Grilled Mackerel with Lemon Potatoes
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Ingredients
- 600 g fresh mackerel fillets
- 600 g baby new potatoes, halved
- 2 lemon
- 2 garlic cloves
- 4 tbsp olive oil
- 1 tsp dried oregano
- 10 g flat-leaf parsley
Nutrition (per serving)
- Calories
- 577 kcal
- Protein
- 31.3 g
- Carbohydrate
- 25.4 g
- of which sugars
- 2.8 g
- Fat
- 38.3 g
- of which saturates
- 7 g
- Fibre
- 4.8 g
- Salt
- 0.32 g
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Method
- 1
Boil the halved potatoes for 15 minutes until tender, then drain.
- 2
Crush the garlic and toss with the warm potatoes, 2 tablespoons of the olive oil and the juice of one lemon. Season well.
- 3
Rub the mackerel fillets with the remaining olive oil and the dried oregano, and season well.
- 4
Heat a griddle pan to high and cook the mackerel, skin-side down first, for 3 to 4 minutes on each side until cooked through and the skin is crisp.
- 5
Scatter the potatoes with chopped parsley and serve alongside the mackerel with wedges of the second lemon.

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