Almost everyone likes salted mackerel . It serves as an excellent snack, it is very good with boiled potatoes or mashed potatoes, it is delicious on a sandwich. But far from every housewife can only quickly and tastyly salt a mackerel . How to cook fish is much more appetizing and healthy than the one that is sold in the store, and not spend a lot of time on it?
How to pickle mackerel quickly?
The first method will take about an hour. There is practically no need to wait until you can start eating. Take two fish, half a liter of water, half a glass of salt, three peas of allspice, bay leaf. Bring water to a boil, salt, add bay leaf and pepper. Boil for five minutes, then let the brine cool. Clean the fish from the insides, cut off the head and rinse thoroughly. Separate the fillet from the ridge, cut it into portions. Send the fish to the cooled brine and put in the refrigerator. For the hour that the mackerel will be salted, you can cook potatoes for a side dish. It is not necessary to overdo the fish in the brine, the taste will not be the same. Remove the brine, rinse the fillet slices, dry and serve.
How to quickly salt mackerel with a spicy ambassador?
If you want more spicy fish, salt it in a spicy marinade. The dish will be ready in ten hours. Many methods require cooking within a few days, so this method is still pretty quick. You will need two mackerels, three tablespoons of salt, two onions, fifty milliliters of 9% vinegar, one hundred and fifty grams of vegetable oil, five peas of black pepper, two bay leaves, cloves, red pepper. Before quickly salting the mackerel, cut off the head, tail, and gills of the fish, remove the entrails and rinse it in water. Remove the skin, remove the seeds and cut the fillet into slices. Peel and chop onion rings. Mix oil with vinegar and spices. Put the fillet in a bowl, sprinkle with salt, mix everything and leave for a couple of minutes. Add the onions, pepper and pour the marinade from the oil. Put the fish in a container with a lid, close and shake. Leave it at room temperature for ten hours, then put it in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Mackerel is ready to be served.
How to quickly salt mackerel with spices?
Another good method for quickly salting fish. It turns out very flavorful, and you have to cook it very briefly. Before quickly salting the mackerel, clean and gut the carcasses, cut off the head, tail and fins. Divide the fillet into halves, grate with salt and leave for sixteen hours in a plastic container so that the fish is salted. After the specified time, wipe the carcasses from salt, rinse in cold water and pat dry with napkins. Sprinkle the fillet with black pepper, chopped garlic, add a few slices of bay leaf. Put the fish in a tightly closed container, put it in the refrigerator, and after two hours you can serve the mackerel to the table. As with the previous versions of the dish, this is ideally suited as a side dish of potatoes.