Description
Making mackerel the center of your dinner table.
Ingredients
Scale
- 1 whole mackerel, around 2 to 4 lb
- 1 cup apple cider vinegar
- 1 large shallot, sliced
- 4 cloves garlic, crushed
- 1 tbsp kosher salt
- 1 tbsp fresh ground black pepper
- 1 lemon, juiced
- 2 limes, juiced
- 2 cups oil for frying (or more as needed)
For the side dish:
- Seared baby bok choy with radish, red peppers, cucumber, and gochujang dressing.
For the dressing:
- 1 bottle sesame ginger dressing (or a similar dressing)
- ½ cup gochujang (Korean pepper paste)
Instructions
- Clean and gut mackerel; slice incisions along each side to facilitate marinating and cooking.
- Combine vinegar, shallot, garlic, salt, pepper, lemon, and lime juice; marinate fish for at least 6 hours or overnight.
- Heat oil in a pan large enough to fit the whole fish. Shallow-fry until brown on each side. Season with salt after fish comes out of the fryer.
For the dressing:
- Combine the sesame ginger dressing with gochujang and mix until well combined.