How to make Bacalaitos or Codfish Fritters 

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This have to be illegal!! I can stand my self!! drooling all my floor!! Just perfect!! God Bless You Woman!!

Oh you just made my day!! When I was a kid my babysitter was Puerto Rican and she made me these all the time!! When my mom would ask on the weekends what I wanted to eat I'd always want arroz con gandules, bacalaitos and she'd get mad and say I can't make that!! We're not Puerto Rican! But now that I found your channel I'm going for it!!!!! This is really very exciting! Thanks for sharing your knowledge with us!!!

Thank you so much!! My grandmother had passed away last year and I never had the chance to learned this recipe. I made this tonight and it brought back many memories! Delicious!

That was awesome. Ingredients are just like my aunt use to make. I follow all your recipes.

Finally a video that doesnt make bacalitos like dough. This is the real traditional way. Gracias! Will try!🤗😘

Never again will I buy the Goya box kind. Thank you so much for this video. I'm binge watching all your videos!

Oh wow! This took me back to my childhood. My mom and I used to buy them in the summer from an old man that sold them from his cart. Thank you Ida. I am going to make these soon :)

OMG I made the bacalaitos exactly as your recipe and they came out slamming. I have tried other recipes but they never tasted like “bacalaitos”. I even have a classic PR cook book but never came out with taste. Thank you so much, I will be following you.

Try chopping fresh cilantro, recao, and finely chopped ajicito dulce to the batter, it makes such a difference, it's the way we prepare them here on the island. Brothers and sisters who are not on the island remember your island awaits you, Viva la Patria!

Love, love, love your videos! You make it look so easy and less daunting. Thank you!

Yum ! I love bacalaitos! Hoy mismo compro los materiales y hago. Gracias por compartir tus recetas !

Oh my, this bacalaitos are YUMMY! I LIKE THEM WITH A SODA ON THE ROCKS.💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃💃

hell yeah your bacalaito video was very helpful I cant wait to make some the last time I had a good bacalaito was in New York there was a lady selling them from a little cart on 3ard ave 105th street in el barrio love your cooking and all your videos

I love you now I can make my mom's cooking without having to ask my mom and she's getting older thank you keep up the good work

i have to say that of all the bacalaitos vids I've seen, i like your recipe the best. thanks for sharing it :)

I just made these and they were amazing . thanks so much!

I love your videos. I thought it making bacalaoitos would be a lot harder but it actually looks so simple. I'm more confident that I can make my own batch at home. Thank you so much.

What a great Puerto Rican cook. Thank you.

Gracias por tus recetas! Soy de Ponce y aunque se la comida que haces no me acuerdo de como hacerla yo misma y tus tutorias me hacen sentir que tengo a mi abuelita en casa o a mi mama!!!!

Looks super yummy!!! Got to try this!

It Bring Memories Eating This At The Beach 🌴🍺 Another Great Dishes!!! Thk U !!! 🌹❤❤

this is the best video I've seen on how to make these. I have been away from Puerto Rico for a long time and visit occasionally to see Pellin Rodriguez grave (my grandfather). I miss the food so much and just gorge myself when I do visit. I will be subscribing to your channel! thank you.

I had an urge for bacalaitos and knew instantly that you would have an easy to follow recipe. I just made some and your arroz con gandules in instapot. Both came out wonderful. I also made sofrito. Thank you for your recipes.

I watched this early in the morning and now I’m soooo hungry!

