Judy Joo

Simply Grilled Mackerel

Godeungeo Gui

Preparation info
  • Serves

    4

    • Difficulty

      Easy

Appears in
Korean Food Made Simple: Easy and Delicious Korean Recipes to Prepare at Home
Korean Food Made Simple

By Judy Joo

Published 2016

  • About

Not only is grilled mackerel a delicious and inexpensive dish, it’s one of the easiest and fastest you can make: about five minutes from start to finish. I am always surprised with how good it tastes.

My mum used to serve this dish as a simple dinner, or one fillet as part of the banchan on the table.

Ingredients

  • 4 boneless blue mackerel fillets (about 140 g/5 oz each), patted dry
  • Vegetable oil</

Method

Preheat the grill and position a rack 10–13 cm (4–5 in) from the heat source. Line a baking sheet with foil.

Score each fillet crossways three or four times as you gently squeeze the top and bottom of the fillet together so that it puckers up. Be careful not to cut too deeply; you want to slice through the skin and just a bit of the flesh. This helps the fillets cook more evenly.

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