Does anyone have a Spanish Mackerel Recipe?

myshell26
myshell26 Posts: 113
edited October 4 in Recipes
Hi everyone! My parent's have been catching a lot of Spanish Mackerel and gave me a few (gutted and scaled). I've never made mackerel before (tend to eat grouper, mahi and swordfish) so I'm not sure how to cook it. I hear the best way to eat mackerel is smoked, but I don't have a smoker. I'd like a low calorie baked recipe or something like that. Do you think my typical recipe of olive oil, lemon, salt, black pepper bay leaves and onions would be okay for this fish? It is whole so it's still got bones, the head, tail and fins.

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  • divegyrl
    divegyrl Posts: 10 Member
    2 (3 ounce) fillets Spanish mackerel fillets
    1 tablespoon and 1 teaspoon olive oil
    1/8 teaspoon paprika salt and ground black pepper to taste
    4 slices lemon
    Preheat the oven's broiler and set the oven rack about 6 inches from the heat source. Lightly grease a baking dish.
    Rub both sides of each mackerel fillet with olive oil and place with the skin side down into the prepared baking dish. Season each fillet with the paprika, salt, and pepper. Top each fillet with two lemon slices.
    Bake the fillets under the broiler until the fish just begins to flake, 5 to 7 minutes.
    Serve immediately.

    Found on Allrecipes.com where I source a lot of my cooking :wink:

    Nutritional Information
    Broiled Spanish Mackerel
    Servings Per Recipe: 2

    Amount Per Serving

    Calories: 259

    Total Fat: 20.9g
    Cholesterol: 50mg
    Sodium: 121mg
    Total Carbs: 3g
    Dietary Fiber: 1.3g
    Protein: 16.2g
  • myshell26
    myshell26 Posts: 113
    Sounds perfect. This is exactly what I was looking for. Thank you! : )
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