Mackerel Salad (Caribbean Style)

A quick and easy salad consisting of smoked flaked mackerel, sweet potato, cho cho (christophine), onions, pear (avocado) served on a bed of lettuce with an optional spicy vinaigrette dressing.

Course Lunch and Salads

Cuisine Caribbean

Prep Time 30

Cook Time 15

Total Time 45

Servings people

Calories 686kcal

Author Charla

Ingredients

4 smoked mackerel fillets
1 large sweet potato chopped
½ cho cho (christophine) chopped
1 large head of iceberg lettuce chopped
2 avocado (pear) chopped
½ cucumber chopped
½ onion thinly sliced and sauteed

Spicy Viniagrette Dressing

¼ cup extra virgin olive oil

2 tablespoon balsamic vinegar (54g)
1 tablespoon agave nectar (32g) maple syrup works too
2-3 tsp hot sauce (8g)
1 teaspoon thyme (2g) fresh or dried
¼ teaspoon garlic granules (0.5g)
¼ teaspoon black pepper (0.5g)
¼ teaspoon pink salt (1.5g)

Instructions

Arrange the lettuce, avocado (pear), cucumber and onion in 4 separate bowls and set aside.
Meanwhile, cook the sweet potatoes by either boiling them or steaming on medium heat in a medium sized saucepan until fork tender (should take about 10-15 minutes).
Drain the water off the potatoes and cho cho and allow to cool.
Once cooled arrange the potatoes, cho cho and flaked mackerel onto the salad bed.
Prepare the dressing by combining and whisking the extra virgin olive oil, agave nectar, balsamic vinegar, hot sauce, thyme, garlic granules, black pepper and pink salt in a small bowl.
Drizzle the dressing all over each salad bowl and serve accordingly.

Notes

Keep the salad refrigerated if you don't plan on eating it straight away.
You can bring this salad on the go with you by storing it in a Mason jar.
If you can't get hold of cho cho/christophine and zucchini/courgette works just fine.
You can get cho cho/christophine from any market/supermarket in any Caribbean neighbourhood.
You can use canned mackerel instead which is more cost effective than using fillets.
You can use any other type of vinegar in place of balsamic.

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