Name: Hoisin mackerel pancakes
Prep time: 15 min
Cook time: 5 min
Total time: 20 min
Yield: 4
Cuisine: Chinese
Ingredients: 3 mackerel fillets, all bones removed, cut into finger-length strips; 2 tbsp hoisin sauce plus extra for dipping; 4 spring onions; ½ cucumber; 2 Little Gem lettuces; 1 tsp vegetable oil; 10 Chinese pancakes (available from Waitrose, Asian supermarkets or Chinese takeaways)

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Hoisin mackerel pancakes

Hoisin mackerel pancakes

Sophie Godwin – Cookery writer

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Serves 4

Easy

Prep: 15 mins

Cook: 5 mins

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Need a speedy, DIY family meal? Try these mackerel pancakes. Using sweet ingredients with stronger-flavoured fish such as mackerel helps tempt children to try them

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Ingredients

Nutrition

Units:

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3 mackerel

fillets, all bones removed, cut into finger-length strips
2 tbsp hoisin sauce

plus extra for dipping
4 spring onions
½ cucumber
2 Little Gem lettuces
1 tsp vegetable oil
10 Chinese pancakes

(available from Waitrose, Asian supermarkets or Chinese takeaways)

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Nutrition: per serving

kcal393
fat22g
saturates4g
carbs24g
sugars9g
fibre3g
protein24g
salt0.9g

Method

step 1

Marinate the mackerel in the hoisin sauce while you prepare the veg. Cut the spring onions and cucumber into thin matchsticks, and separate the lettuce leaves.
step 2

Heat the oil in a large frying pan over a medium heat. Add the mackerel and fry for 3-4 mins until sticky and caramelised. Heat the pancakes following pack instructions. Serve everything in the middle of the table and let everyone help themselves.

Recipe from Good Food magazine, March 2017

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