Pan-Fried Mackerel With Red Pepper and Squash

Submitted by Elly in Canada

"Mackerel is best when purchased, cooked and served FRESH! Delicious and healthy!"

 

• Ready In: 50mins
• Ingredients: 17
• Serves: 4

ingredients

• 2 mackerel, large
• 1⁄2 cup yellow cornmeal
• 1⁄2 cup flour
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄8 teaspoon cayenne pepper
• 1⁄4 teaspoon sweet paprika
• 4 tablespoons olive oil
• 1 tablespoon butter
• 1⁄2 cup onion, finely chopped
• 2 teaspoons fresh ginger, finely grated
• 1 chayote, peeled, seeded, cut in 1 inch cubes
• 3 cups acorn squash, peeled, seeded, cut in 1/2 inch cubes
• 1 large sweet red pepper, cored, seeded, cut in 1/4 inch strips
• 2 tablespoons lemon juice, freshly squeezed
• 2 tablespoons fresh parsley, minced
• 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
• 1⁄4 teaspoon fresh ground pepper

directions

1. Prepare mackerel:.
2. Clean, remove heads and tails, split fish down the spine and remove bones, wash fillets and set aside; this will yield 4 fillets.
3. Cook vegetables:.
4. Heat 1 tablespoon olive oil in large frypan over medium heat.
5. Add onion, sauté stirring for 1 minute, add ginger, stir.
6. Add the squash, chayote, salt, pepper and lemon juice, continue to sauté until vegetables are tender crisp.
7. Add the pepper strips, parsley and cook for 1 minute.
8. Remove from heat, set aside, keep warm.
9. Cook fish:.
10. On a flat dish combine cornmeal, flour, salt, cayenne pepper and paprika
11. In a large frypan over medium-high heat melt butter and 3 tblsp. olive oil.
12. Roll fillets in cornmeal mixture, shake off excess.
13. Place in frypan skin side up, cook 3 to 5 minutes, flip over and cook another 3 to 5 minutes (depends on thickness of fish).
14. Serve immediately with warm vegetables on the side. Enjoy!

Reviews

[SugaredAlmond]

This was fabulous! Lovely, fresh zingy flavours and the Mackerel was a revelation (I'm a bit of a scaredy cat when it comes to dealing with fish with heads etc...). The only changes I would make would be to add some chopped coriander and chilli to the veggies, but that's just personal taste.