Jamaican Rundown Sauce

[Pranian man]

Can anyone point me to a recipe for the above? I believe coconut milk, lime and chillies are involved.....?

A search of recipe gullet and google yielded nothing

Would be very grateful for any assistance

[HKDave]

Can anyone point me to a recipe for the above? I believe coconut milk, lime and chillies are involved.....?

A search of recipe gullet and google yielded nothing

Would be very grateful for any assistance

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Only thing I could find: http://www.gainesvilletoday.com/2005/02/di...gainesville.asp

You might want to try subbing coconut milk for the cream.

[ned]

Rundown isn't really made from a specific recipe. As I understand it, rundown is like the thing your mom made on Thursday night when she was cleaning out the fridge. Little bit of this leftover, half that onion doesn't seem to be rotten, here's some saltfish. Few leaves of calalloo from last night. Add some oil, some scotch bonnet peppers (maybe pickled ones), a touch of that weird pink/orange chicken seasoning, allspice, of course, some ginger, garlic if you have some.

[Jacqui Ingledew]

Rundown isn't really made from a specific recipe.  As I understand it, rundown is like the thing your mom made on Thursday night when she was cleaning out the fridge.  Little bit of this leftover, half that onion doesn't seem to be rotten, here's some saltfish.  Few leaves of calalloo from last night.  Add some oil, some scotch bonnet peppers (maybe pickled ones), a touch of that weird pink/orange chicken seasoning, allspice, of course, some ginger, garlic if you have some.

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No I don't think as a Jamaican I've ever come across that as a rundown sauce...

you can either do saltfish or mackerel Rundown the following way:

Boil the salt mackerel for a minute or two to remove excess salt . If using salted cod soak over night

Remove bones and shred. Wash with lime juice and water. Squeeze out excess water

Fry the following seasonings together till softened: onions , tomatoes ,scotch bonnet, thyme, escallions and minced garlic. Stir in your mackerel or saltfish , add enough coconut milk to almost cover and bring to a boil, reduce heat and let simmer till sauce looks somewhat curdled and thickened. Serve with boiled green bananas.

Cheers

[drunkenmonkey]

my wife is jamaican and the sauce described above (most commonly used with the saltfish or bacalao as it is called elsewhere) is exactly as i've always had it - though sometimes she makes it without the coconut milk.

Edited January 7, 2006 by drunkenmonkey (log)