Spiced Crumbed Mackerel with Smoked Paprika
- 5 tablespoons olive oil plus more for oiling baking dish
- 4 mackerel fillets, pin bones removed
- Salt and freshly ground black pepper
- 1 onion, thinly sliced into rings
- 1/2 cup chopped parsley
- 3 small garlic cloves, minced
- 1/2 teaspoon hot smoked paprika
- 1 1/4 cups fresh bread crumbs
- 1 lemon, halved
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.
- Lightly oil a baking dish large enough to hold the fillets in a single layer.
- Rinse and dry the mackerel, then lay skin-side down in the baking dish.
- Season lightly with salt and pepper.
- In a saute pan over medium heat, pour in 2 tablespoons olive oil.
- Add the onion and saute until softened.
- Remove from heat and add the parsley, garlic and paprika.
- Season with salt and pepper.
- Stir in the bread crumbs and 3 tablespoons olive oil.
- Spoon the spiced bread crumbs evenly over the fillets.
- Bake until the bread crumbs are golden and the fish is opaque and tender, about 20 minutes.
- Squeeze lemon juice over each fillet, and serve.
olive oil, mackerel, salt, onion, parsley, garlic, paprika, bread crumbs, lemon
Taken from cooking.nytimes.com/recipes/11638 (may not work)