BBQ mackerel
Make mackerel part of your weekly menu with this fragrant dish that's also a great addition to a barbecue feast, coated in a zingy ginger, chilli and lime drizzle
Grilled mackerel fillets
Serves 2
Easy
Prep:
Cook:
plus 20 mins marinating
Enjoy grilled mackerel fillets in a punchy soy, honey, ginger and sake marinade. The spicy leaves in the salad pair beautifully with the oily fish
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- 2 large mackerel fillets
For the marinade
- 2 tbsp soy sauce
- 1 tbsp honey
- 1 tsp ground ginger
- 1 garlic clovecrushed to a purée
- 1 tbsp sakéor dry sherry
- 1 tsp chilli flakes
For the salad
Nutrition: Per serving
- kcal610
- fat43g
- saturates9g
- carbs21g
- sugars20g
- fibre3g
- protein31g
- salt5.5g
Method
step 1
Mix all the marinade ingredients, then pour over the fish. Set aside for 20 mins.
step 2
For the salad, combine the sesame oil, lime juice, soy, honey and sweet chilli to make a dressing, then toss with the leaves.
step 3
Grill the marinated mackerel under a hot grill for 5 mins, basting two or three times with any excess marinade, until the flesh begins to flake. Slice and serve with the dressed salad leaves.
