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A quick kimchi recipe that is an accompaniment for lots of dishes. During lockdown it was on our takeaway menu and served with mackerel in the restaurant as a starter. The ingredients may seem like it will make a lot but as it starts to ferment over 24 hours it reduces down. It can be stored in the fridge in a sealed container for weeks. The longer you keep it, the “funkier” it gets.

In the photo I added peaches for the summer dishes but you can add plums in the autumn.

I cooked my mackerel with a blow torch but it works just as well under the grill.

6 mackerel fillets

juice of half a lemon

1 tbsp olive oil

Kimchi

2 large cucumbers, peeled

4 carrots, peeled

300g daikon or radish

8 spring onions, sliced

6 garlic cloves, thinly sliced

50g ginger, cut into matchsticks

2 tbsp caster sugar

1.5 tbsp fish sauce

1.5 tbsp light soy sauce

2 tbsp rice vinegar

1 tbsp togarashi seasoning or red chilli flakes

20g coriander leaves

3 plums or peaches, stone removed and cut into segments

Using a vegetable peeler, slice the cucumber until you reach the seeds. Turn the cucumber and slice the other side until you reach the seeds, then slice the side and discard the seed. Put the thin slices into a bowl. Next, using the vegetable slicer, slice the carrots into the bowl and then the daikon. If you are using radish, thinly slice them with a knife.

Add all the other kimchi ingredients apart from the fresh coriander and plums or peaches. Cover and leave in the fridge for at least 24 hours.

Preheat the grill to high. Using a very sharp knife, make lots of cuts along the mackerel skin about 2mm apart. Whisk the lemon juice and olive together and brush over both sides of the fillets.  Line a baking tray with foil, put the mackerel fillets on the tray skin side up and place under the grill 4 minutes. Alternatively, use a blow torch.

Toss the kimchi with the coriander leaves and fruit and serve with the mackerel

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Jules
A quick kimchi recipe that is an accompaniment for lots of dishes. During lockdown it was on our takeaway menu and served with mackerel in the restaurant as a starter. The ingredients may seem like it will make a lot but as it starts to ferment over 24 hours it reduces down. It can be stored in the fridge in a sealed container for weeks. The longer you keep it, the "funkier" it gets.
In the photo I added peaches for the summer dishes but you can add plums in the autumn.
I cooked my mackerel with a blow torch but it works just as well under the grill.
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Cooking mackerel using a blow torch
Prep Time 20 minutes
Cook Time 3 minutes
Fermenting 1 day
Course Starter
Servings 6 people
Calories 224 kcal
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Ingredients
  • 6 Mackerel fillets
  • 1/2 lemon juiced
  • 1 tbsp olive oil

Kimchi

  • 2 large cucumbers peeled
  • 4 carrots peeled
  • 300 g daikon or radish
  • 100 g spring onions sliced
  • 6 cloves garlic thinly sliced
  • 50 g ginger peeled and cut into matchsticks
  • 2 tbsp caster sugar
  • 1.5 tbsp fish sauce
  • 1.5 tbsp light soy sauce
  • 2 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 1 tbsp Togarashi seasoning or chilli flakes
  • 20 g coriander leaves
  • 3 plums or peaches stones removed and cut into segments

Instructions
 

  • Using a vegetable peeler, slice the cucumber until you reach the seeds. Turn the cucumber and slice the other side until you reach the seeds, then slice the side and discard the seed. Put the thin slices into a bowl. Next, using the vegetable slicer, slice the carrots into the bowl and then the daikon. If you are using radish, thinly slice them with a knife.
  • Add all the other kimchi ingredients apart from the fresh coriander and plums or peaches. Cover and leave in the fridge for at least 24 hours.
  • Preheat the grill to high. Using a very sharp knife, make lots of cuts along the mackerel skin about 2mm apart. Whisk the lemon juice and olive together and brush over both sides of the fillets.  Line a baking tray with foil, put the mackerel fillets on the tray skin side up and place under the grill 4 minutes. Alternatively, use a blow torch.
  • Toss the kimchi with the coriander leaves and fruit and serve with the mackerel

Nutrition

Calories: 224kcalCarbohydrates: 14gProtein: 22gFat: 8gSaturated Fat: 2gCholesterol: 47mgSodium: 735mgPotassium: 796mgFiber: 3gSugar: 8gVitamin A: 7315IUVitamin C: 13mgCalcium: 74mgIron: 2mg
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