Short Body Mackerel

short body mackerel

This is a highly commercial Indo-West Pacific mackerel found from the Red Sea and Madagascar to Samoa, these fish can grow to over 13 inches, but photo specimen was 9 inches and weighed 5-1/4 ounces. This fish is not considered threatened and is sold fresh, frozen, canned, dried-salted, smoked and made into fish sauce. It has just enough scales to be kosher.

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This is a fairly meaty fish with fairly light flesh that is milder than most mackerel, but definitely could not be called "fish lite". There is a substantial streak of dark meat under the skin along the lateral line. The flesh stays firm for all methods of cooking but breaks up easily on the plate into large flakes. My favorite way to enjoy these is to fry them with a light powdering of rice flour and eat with a simple sauce. The flavor of the flesh works well fried.

Small bony fish like this take a little special handling to be easily edible and not take too much time to prepare. The instructions below will produce good results with minimum effort. They will also work with other small bony fish.

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