My favourite recipes are always ones which are quick and simple, yet packed with taste & flavour. Well, recipes doesn’t get any easier or more delicious than this! Hot smoked mackerel, with buttered leeks and bean-sprouts, all bolstered by a warm & aromatic hint of curry.

The inspiration for this dish comes from the classic ‘kedgeree’ dish, first made poplar in England at the Victorian breakfast-table. The traditional version also contains eggs and rice, which you could very easily include; indeed cauliflower rice (hyperlinked) would be a stunning addition, & hard-boiled eggs are ready in no time! But I chose to prepare this as a starter, so didn’t feel the need to bulk it up too much. If you include the eggs and the rice, then this would then make a brilliant stand-alone supper, dinner or luncheon-dish. So experiment away and be sure to tell me how you get on!

As with all recipes on this website; the ingredients here are very low in carbohydrate. At about 2.5g net carbs per 100g, beansprouts are a great way to get your daily intake of vitamins and minerals; plus they’re quick to cook, which can be a real blessing when time’s in short supply! Such low levels of starch, plus the fact there’s no wheat; make this dish perfect for diabetics, gluten-intolerants or those following a ketogenic-diet (like me). Fans of the paleo-regime will also be well-catered for, so I strongly recommend everyone to give this recipe a go!

Start by finely slicing a leek, including the green leaf-tops, to add colour and flavour. Sauté these in a generous spoonful of coconut-oil & butter, or just butter if you don’t have any coconut-oil to hand. Leave to soften on the heat for a few minutes, then add a couple of cupfuls of beansprouts. Sprinkle on a good teaspoon of curry-powder, followed by a crumbled chicken stock-cube. Then add half a can of full fat coconut milk and season well.

Once the coconut milk has come to the boil (circa 1-2 minutes), lay your smoked mackerel-fillets (I used pre-cooked from the supermarket) across the surface of the vegetables, then transfer the pan to a hot oven for 10 minutes, or until the fish is piping-hot and the liquid reduced by three quarters.

Take the pan out of the oven and spoon the vegetables into broad-bowls to capture the delicious coconut-curry sauce. Then simply place a mackerel fillet atop each portion, drizzle on some of the pan-juices and garnish with a final flourish of fresh herbs.

Voila! Dinner is served. Totally delicious from the first to the very last bite; so enjoy!

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Thanks for reading and bon ap!

Adam.