Easy Smoked Mackerel Salad Recipe

One of the reasons why we love Spanish recipes is because they show that you can prepare a healthy meal that has a mesmerizing flavor.

In the world of Spanish mackerel recipes, the smoked mackerel salad recipe is one of the best options for this task as it is filled with flavor and has all of the nutrients and proteins that a dish needs.

Read this article to find the information on how to cook Spanish mackerel, with an inside of the ingredients substitutions that you can follow and tips for serving and storing.

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Background of the Dish

Smoked mackerel recipes have existed for centuries in Southern Spain, but in the past few decades, they reached a new level of popularity.

The classic smoked mackerel recipe is super simple to make, but with the smoked mackerel salad recipe, you give a new life to that traditional dish.

For this salad you mix different vegetables, all combined with the fantastic Andalusian and Mediterranean salad dressing (olive oil and vinegar), paired with the decadent smoked mackerel.

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Things You’ll Need for Smoked Mackerel Salad Recipe

Like most of the smoked mackerel salad recipes, to prepare this one you just need smoked mackerel, cherry tomatoes, lettuce, potatoes, eggs, and olive oil as the main ingredients.

You can prepare this smoked mackerel salad recipe completely from scratch or buy smoked mackerel filets. 

Ingredients

• 2 smoked mackerel filets
• 1/2 iceberg lettuce (or your favorite type)
• 1 red onion
• 1/2 cup (80gr) cherry tomatoes
• 3 potatoes
• 2 eggs
• 1/4 cup (60ml) olive oil
• 1 tablespoon vinegar
• Salt and pepper (to taste)
• 1/2 teaspoon paprika (optional)
• 1/2 teaspoon chili flakes (optional)

How to Make Smoked Mackerel Salad Recipe – Step by Step Guide

1. To start with this smoked mackerel salad recipe, peel and chop the potatoes into small squares. Place them in a pot covered with water and boil them for 25 minutes or until tender. In the last 10 minutes of boiling, carefully add the eggs.

2. Once cooked, let them cool to room temperature for about 10 minutes and finish the cooling process in the fridge.

3. In the meantime, wash, peel, and chop the onion into julienne style. Cut the cherry tomatoes in half. Set aside. Also, wash the lettuce leaves and chop them if necessary.

4. For the next step in this smoked fish salad recipe, remove the skin and flake the smoked Spanish mackerel filets. Set them aside.

5. After that, chop the hard-boiled eggs into quarters. Place them in a large bowl with the potatoes.

6. Now grab a separate small bowl and prepare the salad dressing. Whisk together the extra-virgin olive oil, white wine vinegar, and a pinch of salt and pepper until well combined. At this point, you can add the other spices to this mackerel salad recipe.

7. Back in the large bowl, add the remaining vegetables and Spanish mackerel fish. Drizzle the dressing over the salad, using as much or as little as you prefer. Toss the salad gently to coat all the ingredients with the dressing.

8. Then, taste the salad and adjust the seasoning with additional salt and pepper if needed.

9. To finish this fish mackerel recipe, you just have to serve the smoked mackerel salad on individual plates or in a large serving bowl.

Substitution of Ingredients

As well as most of the mackerel salad recipes, you can make a lot of replacements to the ingredients for the smoked mackerel salad recipe.

For example, you can use any vegetables of your choice for this mackerel recipe, and skip those that you don’t like (or skip the potatoes to make this recipe faster).

For the mackerel you can buy it cooked or follow our smoked mackerel filet recipe (if you don’t like smoked mackerel you can grill it or make a king mackerel recipe).

For those of you who don’t like mackerel, you can easily turn this into an ensalada de bacalao: just follow everything as listed and use cooked bacalao instead.

Do you want to add a different flavor profile to this smoked mackerel salad recipe? Then you can take inspiration from the mackerel curry recipe and play with the spices as much as you like.

Tips on Serving Smoked Mackerel Salad Recipe

The smoked mackerel salad recipe is commonly served as a side dish or as an appetizer, but if you serve a large portion then it can work as a main dish thanks to the amount of protein that it has.

To make this the absolute best mackerel recipe, you can top it with toasted chopped nuts (such as almonds, walnuts, and hazelnuts).

You can also top the salad from this mackerel fish recipe with shredded parmesan cheese or cheese cubes of your choice.

For a super healthy mackerel recipe, you can use any low-fat or low-calorie dressing of your choice.

If you are wondering what to serve with smoked mackerel, the best answers are toasted bread, rice, or other protein such as chicken breasts or meat burgers.

How to Store Smoked Mackerel Salad Recipe

The smoked mackerel salad recipe is for a salad that’s meant to be served and enjoyed as fresh as you can, for that reason you can’t store it for too long.

If you are planning on storing it, follow the recipe for smoked mackerel salad right before the dressing part, and then you can store it for 24 hours in the fridge.

Besides that, you can prepare the smoked mackerel filets recipe ahead and store that as you prefer to save some time.

Some smoked mackerel filet recipes that you can make and store for longer are the mackerel cake recipe and the smoked mackerel pate recipe. 

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