Horse Mackerel in Vinegar Miso Sauce Recipe

Juicy horse mackerel in a mild and tasty miso vinegar sauce.

Cooking time

15min+

Calories

143kcal

Sodium

600mg

Nutrition facts are for one serving.
This recipe uses ingredients for raw or semi-cooked consumption.
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Directions

Diagonally slice the horse mackerel into large pieces, cover with the soy sauce and place into a refrigerator for 10 minutes.
Mix together the ingredients from (A) to prepare the Miso Vinegar Sauce.
Julienne the myoga and place in water, julienne the green perilla leaves into thin strips, and julienne the daikon radish into 5 cm (2 in.) lengths. Peel the ginger and julienne into thin sticks, place these in water for 5 minutes and then remove all excess moisture.
Quickly and lightly combine the horse mackerel with (3), serve onto a dish and pour on (2).

Cooking Basics

Daikon radish - matchstick juliennes

Peel the daikon radish, cut into 4 to 5 cm (1.5 to 2 in.) width pieces, and slice these each into planks around 3 mm (0.1 in.) wide, gradually sliding and stacking these planks. Lastly, thinly cut into widths of around 3 mm (0.1 in.).

Horse mackerel - filleting

1. Remove scales (de-scale)

Spread a newspaper out over a cutting board and place the horse mackerel down. Move the tip of the knife from the tail towards the head to scrape off the scales.

2. Remove scutes (curved lateral line of hard scales)

Make a small angled cut with the tip of the knife from the tail and scrape off the scutes. Repeat in the same manner for the other side of the fish.

3. Chop off the head

Place the knife behind the pectoral fin and make an incision in the direction of the head with the knife at an angle (parallel to the gills). Slice in approximately half-way and then turn the horse mackerel over and repeat in the same manner on the opposite side making an incision with the knife to chop off the head.

4. Remove the innards

Insert the tip of the knife into the belly and make a shallow incision up to the anal fin, open the belly and remove the innards. At this point wrap up the innards in a newspaper, throw these away and rinse the horse mackerel with water and pat dry to remove excess moisture.

5. Fillet into 2-layers

Insert the knife from the flank until it reaches the backbone and slide the knife towards the head of the fish. Turn the horse mackerel over and repeat with the knife in the same manner from the belly. Lastly insert the knife facing the tail and slide it along the backbone to completely remove the fillet. Now you have a 2-layer fillet.

6. Fillet into 3-layers

Place the 2-layer filleted horse mackerel with the bones facing downwards, insert the knife from the flank until it reaches the backbone, slide the knife towards the tail to make an incision. Turn the horse mackerel over and make an incision with the knife in the same manner. Insert the knife at the base of the tail and slide it along the top of the backbone to remove the fillet from the backbone. Now you have a 3-layer fillet.

7. Remove the stomach bones

Lay the knife parallel to the cutting board and slice away the stomach bones.

8. Pull out small bones

Pull out small bones remaining in the mid-section of the fillet. These can be easily removed when pulled out in in the direction of from tail to head. To ensure no small bones go unnoticed, confirm with your fingers as you work to pull these out.