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I occasionally buy canned mackerel because it is high-quality protein that is cheap and pre-cooked, with the added benefit of fish oil. I do not buy it because I like the taste all that much. It tastes sort of like sardines, but blander, as if the same amount of flavor were diffused through a bigger fish. Finding an appetizing use for this fish has been challenging.
Tonight I made a discovery: this fish goes well with horseradish. I made some ramen and threw in some mackerel with the noodles. When the noodles were done, I didn't bother with the flavor packet. Instead, I put the noodles and fish in a bowl with a small amount of the fishy broth from the pot, and then added some soy sauce, picante chili pepper sauce, and a small dollop of ground horseradish.
It was so good that I made another helping. Instead of boiling more noodles, this time I put some leftover rice in the remaining broth in the pot with more fish from the can, and again added soy sauce, chili pepper sauce, and horseradish to it in the bowl. Yum!
Canned mackerel plus canned Manhattan-style clam chowder is also not bad.
Anybody else have any interesting culinary uses for this fish? (I specify "culinary" because I hear that vacu-packs of mackerel are used as currency among prisoners.)
My father used to eat a lot of canned mackerel He would slice onions and add some white vinegar and have it for lunch.
You can get a 16oz can of mackerel for about $1.25, less than half the price of canned salmon.
Mackerel is NOT one of my favorite fish due to all of the fat. I prefer fresh mackerel broiled or baked. If I eat it canned, I need something like vinegar or horseradish to help cut the fattiness.
Funny this is a topic, just purchased 2 cans. I drain well and make with scrambled eggs. Serve with Valintino pepper sauce. Yummy.
Haven't decided what to do with the other can.
I have all kinds of canned fish in the pantry. My father used to eat sardines in mustard. He made sandwiches for me. Mom made salmon salad and salmon patties from the canned fish. It's just another thing to eat.
In the UK mackerel is canned in a tomatoey sauce. It makes for a tasty very cheap meal on buttered toast. When I was a college student down to 5 pounds to last a week, it was a good meal.
Tin mackerel is a staple in most West Indian countries. You can probably find recipes on the internet, but really if you just simmer it with onion and tomato with some added spices and a bit of water with sauce (like teriyaki) or wet seasoning (like jerk or Bajan seasoning) and eat it with rice, it will be really good.
The next time I head to one of my discount grocery stores, I will buy some canned mackerel and make fish cakes with it.
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