Golden Tea-Brined Mackerel

The most delicious, aromatic, natural, simple! Lightly salted mackerel in brine is a recipe for delicious salted fish, which is easy and simple to make at home. Tea is added to the brine, which gives the fish a golden color, and tannins make the flesh dense.
cook time: 48h
Gavin Tanner
Golden Tea-Brined Mackerel

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

63
Calories
3g
Fat
3g
Carbs
5g
Protein

Ingredients (6 portions)

Basic:

Salt (with a small slide) 4 tbsp
Sugar 2 tbsp
Water 1 l
Bay leaf 3 pc
Peppercorns 7 pc
Mackerel 2 pc
Allspice 3 pc
Black tea 3 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to pickle mackerel in brine? Prepare your food. Thaw frozen fish until it can be cleaned. Do this as delicately as possible, not in water, but by transferring it from the freezer to the bottom shelf of the refrigerator.

Step 2

Step 2
Prepare the brine. How to make brine? Add salt, sugar, both types of pepper and bay leaf to boiling water. Stir.

Step 3

Step 3
Add black tea, let the brine simmer for 2-3 minutes and leave until completely cooled. Then strain the brine through a sieve.

Step 4

Step 4
While the brine cools, cook the fish. Remove the head and entrails, thoroughly clean the belly from the black film, then rinse the carcass under cool water.

Step 5

Step 5
Place the fish in a container suitable for salting (I used a plastic bottle with the top cut off). Pour in the cooled, strained brine and refrigerate for 2 days. After time has passed, remove the fish from the brine, rinse, cut into pieces and serve.

Step 6

Step 6
Store the fish in a jar, layering it with onions and pouring vegetable oil to cover the fish. Fish kept in oil will keep well in the refrigerator for several days.

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