Grilled Mackerel (Saba Shioyaki)

Ingredients

• Mackerel

  Fish, atlantic, raw

  2 fillet or 224g

• Sake

  Alcoholic beverage, made from rice

  2 tbsp or 30g

• Salt

  Table

  1 dash or 0.4g

• Daikon

  Freshdirect

  100g

• Soy sauce

  Regular sodium, Shoyu

  100g

Directions

1. Gather all the ingredients.
2. Rinse the fish under cold water and then quickly run the fish in a bowl of sake.
3. Pat dry with paper towel.
4. Generously salt both side of the fish and let it sit at room temperature for 20 minutes. ).
5. After 20 minutes... you should see the fish expel water, which makes the flesh denser.
6. Wipe off any excess moisture on the fish.
7. Preheat the toaster oven to 400F (200C).* Place the fish skin side down on a baking sheet lined with aluminum foil or parchment paper (spray or brush oil so it doesn't stick). Bake for 15-20 minutes, or until the fish is cooked through.
8. Grate a piece of daikon using a coarse grater (the one with circle holes). Serve the grilled mackerel with grated daikon on the side. Pour a few drops of soy sauce on grated daikon before you eat. Enjoy eating the combination of the fish and grated daikon together.
9. (source: https://www.justonecookbook.com/grilled-mackerel-saba-shioyaki/)

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