“Smoked herring chiquetaille” is a famous Haïtian appetizer that makes everyone who ever tastes it mouth wateringly begging for more. Fair warning! It is not usually recommended for people who can not or does not like spicy food. However, the beauty of homemade food is that you get to adjust it to your own taste (like I usually do lol)!
The recipe below offers a simple and easy way to prepare “Chiktay”.
Ingredients:
- 2 lbs. of smoked herring filet
- 2 cups of Onion, diced
- 2 cups of Bell pepper (various color), diced
- 3 Scotch bonnet pepper, minced
- 1/4 cup of Green onion, chopped
- 1 clove of garlic, minced
- 1/4 cup of parsley, chopped
- 1/4 cup of celery, diced
- 1/8 teaspoon of Adobo seasoning
- 2 Lemons (for the juice)
Directions:
Let the smoked herring filet soaked in water at room temperature for 2-3 hours to soften it. After a couple of hours, your herring filet should be tender and if not, let it soak a little bit longer. In the meantime, cut your veggies and squeeze your lemons into in small bowl for later use .
Once the herring is tender enough, drain the water, then pull out any remaining bones from it ( keep in mind that the soft bones are consumable. I usually use my haïtian wooden mortar and pestle or I use the food processor to shred the herring because I like my “Chiktay” really soft and super fine.
In a separate pan, warm up the oil, add the garlic, the green onion, then add all the vegetables and stir for 3-5 minutes. Add your seasoning, stir, then add your herring and the lemon juice to the mixture. Mix and stir everything very well for about 3-5 minutes and Voilà!
Serve with bread and/ or crackers. Bon Appétit!!!
Please do not hesitate to reach out for any questions and more importantly let me know how it turns out!
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Those pictures of your dishes not only make me hungry, they also make me want to ask you “ how much? Can you please deliver?
I cannot cook for nothing but I still copied the recipe so I can beg someone else to prepare it for me. Thank you, this is awesome, I am already excited to see what you cook next.
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Despite being vegetarian, the pictures look delicious! I will have to make this for my husband sometime; I’m sure he will love it!
Hello Bennett, please do! Let me know how it turns out! 😉 Come back or Subscribe for vegetarian recipe to come! Thanks for reading.
Wow! This looks amazing! Thanks so much for sharing! I’ll have to try making this some time!
It really is Charley! The flavors….yummy. Post pictures if you do or reach out if you have questions. Enjoy!
Me and my family would love this. They are tired of Nigerian food lol
Hey Rose, I think they will definitely enjoy it! I had nigerian food once and it was yummy! Thanks for reading!
Wow love you for posting this! Browsing for more
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Oh that looks delicious! I can not wait to try it.
Hey Chelsea, it is absolutely delicious, one of my favorite! Please let me know how it turns out if you do!☺️
Awesome, I’m going to try it. Thank you for sharing.
Hi Puja, let me know if you have any questions and post pics when you try it!😉
This makes me hungry! Great blog, can’t wait to try it.
Thank you Colleen! Let me know how it turns out!
This looks delish! Thanks for the post!
Thanks for ready Playful Kale!
This looks delicious! Haitian food isn’t a cuisine I’m familiar with and I’d love to see more.
Hello Brianna, you probably would like it! Feel free to browse for more.
YUM! There is a large Haitian population in my city of Boston and I’m getting increasingly obsessed with Haitian food, but haven’t tried this dish yet. Looks amazing!
That’s awesome! I am so glad to hear that you are loving our food Lillie! Definitely give this one a try!
Wow, this dish looks so yum. I love herring, but never thought of adding extra spice to it. I’ll definitely be trying out this recipe.
Hello Sabine, You will absolutely love this dish! Thanks for reading!
I haven’t had smoked herring in years! I need to try this out!
You should absolutely try it!
I love spicy food, this looks really good! Thanks for the recipe!
You will definitely enjoy this one then!
Finding some interesting dish, might have to try this recipe.
Getting hungry just looking at this! Love it.
Some dish will do that to you lol
Wow that looks delicious!!!’ Thank you!!