Baked mackerel with lemon in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake mackerel with lemon in the oven? Prepare the necessary ingredients. You can use any mayonnaise, I have homemade one. I took 2 medium-sized mackerel. If your fish is frozen, defrost it in advance. Wash and dry the greens. Wash the lemon and pour boiling water over it.

2. STEP 2

   

   It’s good if your fish is defrosted to a slight hardness - this makes it easier to work with. Gut the mackerel, cut off its head, tail and fins. Rinse well to remove black films and dry with a paper towel.

3. STEP 3

   

   Cut the peeled garlic cloves into petals and coarsely wash the dill. Cut the lemon in half. Squeeze the juice from one half. Cut the other half into thin slices. Then cut each one in half.

4. STEP 4

   

   Pour squeezed lemon juice over the inside of the fish, add salt and pepper, and place garlic slices and chopped dill in the belly. I also had onion sprouts, I also added them to the filling. You don't have to do this.

5. STEP 5

   

   Make transverse cuts along the back of the fish up to the spinal bone (without cutting it) and insert thin slices of lemon into them.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place the stuffed fish on a baking sheet lined with lightly greased baking paper. Lubricate the fish with mayonnaise and place in a heated oven (170-200 degrees, then after 20 minutes I usually reduce the temperature) for 30-45 minutes. Determine the exact time and temperature based on your oven.

7. STEP 7

   

   Mackerel with lemon in the oven is ready. You can prepare any side dish for it. The best combination is potatoes and fluffy rice (or perhaps just more familiar).

8. STEP 8

   

   Decorate the dish at your discretion with herbs, lemon slices, tomatoes, cranberries or lingonberries. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

TaniaSi

05.10.2023

4.8

I'll try the recipe. At the moment, for me there is no tastier recipe than baking mackerel with carrots and onions!

joschkin

05.10.2023

4.8

A beautiful dish of Mackerel with lemon baked in the oven for the holiday table and for dinner. Delicious! I didn’t have mackerel, I took pike perch, but I don’t think that’s important. The main thing is that the fish turns out very tasty and juicy! Thanks for the recipe!

Kenzo555

05.10.2023

4.9

I was leafing through recipes with the thought “what to cook?” And I saw a recipe for baked mackerel with lemon in the oven, and decided to cook it. I decided to bake it with the tail and head, so that more juiciness would remain in the fish. I didn’t use mayonnaise, I used only dry spices, salt, pepper, bay leaf, which adds piquancy to the fish, and lemon. Baked in the sleeve, even the smallest member of the family appreciated this mackerel.