Canned Mackerel Recipe for Meatballs

canned mackerel recipe

Try this canned mackerel recipe and cook a healthy Italian-style meatball dish. Mackerel provides a ton of nutrition, and is a wild caught fish full of healthy oils. It’ a rich source of omega-3 fatty acids. Canned mackerel is inexpensive, super convenient, and an ideal ingredient to have around the house.

What You Need to Make a Meatball Canned Mackerel Recipe

1 can MACKEREL
1 EGG
1 Lg ONION
4-5 cloves GARLIC
4-5 Tbsp OLIVE OIL
14oz can TOMATO SAUCE
14oz can CRUSHED TOMATO
½ GREEN BELL PEPPER
1 RED or YELLOW BELL PEPPER
½ cup grated ROMANO CHEESE
1 Tbsp ITALIAN SEASONING
2 tsp CHILI POWDER
SALT and PEPPER (to taste)
some fresh parsley…and serve over rice or noodles

How to Make Canned Mackerel Meatballs

  • Open the canned mackerel and pour fish into a bowl. Like canned tuna, the mackerel has already been cooked during the canning process. The skin and bones are edible, in fact they are quite nutritious.
  • Remove some of the juice that was in the can, but leave about a ¼ cup of juices.
  • The larger vertabrae, while quite chewable, can be a little distracting in a meatball.
    Using your hands, break the fish up, smashing as much of the bone matter as convenient.
  • Into the bowl add salt, pepper, and chili powder to taste. You’ll also add some of these spices into the marinara sauce as well.
  • Add the freshly grated Romano cheese, or substitute Parmesan cheese.
  • Add one egg, and about 1 Tbsp each of finely chopped onion, garlic and green bell pepper.
  • Thoroughly combine all of the ingredients in the bowl and then form the mixture into meatballs about the size of a ping pong ball. The bowl should yield 12-14 meatballs.

Time to Cook the Meatballs!

  • Heat a skillet with oil on medium high heat.
  • Brown the meatballs on all sides. Be gentle, the mackerel meatballs will be moist and quite soft. The meatballs will likely not keep their round shape, but that’s fine. Use tongs and turn them gently in the hot oil. The browning will help the meatballs to keep their shape later in the marinara sauce.
  • Brown meatballs for 5-7 minutes and the remove the meatballs from the skillet and set aside on a plate.
  • Into the skillet add the remaining onion, garlic, and bell peppers. Saute for several minutes until they begin to soften.
  • Add more salt, pepper, and hot pepper as desired. Use fresh hot peppers if you like!
  • Add in the crushed tomatoes and tomato sauce.
  • Stir in the dried Italian seasonings.
  • Bring skillet to a bubble and the reduce to a simmer and cover and let simmer for about 20 minutes.
  • After 20 minutes, add fresh parsley and then return the meatballs to the skillet.
  • Gently mix the meatballs with the sauce and let cook for another 5 minutes.

And that’s it! Serve the sauce and mackerel meatballs over pasta or rice.
Give this canned mackerel recipe a try and let me know what you think, and bon appétit!

If you can’t find it at the store, you can check out canned mackerel prices on Amazon.

canned mackerel recipe
Canned Mackerel is packed with nutrition, super convenient, and relatively inexpensive.

And for another canned seafood recipe, try this delicious Salmon Burger Recipe.

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The Best Garlic Shrimp Recipe You’ll Ever Eat

garlic shrimp recipe

Try this super-quick and delicious garlic shrimp recipe. Lots of olive oil and garlic add great flavor, especially when served with fresh sliced bread. Cook the shrimp quickly in a hot skillet, but don’t overcook, because over cooked shrimp get rubbery. The total cooking time for this dish start to finish should be about 5-7 minutes.

What you need for Garlic Shrimp

2 lbs SHRIMP
½ cup OLIVE OIL
½ cup GARLIC …or as much as you like (finely chopped)
½ tsp RED PEPPER FLAKES
½ tsp PAPRIKA
SALT and PEPPER to taste
3-5 Tbsp LEMON JUICE
some PARSLEY (chopped)
sliced BREAD for sure!

How to make this Garlic Shrimp Recipe

  • Peel and devein the shrimp (save the shells and heads to make a stock!)
  • Heat olive oil in a skillet on medium high heat. Check current prices for a non-stick skillet on Amazon.
  • When oil is hot, add red pepper flakes. Red pepper flakes add a nice heat, but substitute fresh peppers, or even a little cayenne if you like.
  • Add garlic and saute for 1 minute. Use as much garlic as you like. I prefer lots of garlic. I literally used an entire bulb. It seems like a lot, but the oil and garlic taste great with thick slices of fresh bread.
  • Add the shrimp, and continue sautéing on medium heat.
  • The shrimp only take about 3-5 minutes to cook depending on the size of your shrimp. Don’t overcook the shrimp; they will become rubbery if cooked overly long.
  • Add paprika, and salt and pepper to taste. If you’re just getting into home cooking, here are current prices for starter spice sets on Amazon.
  • Saute shrimp until JUST cooked, when shrimp begin to color and curl, then remove the skillet from the heat.
  • Add lemon juice and fresh chopped parsley.
  • Mix well and serve in a bowl with thick slices of fresh bread. Or serve over rice…but this oily, garlicky shrimp is GREAT with thick slices of tasty bread.
garlic shrimp recipe
lots of garlic + lots of shrimp = delicious

Give this garlic shrimp recipe a try and let me know what you think…and bon appétit!

If you want another tasty shrimp idea, one of my favorites is this Spicy Tempura Shrimp Recipe.

spicy fried shrimp

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