That's why I subscribe you! My husband love it this "Bacalaitos" . Thanks xxx

Looks delicious! ♥️

My Grandma Masso was a wonderful cook and my mom after her and I've now taken over and am very interested in making some if these traditional Puerto Rican dishes. I've always made what my familia calls 'orange rice' but we don't use gondules or chicken in our family. My mom always used Vienna sausages and corn in ours. So I do the same. I know how to make perfect white rice with pegow ( don't know how to spell that but its pronounced like that) which is the crunchies at the bottom of the rice pan, my mom hates wet rice! We always use jasmine rice for both white and orange rice. Then I know how to make tostones with my wooden Mr.Tostone that was my grandmothers and passed to my mom and now to me as well as a big huge wooden, well seasoned mordar and pestle. We would make pinto beans in flavorful reddish sauce and pork roast with crispy skin at Christmas. But we always order our pasteles from "home" my mom is from Ponce. But I live in Seattle and there is only one Puedo Rican restaurant in the state! Its about an hour away for us so we only get to go a couple times a year. But now I can make these dishes at home because if your videos!! GRACIAS!! Oh I forgot two other dishes I've made for my whole life,rice pudding made with coconut milk with cloves, cinnamon sticks and fresh ginger root. And flan! We use half and half instead of sweetened condensed milk which makes for a much lighter custard! So now I will be able to add more dishes to the 5 staples I've made since I was a child!! I'm so excited that i stumbled upon your videos. Now I'm subscribed and about to show my mom so she can help me decide which dishes to try first, the stuffed potato balls, or these bacalaitos from scratch cuz I did try using the Goya boxed mix for these once but they were very salty and had bones or something in the batter that weren't very palatable!! We didn't enjoy those kind at all, but can't wait to use your recipe for our next try!! Yay!! THANKS. This half Puerto Rican chic is so HAPPY!!!!

I know how to cook almost everything PR but never knew how to make these fritters. Thank you so much.

Condiment sorry about your loss I lost my mother too and I miss her cooking too. I don't know how to cook authentic puerto rican either so glad I found this page so I can cook for my son when he gets older puerto rican food how my mom used to do it.

I just made these tonight with dinner my husband, daughter and inlaws loved them. I am not spanish but they r puerto rican. I love cooking different thinks love your channel you have helped me alot. Do u have a recipe for pernil thanks Cheryle

I was looking all over RU-vid for this a couple of days ago! You read my mind! Can't wait to try ;)

So glad to have found your channel! My mom used to make this for me as a kid as well as the arroz con salchichas, arroz con gandules and the corned beef. I lost her in 2012 and miss her cooking. I'm not a bad cook (made my first Pernil on Xmas 2009 and it was gone) so I'm definitely going to be making a lot of your dishes

All your cooking reminds of my mom. I miss her cooking she is in a nursning home now... so alot of your cooking am using it now. It makes me wanna cook all the time. It looks so freaking awesome!!!

Looks delicious ❤️

You are wonderful Thank you for teaching

Best and easiest video out there.

This is making my mouth water. I need some bacalaitos.

Thank you so much I learned to cook a lot with you ❤️😀❤️

yummy.Thank you for explanations.

My dad made it the same way but with the bone in cod. He would boil it 15 minutes and debone it himself. Thanks for the refresher. 😊

The pasteles were a hit so thank you! Now I'm going to make bacalaitos. My co-op is having a Christmas meet and greet with the new board members of the building so I'll DM you on IG & tell you if they liked them. Dios te Bendiga y Feliz Navidad y un Prospero y Bendecido Año 2022! 🙏❤️

Thanks for posting. A childhood favorite that my neighbors would make and I asked for the name of them and I'm going to make them.

Easy way not complicated at all love it

Yummy! I going to try this soon! I need to get some cod fish.

@marisol rodriguez Yes super yummy!

Making mine today! I also add packet Sazon con achiote for a little color.

Thank u Aida u made it plan. simplest way without complicating it. I love it as a snack or appetizer. With rice and beans. U can dip it in de salsa de pollo. Thank u i only gett to eat that in Spainish Harlem. Now i can make it for my familym at home . nyfamily .💝🗽

I have such a craving of these im going to try to make it❤️

I'm so happy I found this I use to eat these all the time when I was a kid at my tio's house and could not remember what they were called.

Looks delucious! I love bacalaitos:)

Los hize hoy ... Salieron ricos ..Wepa 🇵🇷❤️

I love eating these from those roadside stands in PR.

Ay que rico! Can't wait to try them!

i did it really good thank you.

@SimplyTashy They are awesome!

Love this, my mom used to make this. Rico

I just made these exactly like your measurements. Only thing I wasn't too sure about is the water that the Bacalao was boiling in if i was suppose to add that to the batter since it had a little salt flavor and I wind up using the whole packet of knorr sazon. As far as the Sofrito, I bought the goya frozen one (red) and added it to the batter. I think I was suppose to use the green one but overall it came out good. I'll definitely retry it again "exactly" like you. Thank you

I love these will be using this recipe

Love it

Los quiero hacer esta semana siiii !!!

That's how like my food; quick, clean, simple and flavorful. I don't like zazon but I think paprika will play the trick! thanks very much for your presentation!

