Spicy Shredded Mackerel Tuna

Hi bloggers and food lovers, I hope you’re having a great day. Today I’m going to share one of my family’s favorite Nusantara food or our local dishes, it’s spicy, has a slightly tender texture, and smells absolutely mouthwatering. Today’s main dish is spicy shredded mackerel tuna. Alright, let’s get right to it

Ingredients:

• 4 mackerel tuna
• 200 grams red chili peppers
• 100 grams bird’s eye chili peppers
• 10 shallots
• 4 garlic
• 2 candlenuts
• 1 stalk lemongrass
• 2 kaffir lime leaves
• 1 tsp salt
• 1/4 tsp sugar
• cooking oil
• lime
• Chopped scallions

Instructions:

• Clean the mackerel tuna by removing the gills, then rub with salt to reduce slime and rinse thoroughly

• Place the cleaned skipjack tuna into a steamer

• Steam the mackerel tuna until cooked through for 15 minutes

• Turn off the heat and let cool

• Once cooled, separate the meat from the bones, then shred the mackerel meat

• Next, prepare the red chili peppers, bird’s eye chili peppers, candlenuts, shallots, and garlic

• Place them in a food processor

• Process until the chili peppers and shallots are crushed but not too fine

• Heat cooking oil in a pan

• Once hot, add the chili mixture to the pan

• Stir briefly

• Add the fried lemongrass and kaffir lime leaves to the pan

• Stir until the chilies are cooked and fragrant

• Once they start to cook, add the shredded mackerel to the pan

• Stir until evenly mixed, then add salt and sugar to taste

• Add chopped scallions

• Stir again, then turn off the heat

• Spicy Shredded Mackerel Tuna is ready to serve

This dish is delicious served with warm cooked rice and fresh vegetables such as cucumbers and lemon basil. Thank you