Recipe For Barbadian Style Fish Cakes

Here is one of my favorite recipes for Barbadian style fish cakes.

Cod Fish Cakes

2 lbs. salted boneless codfish (bacalao) or salted pollack
1 large pot of water
2 cups of Bisquick or flour with 2 teaspoons of baking powder
1 large onion
1 large green pepper
2 large white boiled mashed potatoes or 2 cups of dry potatoes
2 large eggs
2 cloves of ground or finely chopped garlic
Barbadian style hot sauce
1 teaspoon marjoram
1 teaspoon thyme
1 teaspoon black pepper
Oil (vegetable, corn, etc.)

Soak fish overnight, pouring off the water several times. Then boil the fish in water until soft & flaky. Taste the fish to see if it is too salty. If too salty, throw away boiled water, add fresh water and boil again. Drain the water from the fish.

In a bowl, flake or pound the fish into the texture that you like.

Chop onion & Green pepper, not to fine and not to chunky.

In a frying pan, saute half of the onion and the green pepper.

Add the other half of raw onion & green pepper to the fish.
Also mix the garlic, hot sauce, & spices into the fish.
Beat the eggs.
Add eggs, Bisquick, mashed potatoes, & sauteed onion-green pepper into the fish mixture.

Additional hot sauce & spices could be added to taste if it is not spicy enough.
If the fish mixture is to wet, more Bisquick & potatoes could be added for texture.

Heat oil & spoon the fish cakes into the size that you want & fry.

Enjoy!