Grilled dishes

Grilled mackerel

Wipe off the moisture and fry the thinly salted mackerel in a pan until golden brown.

Prep
10 min
Cook
15 min
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Mackerel fillet with golden brown skin

Scale the recipe

Base quantities · 2 servings · mackerel fillet (Weight of fresh boneless fillets, thawed and drained) 360 g

Ingredients

mackerel fillet Weight of fresh boneless fillets, thawed and drained
360 g
cooking oil
1/2 T

Seasonings

fine salt
1/4 T

Level measures: 1 T (tablespoon) = 15 mL, 1 C (paper cup) = 180 mL. Household spoons and cups can vary in size.

Method

  1. Dry and debone the mackerel

    Drain the water from the mackerel 360 g and remove any remaining spines.

    Fish tweezers lifting a fine pin bone from a raw mackerel fillet
  2. Seasoning Mackerel

    Sprinkle salt 1/4 T evenly and leave in the refrigerator for 10 minutes.

    Drained raw mackerel fillet and fine salt
  3. Heat the oiled pan

    Put oil 1/2 T in a pan and preheat it over medium heat.

    Thin layer of oil in the preheated pan before adding the mackerel
  4. grilling the skin side

    Place the mackerel with its skin touching the bottom and grill until the flesh around the edges begins to cook.

    Mackerel grilled in a pan starting from the skin side
  5. Turn over and cook inside out

    Turn over, reduce heat to low, and cook until center of flesh remains above 85℃ for 1 minute.

    The golden skin is visible on a mackerel that has been turned over.
  6. Plate with the skin facing up

    Remove from pan and place skin side up.

    Pan-grilled mackerel fillet plated with the striped skin facing up