By Edu Costa − On Friday, September 1, 2017, 6 years ago in
Seafood Recipes
5 out of 5 with 2 ratings
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This delicious Portuguese fried horse mackerel (chicharros) with sauce recipe will leave you craving for more.
Preparation time | 15 min |
Cooking Time | 25 min |
Ready In | 40 min |
Level of Difficulty | Easy |
Servings | 4 |
Ingredients
1,5 Kg of horse mackerel Corn flour (to taste)Salt (to taste)Sauce:6 cloves of garlic1 whole salted pepper (to taste), choppedVinegar (to taste)1 tablespoon of crushed red pepper sauce (pimenta moída)4 tablespoons of cooking oilChopped Parsley (to taste)
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Directions
- Clean the mackerel, season with salt and set aside.
- Meanwhile let's prepare the sauce.
- Put the oil in a frying pan and add the sliced cloves of garlic and crushed red pepper sauce.
- Saute for about 3 minutes.
- Add the chopped salted pepper and saute for another minute.
- Add the vinegar and finely chopped parsley to taste.
- In another pan with hot oil, fry the fish previously passed in the corn flour, until they are golden brown.
- Drain them on paper towel.
- Pour the sauce over the fish and serve with baked or boiled potatoes and salad.
Recipe Credit: PortugueseRecipes.ca
Photo Credit: foodwithameaning.wordpress.com
Photo Credit: foodwithameaning.wordpress.com
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Duarte cabral
When you say minced ground pepper, do you mean crushed red pepper?
1 year ago, Wednesday, March 9, 2022


mike Macy
The real question is where can Americans living in the United States even find horse Mackerel?
2 years ago, Saturday, October 16, 2021
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