Mackerel Salad

Lovely Mackerel Salad, what can say?  She’s trying my patience with yet another fish recipe and yet again its another winner!

I stuck a couple of chillies into it looking like the devils horns (joking around for the photo) which is a bit misleading really.  This fantastic Mackerel salad when done properly, is not overly spicy at all.  In spite of containing four finely chopped Thai chillies (besides the two horns) it a lovely balanced salad chock full of aromatics and fried broken fish, in this case Mackerel but you can use practically any fish of your choice for this recipe.

In the members top tips section we explain how to do this which fish are best and vary the meal quite considerably also including a few short cuts.

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Below is a basic, quick guide to the recipe together with this tiny preview video

Thai Mackerel Salad Recipe

Ingredients:
Mackerel
Lemon Grass
Thai chillies
Toasted Peanuts
Spring Onions
Coriander
Ginger
Lime
Shallots
Fish sauce
Sugar
Chicken stock

How to Make Mackerel Salad

Prep:
Chop the Lemon Grass and chop the Chillies
Spring Onions cut into small logs
Chop coriander – Shallots
Fry the fish for 2 minutes either side and remove to cool

Putting it all together:

Break the fish meat into a large mixing bowl removing bones
Squeeze in the juice of 2/3 lime and the fish sauce, chicken stock and sugar
Add the lemon grass, ginger, chillies and shallots and mix
Lastly add coriander and spring onions and mix again
Serve on a bed of lettuce with the toasted peanuts scattered on top
Done!

Serving Suggestion:
Add a couple of chillies for those that want it a bit more spicy!  It’s a nicely balanced salad, so it doesn’t taste spicy even with four chillies mixed in!

If you like this salad take a look at our other Thai Salad Recipes or maybe you’d like to see some Thai Sea Food Recipes

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Mackerel Salad