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Mackerel Tacos with Burnt Salsa

By Big Green Egg

A summer dish of homemade tacos filled with seared mackerel and a charred tomato and pepper salsa

SET UP YOUR EGG

Set up your EGG for direct cooking, with the Stainless Steel Grid topped with a Cast Iron Plancha Griddle, flat-side up. The target temperature is 200˚C.

add the salsa ingredients to the plancha burn the salsa

MAKE THE SALSA

Cut the tomatoes, pepper, chillies and onion in half and place on the hot plancha. Cook until the cut side is very burnt (around 30 minutes). Chop roughly and mix with the coriander, lime juice and olive oil. Set aside.

char the salsa ingredients add lime juice

MAKE THE TACOS

Mix the masa harina and oil with enough warm water to form a dry, almost crumbly dough. Form into golf-ball-sized balls and use a taco press (or rolling pin) to form tacos. You should get about 12.

make the taco shape and set the tacos aside

Cook the tacos on the Plancha until slightly charred and pliable. Wrap in foil and keep in a warm place.

COOK THE MACKEREL

Cook the mackerel skin side down on the Plancha until the skin is crisp and the fish is 90 percent cooked. Flip over for about 10 seconds then remove.

cook the mackerel

Now build your taco: lay on a few salad leaves or a bit of slaw for crunch, add some mackerel and dress with the salsa.

serve your tacos

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