Recipes of the Realms

Ingredients:

• 2 small aji horse mackerel
• 1/4 teaspoon salt and pepper
• 3 tablespoon all-purpose flour
• 1 beaten egg
• 1/2 cup panko bread crumbs
• Vegetable oil for deep frying
• Baby leaf salad mix, to serve

Steps:

1. First prepare the horse mackerel. Remove the hard fin from the near the tail toward the belly, and then remove the head. Slit the belly open and rinse well with water having removed the innards.
2. Cut each side of the horse mackerel off the backbone to form two fillets. Remove the remaining inner bones from the fillets by scraping off the stomach area and carefully tweezing them out.
3. Cut each side of the horse mackerel off the backbone to form two fillets. Remove the remaining inner bones from the fillets by scraping off the stomach area and carefully tweezing them out.
4. Flour both sides of the horse mackerel, then dip in the beaten egg, and cover well with bread crumbs. Deep-fry in oil at 340°F(170℃) until both sides are a light golden color.
5. Serve on a bed of baby leaf with tartar sauce.