Fast Recipes

Mackerel with orange and jicama salad

For a quick and healthy dinner, try this exotic fish dish, flavoured with jicama and cayenne pepper.
William Meppem

This dish works well with grilled tortillas or steamed rice. The trick here is to get the grill smoking hot before you start to prevent the fish from sticking.

Ingredients

Method

1.Heat a char-grill pan over high heat. Brush mackerel with olive oil, then grill, turning once, until charred (2-3 minutes each side). Turn off heat, cover fish with a heatproof bowl and stand to cook through (2-3 minutes). Remove fillets from mackerel (discard bones), flake and set aside.
2.Toss remaining ingredients except cayenne in a bowl, then serve topped with mackerel and cayenne pepper to taste.

Jicama is available from Asian and select greengrocers, if it’s unavailable, use a mixture of white radish (daikon) and apple.

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