that dish a lot and she even fried the leftovers..ThankYou💕🇹🇹

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Loved it! This gives my mama recipe competition but shhh doh tell them I say that. Haha. Thanks for this upload.

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Valentino Vallente Lol Thanks. I won’t say a thing! 😀

[@shirlyn74]

Great recipe and video as usual Ria. Thanks.

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Sherry Ann Shirlyn Thanks my friend. Always appreciate you taking the time to view and comment. 😀❤️

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Hi omg u are the best thank you ♥️♥️

[@allih451]

Yummy!

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I am going to try this tomorrow!

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Denise Scott Don’t forget the fried bakes!! ❤️😀

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I'm hungry

[@SelwynBaptistebsc]

I swear we eat pear with EVERYTHING! lol

[@GolDreadLocks]

Whapen? Disyah is the before it would be ackee n saltfish! Btw, I do both soak and boil! A perfect Sunday mornin brunch! truth be told, I could/would eat this all day! In I give thanks once more! JAH Love, WALK GOOD!

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The horizontal cuts at 1:29 are not necessary.

[@LittleBFFtvcat]

do you have a video on how to make the bak?

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Little BFF tv kzbin.info/www/bejne/gJKZpaiIbpiNpK8 Hope this works. If not check the listing. Of my videos or on my blog at CookingWithRia.com

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Saltfish and Johnny cakes #IMissHome #SXM🇫🇷🇸🇽

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O yes those pickahs eh lolz

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Where is the recipe?

[@neomihinds5328]

How could you put salt in salt fish please educate people properly when making things like that.

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Neomi Hinds Because we are rinsing, boiling the salt fish and adding an equal ratio of fresh ingredients, salt may be required. If, according to your preference and taste test, you think it needs salt, add more, if not don’t add. We all have different tolerance levels and dietary requirements when it comes to salt so some common sense is also required. As I mentioned in the video, the saltfish I get here in NYC is not as salty or dry aged as the product found in Trinidad which is the reason my dish requires salt. Have a nice day.