Recipe: Tasty Vinegared Mackerel and Grated Daikon Radish

Vinegared Mackerel and Grated Daikon Radish. Vinegared Mackerel and Grated Daikon Radish. For pickled daikon and radish, place daikon and radish in separate small bowls. Bring vinegars and sugar to the boil in a small saucepan over medium heat, stirring occasionally until sugar is dissolved, then remove from heat, cool slightly, pour half over daikon and remainder over radish and set aside to cool.

Put the mackerel fillets in a bowl with the salt and sugar and stir well. Thinly slice the daikon and put in a bowl of iced water. Grated daikon radish offsets that richness and a squeeze of lemon gives a nice fresh acidic balance. You can have Vinegared Mackerel and Grated Daikon Radish using 6 ingredients and 4 steps. Here is how you cook it.

Ingredients of Vinegared Mackerel and Grated Daikon Radish

1. It's 80 grams of Vinegared mackerel.
2. You need 1/4 of Daikon radish.
3. It's 1 dash of Green onion or scallion.
4. Prepare 1/2 of Lemon.
5. It's 1/2 tsp of Soy sauce.
6. It's 1 of Ichimi spice.

They call this dish "grilled mackerel" but that has a little different meaning than what we think of as grilled. Here in the we usually think of "grilled" as something cooked over a grill. An hour or two before you want to serve, finely slice the radishes (use a mandoline if you have one) and put in a bowl of iced water while you make the pickling liquid. Put the vinegar, sugar, mustard seeds and peppercorns in a pan and simmer to dissolve the sugar.

Vinegared Mackerel and Grated Daikon Radish step by step

1. Thinly slice the vinegared mackerel. Since you want to mix it in really well with the daikon radish, make sure the slices are thin..
2. Combine the lemon juice, soy sauce, and ichimi spice..
3. Grate the daikon radish and lightly strain the moisture away. Add it to the mackerel and roughly toss..
4. Arrange it on a dish and top with Step 2. Garnish with green onions..

Grated daikon is good with a rich, oily fish — like mackerel — but it's also great on steaks, hamburgers and other meat dishes. It's similar to horseradish, but less pungent. Do not cut the fish any further after cleaning. Rub with salt on the inside and add a little black pepper. Smear a suitable oven dish with oil, roll the fish in it and arrange them next to each other.