Cheat’s smoked mackerel pilau
This smoked mackerel pilau rice recipe is a great one-pot dish that is both quick and easy, plus it makes enough to have leftovers the next day.
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Ingredients
- 4 shallots, thinly sliced
- 100g baby spinach
- 350g microwaveable pilau rice
- Handful frozen peas
- 200g hot-smoked mackerel fillets,
- skinned and thickly flaked
- 100g ready-roasted peppers from a jar, drained and sliced
- Bunch fresh coriander leaves, roughly chopped
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Method
- In a large pan, melt a knob of butter with a splash of oil over a medium-low heat, add
- the shallots and fry for 8 minutes until softened and golden.
- Meanwhile, put the spinach in a colander in the sink and pour over boiling water to wilt. Refresh under cold water, then squeeze dry.
- Increase the heat to medium-high, add the rice, peas, mackerel, red pepper and spinach to the shallots. Season and stir for 5 minutes until warmed through.
- Stir through the chopped coriander, spoon into 2 shallow bowls and serve with lemon wedges to squeeze over.
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This is a great, quick and tasty recipe. I used Tilda Wholegrain Pilau Basmati rice.
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