Wednesday, November 7, 2012

Roasted mackerel

This was SO yummy. My mom used to roast fish with chilies inside. I crave it once and awhile and I think this was a pretty good version of the dish.

I bought a mackerel from the kerrytown fish market. This fish is fairly sustainable since it is rather resilient and if you get one from canada they practice sustainable fishing laws. The chili sauce for the fish was made with jalapeños from our very own plants in our apt. They were amazing in the fish.

0. Preheat oven to 500F. Place cooking pan in oven to heat
1. Rub inside and outside of fish with salt.
2. Blend 1 large jalapeño pepper, 2 cloves of garlic, 1 small shallot with a little water and a dash of salt until coarse
3. Fill cavity of mackerel with chili mix
4. Drizzle olive oil over both sides of fish
5. Place fish in oven on hot pan. It will sizzle!
6. Close door quickly and turn down to 450F
7. Cook for 20-25 minutes. Check eyes if they are white then it's done!
8. Take pan out of oven set to cool for a few minutes
9. Slide fish off pan with a couple I spatulas. Be careful the skin may be stuck to the pan
10. Enjoy with some rice and veggies!


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