Warm Starter
Pan-Fried Horse Mackerel
Horse mackerel is plentiful and cheap in autumn and winter, and frying it in corn flour is the classic way to eat it.
- Gluten-free

- Prep
- 10 min
- Cook
- 15 min
- Servings
- 4
Some ingredients may contain gluten; check the package labels.
Ingredients
How many servings?
- 600 g horse mackerel
- 1 tsp salt
- ½ cups (100 ml) corn flour
- 6 tbsp sunflower oil
- 1 red onion
- ½ bunches parsley
- 1 lemon
Method
- Rinse the cleaned fish, pat them very dry with kitchen paper and salt them.
- Coat the fish in corn flour and shake off the excess.
- Heat the oil in a wide pan and fry the fish in batches over medium-high heat for 3–4 minutes a side.
- Drain on kitchen paper.
- Thinly slice the red onion, wash and finely chop the parsley. Serve the fish hot with lemon wedges, red onion and parsley.