Back then, at home, iyuk loved to barbecue fresh milkfish on charcoal with a very simple marinade. Sidoarjo is also a milkfish producer city, we always had fresh milkfish not frozen one which fresh milkfish tastes better. We enjoyed barbecuing milkfish with sambal kecap petis (shrimp paste and sweet soy sauce sambal) for the dipping sauce.
Pacific mackerel is still a family of tenggiri (Indonesian) aka Narrow-barred spanish mackerel ( Scomberomorus commerson), tenggiri papan/bunga (Indonesian) aka spotted mackerel (Scomberomorus guttatus), tenggiri batang aka mackerel spanyol aka Atlantic Spanish mackerel (Scombremorus maculatus) and mackerel raja aka kingfish (Scomberomorus Cavalla). I still had a pacific mackerel in my freezer and being inspired by mbak Retno of Kedai Hamburg, I decided to make grilled mackerel, I decided to grill mackerel. The different between my recipe and mbak Retno, I inserted finely sliced of shallots into deep cuts on both sides of fish to give more flavour and also I used the Eastern Javanese style sweet soy sauce sambal (shrimp paste and sweet soy sauce sambal) while mbak Retno used sweet soy sauce sambal for dipping.
When I cleaned up the fish, I found fish eggs inside. Hmm I love them, I just added lime and salt, then fried. Enak bangetttt! (slang Indonesian’s term for so yummy).
Category: | Barbecue & Grilling | |
Style: | Indonesian |
Ingredients:
400 g pacific mackerel (it can be substituted for any kind of fish) (bisa diganti ikan lain)
2 shallots, finely sliced
1 lime
salt as desired
sambal kecap petis
2 tbsp black shrimp paste (Indonesian: petis udang)
2 tbsp Indonesian sweet soy sauce
1 tsp ready to use frieid garlic, crushed
finely sliced fresh shallots
finely sliced fresh bird’s eye chilies
fresh calamansi (Indonesian: jeruk kestur / lemon cui),
hot water
Directions:
Preheat a grill pan.
Clean fish by cleaning out the stomach cavity, removing the gills and surrounding tissue, then clean well with tap water.
Cut several deep cuts on both sides of fish. Rub fish inside and over with lime juice and salt. Insert finely sliced shallots into deep cuts. Let stand for 15 minutes.
Grill fish until the skin lightly golden brown.
Combine ground ingredients with spice ingredients, oil and coconut milk, and marinate the fish in it. Set aside in the refrigerator for a minimum of two hours.
Sambal Kecap Petis
Combine all ingredients for sambal, except calamansi and hot water. Squeeze calamansi, add the juice and hot water into sambal mixture, stir evenly.
aku minggu kemaren juga rencananya mau bakar ikan makarel, tapi pas belanja gag nemu ikan makarel hiks. liat ikan panggangmu pep bikin tambah ngilerrrrrr…hiks.
Wow! I saw some mackerel at asian market last week. Now I'll have to go back to get some and try your recipe. Looks sedap! 🙂
aku minggu kemaren juga rencananya mau bakar ikan makarel, tapi pas belanja gag nemu ikan makarel hiks. liat ikan panggangmu pep bikin tambah ngilerrrrrr…hiks.
Wow! I saw some mackerel at asian market last week. Now I’ll have to go back to get some and try your recipe. Looks sedap! 🙂
Isha, pake mackerel jenis apa aja. Gak harus pk pacific ataupun tenggiri
East meets west kitchen: I'm going to wait for your post
Wah..bener deh ini enak banget pake petis. Jadi inget sering di oleh2in sama adek ikan bandeng asap pake sambel kecap petis. Pokok e tambah terusss nasinya.
huaaa kangen bandeng asap…. nyam nyam yahh mbak.. aku sering digado gak dimakan ama nasi 😀
What a lovely dish. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Iki iwak cilik Yin, cuman teknik pemotoan ae dadi ketok dowwong cuman 400 gram kok njaluk gede 😀
Sedap-nya…I want to eat the fish. 🙂
but I want your Penang Hokkien Mee…
Isha, pake mackerel jenis apa aja. Gak harus pk pacific ataupun tenggiri
East meets west kitchen: I’m going to wait for your post
Wah..bener deh ini enak banget pake petis. Jadi inget sering di oleh2in sama adek ikan bandeng asap pake sambel kecap petis. Pokok e tambah terusss nasinya.
huaaa kangen bandeng asap…. nyam nyam yahh mbak.. aku sering digado gak dimakan ama nasi 😀
What a lovely dish. Thanks for stopping by my blog!
Thank you fro stopping by and the compliment
makarel panggang ? aku seneng nek iwake cilik, ra gede mbanged…. nek gee marake mblenger…koyo iwak trout or salmon 😀
Iki iwak cilik Yin, cuman teknik pemotoan ae dadi ketok dow
wong cuman 400 gram kok njaluk gede 😀
Sedap-nya…I want to eat the fish. 🙂
but I want your Penang Hokkien Mee…
Peppy lafarrrrrrrrrrrrrr duh ngiler beneran deh 🙁
Peppy lafarrrrrrrrrrrrrr duh ngiler beneran deh 🙁
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