Grilled Mackerel with Soy Sauce
4 servings
40 minutes
A recipe that is quite suitable for a family picnic, when you don't want to spend a lot of time making marinades and sauces, but want to quickly light up the grill. You can prepare a basic sauce in advance and bring it in a container from home. It is simple and very effective: soy sauce is thickened with starch to the state of a glossy glaze, and the addition of ginger, hot pepper, sugar and lime brings it to a flavor crescendo. Perhaps for a more neutral, delicate fish , such a chorus of bright spices would be too much, but the impudent taste of mackerel only benefits from it and acquires an interesting Asian accent.
1
Prepare the sauce. For this, mix soy sauce, lime juice, and sugar in a saucepan.
- Soy sauce: 4 tablespoons
- Lime: 1 piece
- Brown sugar: 2 tablespoons
2
Chop the chili and ginger, add to the sauce. Taste the mixture and add ingredients to make the sauce more sour, salty, or sweet.
- Chili pepper: 1 piece
- Ginger: 20 g
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
3
Bring the sauce to a boil, set aside until it cools.
4
Cut off the heads and tails of the fish, and divide each carcass into two fillets.
5
Rinse the fillet and remove large bones.
6
Make diagonal cuts on the fish skin.
7
Mix lemon juice and olive oil.
- Lemon: 1 piece
- Olive oil: 4 tablespoons
8
Press the garlic and add it to the marinade.
- Garlic: 3 cloves
9
Salt and pepper the marinade to taste.
- Salt: to taste
- Ground black pepper: to taste
10
Marinate the fish for 20 minutes.
- Mackerel: 4 pieces
11
Grill the fish for 3-5 minutes.
12
Flip the fillet and fry for another 5 minutes.
13
Pour sauce over the cooked fish and serve.