Spicy Mackerel With Chiles And Tomato Food

FRIED MACKEREL IN A SPICY SAUCE

Steps:

• Put the onion, tomatoes, cumin, coriander, one tablespoon of the oil and a large pinch of salt and pepper into a food processor and blitz until smooth. Transfer the tomato mixture to a saucepan, place over a medium heat and cook for 6 minutes, stirring frequently, until the sauce is slightly reduced. Set aside.
• Heat the remaining oil in a large non-stick frying pan over a medium-high heat. Season the mackerel fillets on both sides with salt and pepper and add the fish to the pan, skin-side down (you may need to do this in batches). Fry for 3 minutes, without moving the fillets, until the skin is crispy and golden brown. Flip over and cook for another 1-2 minutes, or until the fish is just cooked through. Add the lemon juice and allow it to sizzle for a few seconds.
• Transfer the fillets to warmed plates, spoon the spicy sauce over the fish and serve immediately.

GRILLED MACKEREL WITH SPICY TOMATO JAM

Steps:

• Have ready a bowl of ice and cold water. Cut an X in blossom end of each tomato and in a saucepan of boiling water blanch 10 seconds. With a slotted spoon transfer tomatoes to ice water to stop cooking. Peel tomatoes and seed and chop. Chop onion.
• In a 1-quart saucepan bring tomatoes, onion, jelly, vinegar, tarragon, red pepper flakes, and salt to a boil over moderately low heat and cook, stirring frequently, until thick, 30 to 40 minutes. Cool jam to room temperature. Jam keeps, covered and chilled, 1 month. Bring jam to room temperature before serving.
• Prepare grill. Season mackerel fillets with salt and pepper and grill, skin sides down, on a lightly oiled rack set 5 to 6 inches over glowing coals until just cooked through, 9 to 13 minutes. (Do not turn fish.)
• Serve each fillet topped with 2 tablespoons jam.

SPICY MACKEREL WITH CHILES AND TOMATO

Steps:

• Season fish generously on both sides with kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper; set aside.
• Heat oil in a large frying pan over medium heat. When it shimmers, add onion, jalapenos, garlic, chili powder, and cumin and season with salt and freshly ground black pepper. Cook until vegetables are soft and starting to brown, about 7 minutes. Add tomatoes, season with additional salt, and cook until tomatoes just begin to break down, about 2 minutes more.
• Create 4 spaces in the vegetables, and nestle fish, skin-side up, in the empty spaces. Cook until underside is golden in color, about 5 minutes. Flip fish over, add lime juice, and cook, scraping bottom of pan to incorporate browned bits, until almost all liquid is gone, about 2 minutes more.