Quick and easy: Recipe for pickled fish

This recipe is for those of us who always wait until the very last minute… A quick last minute recipe for Pickled Fish, just in time for Easter. We also look at where to get the best fish to make this recipe.

Course: As a starter or main course

Origin: Struisbaai

Rating:

 5/5

Ingredients

2kg fish (preferably Yellowtail, but you can use Hake as well)
salt
6 onions
1 tbsp olive oil
1 cup vinegar
4 cloves
1 tablespoon brown sugar
4 tablespoons good-quality curry powder (medium)
2 teaspoons Turmeric
3 tablespoons of your favorite fruit chutney (this is totally optional)
a handful of raisins (or as much as you love)

Instructions

Cut the fish into pieces
Season to taste with a bit of salt
Fry the fish until golden brown.
Then fry 6 onions (cut into rings) in a little bit of olive oil.
Bring the remaining ingredients to boil-point.
Remove them from the stove.
Pour over the prepared fish.

Serving suggestions

You might prefer to eat it on its own or you can serve it with warm bread, buns, salad, rice or potato mash. (Often served with hot cross buns during easter.)

At this stage, you can keep it in the fridge for a day and it will be ready to eat.

Chef Secret!

If at all possible, add about 4 bay leaves and let it stand for a few days. The taste will just be so much better.

Pickle Fish vs Curried Fish

Traditionaly prepared with onions in a vinegar sauce and flavoured with curry powder, turmeric, and other spices.

CURRIED PICKLED FISH is an old traditional South African recipe, but there are literally thousands of different recipes. We decided on this recipe because it is easy, the ingredients are easy to find (you might already have them in your pantry) and it is the one we’ve tried many times.

Yellowtale Fishing at Struisbaai Cape Agulhas

when you're in South Africa on Vacation

For the above recipe, the best fish to use is Yellowtail, and one of the best places to go on a fishing holiday is Struisbaai. Combine the two and you have a winning combination.

Linefishing, South Africa

Yellowtail (Seriola lalandi) Cape yellowtail, Geelstert, Yellowtail amberjack

Catch Responsibly: Green category

“Traditional linefishing uses rod and reel or handline equipment operated from small ski boats and deck boats. Linefishing is a relatively selective fishing method with few impacts on the marine environment and little incidental by catch.” – WWF SASSI

Struisbaai in the Western Cape is one of the best places in South Africa to catch Yellowtail. This video shows a bit of the Harbor and the fishing experience, as well as another delicious recipe you can try.

Struisbaai has one of the most beautiful, pretty little harbors in the Western Cape. This seaside town is a famous stop for serious fishermen as well as the first time or “gentleman angler”.

The Struisbaai harbor wall is the perfect spot for toddlers to try their hand at fishing. This is also where they will have the opportunity to meet Parrie and his friends.

So if you’re looking for the freshest Yellowtail Fish, this is the place to come to.