I gonna make on Wednesday! My mom's used to make them.....I will make them in remembrance of her!

I’m Jamaican we make the same thing .. a little different but still … sending love

Estaba buscando tu canal con mi esposo y por fin te encontramos!! Holaaaa saaaazooon!

Hola! Muchisimas gracias por todos estos videos que pones aqui, ya que me han ensenado bastante a cocinar comida Boricua ya que no tengo a mi mami mas con migo en este mundo. Again thank you so much and GOD bless!!!

made this.........OMG IT WAS DELICOUS! I turn to your channel all the time and the compliments I get are amazing! Sucks a little cuz now I gotta cookwhenever I go to my sisters lol. I love your channel and I can enjoy cooking some really great tasting food. I've told everyone I watch your channel!

thank you mama now I know how to make my favorite homemade bacalaitos

GROWING UP, MY MOM MADE THIS WITH SPAM AND EGGS FOR BREAKFAST... YUMMY!!! =)

thanks for this video on how to make these they look delic

Ay jesus!!!! Quedaron IGUALITOS a los que compraba en Bayamon!!! Gracias Ida!

@Michael Mejias So son ricos!

If I might add try chopping fresh cilantro and recao, also try chopping very fine ajicitos dulces to the batter, it gives it a great fresh flavor. Good wishes to my brothers and sisters who live away from our beautiful island, I am truly blessed because l live here, many blessings to all and remember your island awaits your return, Viva la Patria!

Yummy...!👍👍👍

they also sell the mixture already made in the box , you just add water and fry them . que rico.

Definitely going to try this myself thank you :)

Yeah i just get the cod fish fillets at the seafood deli instead. Im not crazy about the the salt content on the salted and its easier just getting the fresh fillet. I boil the fish til its breaking apart the put in ice water to cool befor i make the mix with the seasonings with chopped garlic ,culantro and cilantro. Works everytime and its easier.😊 Nice video👍

Looks delicious!! What kind of hot sause do you suggest ? Never heard of eating it with hot sauce so I would love to try that!!!!

wow

Con mayo ketchup tambien combo Los surrullos

You think that instead of adding salt to take either 1/2 or 1 cup of the fish water and use that in the batter?

DLB, UNA PREGUNTA, ¿PUEDO USAR BACALADO SIN CONJELAR (FRESCO)? GRACIAS🌻

Looks like a thinner version of JA🇯🇲 frittas. 😍

Thank u I just made and they were a hit

Can I use regular codfish from walmart & if so do i have to let it sit in water over night or cook it?

Random lol but your nails are so beautiful lol.. remind me of my grandma's :) must be a pr thing.lol

Love u so much

Yess ohh yess..!sorry ive been craving this for a while now iam 7 months pregnant! and I use to buy them from the goya section from a box and now they dont sell them 😭 but now I see how easy it is to make.. im going to do it myself now. ThanX your awesome!Is so hard I moved from Massachussetts to live in Texas is hard to find anything over here for us boricuas, and if I do find it in a hidden boricua store they charge you an arm and a leg is ridiculouss. ..😔

Hola; How are you? you always making great things in the kitchen, thank you so much to include the recipes which are really important in your videos, I want you to know THAT I have allot respect for YOU and your videos, I will be in P.R. to visit my mother in one week, I will make fresh Bacalaitos your way, God bless you. Andy SFC,USA,RET War Veteran Disable Texas

Que rico!!

wow my mom used to make this when I was a kid. thanks for the video now I'm making it all the time. can you refrigerate the leftover mix and for how long?

making me some right now thanks so much

They look great! Your nails are very pretty... LOL

Can I use cod fish that is frozen and not salted? I want them to come out flat and crunchy so I’m not going to add baking powder!

What should the temperature of the oil be? I followed recipe with oil at 350 and they fell apart.

I read somewhere that baking powder or baking soda once you add liquid it's activated.

Que rico Aída

I have a quick question... is it safe to store leftover batter in the fridge, and if so, for how long can it stay refrigerated? Thanks! I am a huge fan of yours, and my parents are from Ponce too!

I just made these, they were so tasty. But I did notice that they were sticking to the bottom so I had to scrape the bottom with a spatula, but other than that these were awesome. I didn't want to make too many but I have extra batter, can I store this in the freezer for later use?

Also, is the fillet already deboned or do you have to debone it yourself?