Buddy’s crispy-skinned fish

Name: Buddy’s crispy-skinned fish
Cook time: 10 min
Total time: 10 min
Yield: 4
Ingredients: 4 x 120g mackerel fillets, skin on, scaled, pin boned; 1 lemon

A foolproof method

10 mins

Super easy

serves 4

About the recipe

Cooking fish is really easy once you know how. This simple method is all about investing time getting the skin super crispy, also giving you beautiful flaky flesh.

nutrition per serving

334

Calories

17%

16.6g

Fat

24%

5.6g

Saturates

28%

1.3g

Sugars

0.7g

Salt

12%

28.6g

Protein

57%

17.1g

Carbs

Fibre

of an adult’s reference intake

Recipe From

Foodtube

By Jamie Oliver

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Ingredients

4 x 120g mackerel fillets, skin on, scaled, pin boned

1 lemon

Method

Put your fish fillets skin side down in a cold non-stick frying pan.
Turn the heat on to high.
Season the fish fillets with a tiny pinch of sea salt and a pinch of black pepper from a height.
Let the fish cook for most of the time on the skin side – give it 4 or 5 minutes without touching it, until the skin is really golden and crispy, then use a fish slice to flip it over to cook for just 30 seconds on the other side.
Add a good squeeze of lemon juice to the pan, avoiding the crispy skin, then turn the heat off and give the pan a shake.
Delicious served with mashed potato and steamed seasonal veg.

Tags

Mackerel Fish Seafood Cooking with kids

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