How to Pan Fry a Chinese Mackerel

Ingredients

• 1 whole mackerel, skin on and pin-boned
• 1 tablespoon Olive or rapeseed oil
• 2 teaspoons salt 
• 2 dashes of pepper

Instructions

1. Season the mackerel with salt and pepper (front & back). 
   

   

   
   
   
   
2. Heat a dash of olive or rapeseed oil in a non-stick frying pan. 
3. Once the pan is smoking hot, add the mackerel to the frying pan. Turn the heat down to medium-high.
   

   

   
   
4. Gently apply pressure to the mackerel to ensure that the fish stays flat and all of its skin comes into contact with the pan. 

   
   
5. Cook it for 2 to 4 minutes, depending on the thickness of the mackerel.
6. Once the skin is crisp and becomes golden, turn the mackerel over and remove it from the pan. 

   
   
7. Leave the mackerel in the pan to cook through in the residual heat. 
8. Garnish the dish with basil leaves and spring onion.