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Sweet & sour mackerel
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Sweet & sour mackerel

15 ingredients 15 min Serves 2 openrecipes
Sweet & sour mackerel

This healthy but substantial dish is ready in just half an hour, perfect for a midweek meal for two

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Estimated Nutrition (whole recipe, rough)

621
Calories
17g
Protein
2g
Fat
134g
Carbs

Counts 8 of 10 ingredients — the other 2 aren't in our nutrition table and contribute nothing above, so the real totals are higher.

What these numbers assume — 8 portions →
Ingredient Portion assumed kcal
Flour 1 cup (125g) all-purpose 455
Pineapple 1 cup chunks (165g) 82
Onion 1 medium (110g) 44
Tomato 1 medium (123g) 22
Soy Sauce 1 tbsp (15ml) 9
Garlic 1 clove (3g) 4
Vinegar 1 tbsp (15ml) distilled 3
Ginger 1 tsp grated fresh (2g) 2
Mackerel not in our table 0
Sunflower Oil not in our table 0

Totals for the whole recipe, adding one typical portion per ingredient — listed above. Quantities in the recipe are not counted, so this is a rough guide only — not suitable for medical or dietary planning.

Ingredients

  • 4 fresh mackerel fillets, pin boned, each cut into 4 large pieces
  • 2 tbsp plain flour
  • 400-500ml/14-18fl oz sunflower oil
  • 1 spring onion , finely sliced
  • 2 tsp dark soy sauce
  • 1 tbsp rice vinegar
  • 3 tbsp tomato ketchup
  • 1 tsp Thai fish sauce
  • 2 tbsp sunflower oil
  • 1 small onion , cut into six wedges
  • 2 garlic cloves , very finely chopped
  • thumb-size piece fresh root ginger , finely chopped
  • 300g/10oz fresh pineapple , peeled, cored and cut into rough 2cm chunks
  • 1 long dried red chilli , cut into 3 pieces
  • 1 tsp cornflour

Directions

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By bbcgoodfood · Recipe sourced from openrecipes

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