Oven Baked Horse Mackerel Recipe (2024)

Turkish Style Oven Baked Horse Mackerel Recipe

When the fall season (especially late fall) and winter season come, small fish, such as; Horse Mackerel, Anchovies and Whitting, are caught in the BlackSea. Then, they are distributed to east to west, south to north of Anatolia. Tons of fish are distributed to all fishmongers of Anatolia. Because Turkish people are loking forward to it. Suddenly, they gather the inftont of the fishmongers and begin to buy fish. Yes, Nowadays, infront of fishmongers are so crowded. WHY?!!! Because, fish season or eating-fish time beginning for the Turkish people.

When the weather turns to snow in winter. Old, young and children, Every Turkish person says that "Winter Started!!!! Winter without fish never!!!". What about us!!! We agree with this idea and support this motto: "Winter started!!! Winter without fish never!!!". You may like our Turkish-style-fried-anchovy-recipe.

Turkish kababs, such as; shish kabab (Kuzu Şiş), Chicken shish (Tavuk Şiş), Adana wrap (Adana Dürüm) are very famous and very popular foods among the Turkish people. But, kababs are not the only food that is the favorite cuisine of Turkish people. Turkish people also love fish very much. Especially Horse Mackerel, Anchovies and Whitting can be cooked in a variety of ways in Anatolian Cousine.Turkish-style-baked-anchovy-recipe.

How to Make Turkish Style Oven Baked Horse Mackerel?

Today, we are sharing that "Turkish Style Oven Baked Horse Mackerel -Istavrit Fırında- Recipe ". Horse Mackerel and Anchovy are consumed very much in Turkey. Especially Anchovy can be cooked in a variety of ways in Anatolian Cousine. Such as, "Fried Anchovy (Hamsi Tava)", "Anchovy Rice (Hamsili Pilav)-Anchovy Pilaf - " and "Poached Anchovy - Anchovy Stew".

In this post, We make "Turkish Style Oven Baked Horse Mackerel -Istavrit Fırında- Recipe ". We are sure that you enjoy this teeny tiny bite-size fish very much. But, you can make this recipe also with Anchovy or Whiting. They are all very tasty and yummy and all of them are traditional Turkish BlackSea fish recipes.

So here is an cooking methot of Horse Mackerel for you. Use the oven. After mixing the Horse Mackerel with olive oil and place the cornmeal (or Wheat flour) in a plate and dip the horse mackerel by holding from its tail, to remove the excess flour, shake the fish off and salt, you may add some spicies (but spicies are optional); you are ready to cook.

Here it is a "Turkish Style Baked Anchovy" Recipe;

Ingredients:

- 1 kg Fresh Horse Mackerel,(gutted and cleaned)
- 1/2 or 1 Cup seasoned Cornmeal, (or Wheat flour, but Cornmeal is better),
- 2 Tablespoons Olive oil,(or Canola, Corn oil),

- 1 Teaspoon salt to taste,(1 teaspoon Ground Black Pepper to taste, 1 teaspoon Red Flakes Pepper to taste, 1 teaspoon Dried Thyme to taste, -All spicies are optional-)

- 1/2 Lemon sliced,
- Bay leaves,(10-12 bay leaves),

Preparation:

Servings: 6 Servings, Preparation Time: 15-20 minutes, Cook Time: 15-20 minutes, Cuisine: Mediterranean & Anatolian Cuisine,

First of all, we should clean and take the head off our fish. So, clean and cut the heads off gut the horse mackerels and then wash with cold water drain. After this process, put your horse mackerels in a bowl sprinkle salt and blend. Then, place the cornmeal in a plate and dip the horse mackerel by holding from its tail. To Remove the excess flour, shake the fish off. Then, scattered the bay leaves over a large greased oven tray (lay your horse mackerel on top) and then place your horse mackerels in layers in a large greased oven tray (set all Horse Mackerels as flat as possible so they are not one on top of the other). Cook in a preheated oven at 180°C/350°F until they start to look golden brown and crispy (nearly roast in oven for 20 minutes). Serve as soon as they are ready with seasonal salat or serve with Turkish-shepherd-salad-recipe.

ENJOY

Nutritional Value(Each serving /-1 or 2 horse mackerels-/ contains 487 calories);

Energy 487 kcal. , Protein 37,6 g. , Carbohydrate 1,2 g. , Fat 37 g. , Saturates 7 g. , Salt 0,6 g. , Sugars 0 g. , Fibre 0,1 g,.

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