In the past, my fish eating has basically been limited to braaied snoek and the occasional Sushi in Seapoint. A few weeks ago I taught myself how to braai Salmon during a trip to Norway, and that now forms part of a short list of “fish meals that I eat”. That list grew to three, when I learned how to braai a mackerel. I am pretty sure that there is not a better way to braai a mackerel, and at the time of eating, I said that it was the “best braaied fish that I have ever eaten”.
Ingredients
(per person)
- 1 small mackerel
- 5 cloves of garlic
- few sprigs of thyme
- few sprigs of parsley
- half a lemon
- olive oil
- salt & pepper
Method
- Wash the inside and outside of the Mackerel with water, and tap dry with a paper towel.
- Grind Salt & Pepper on inside & outside.
- Make 4 or 5 incisions on each side of the fish with a sharp knife.
- Place half a garlic clove and some parsley and thyme in each incision.
- Put the rest of the Parsley & Thyme inside the fish, and squeeze lemon juice into inside and onto outside of the fish.
- Brush outside of fish with olive oil (for taste, and for not sticking to the grid).
- Place inside a fish grill (if you have one, otherwise a normal grill) and braai for 15 minutes on medium coals.
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