Balik Ekmek Recipe

Balik Ekmek Recipe

Ingredients

Makes 2

• 2 fresh mackerel fillets (skin on), as perfectly fresh as possible Olive oil
• 2 mild fresh green chilies, left whole
• 2 soft white rolls or 2 lengths of baguette, split open Sea salt and crushed red pepper flakes (chili flakes), for sprinkling Sliced onion Sliced tomatoes
• lettuce leaves
• 2 lemon wedges, to serve

Method

1. Light a BBQ for direct gril ing (see also Cook’s Tip).
2. Once the flames have died down and the coals have turned white, it’s ready for cooking.
3. Lightly brush the mackerel fil ets with olive oil and cook them on the gril using a fish basket if you have one (a hinged metal cage for protecting fish on the BBQ-use the type suitable for cooking fil ets rather than whole fish), turning once, until cooked and the flesh is opaque.
4. This should take about 5 minutes (depending on size).
5. Lightly oil and gril the green chilies at the same time.
6. Lightly toast the rol s on the gril , then fil with the mackerel.
7. Sprinkle the fish with salt and crushed red pepper (chili) flakes, then add the salad ingredients and a gril ed chili to each one.
8. Serve at once with the lemon wedges.

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