Fish Dip might be my favourite technique to eat King Mackerel. It is a good way to make use of these massive smoker kings or frozen king mackerel you packed away within the freezer. These bigger fish style a bit stronger than the tastier small “snake or schoolie” kings however make a superb dip.
The identical goes for frozen king mackerel, when you freeze king mackerel it’s simply not the identical. Even within the -80 tremendous freezer at work, as soon as it’s defrosted the feel simply isn’t the identical. But this all doesn’t matter in the case of fish dip, since you’re going to interrupt aside the fish and use a dressing. You can use smoked kingfish or cajun boiled kingfish like I’m this time. It doesn’t even should be king mackerel, any barely oilier fish like bluefish, or mullet make nice fish dip.
I wish to be 100% clear that this isn’t a recipe I got here up with myself. This relies off of Ms. Pat’s well-known recipe. If you fish the piers within the Panhandle space you realize who Ms. Pat of Okaloosa Island is and understand how well-liked and beloved she and her cooking is.
King Mackerel Fish Dip Ingredients
- 2.5lbs of King Mackerel, boneless and skinless
- Cajun Crab Boil
- 1 Lemon
- Hot sauce
- Garlic minced or pureed
- 1 Green Bellpepper -2 cups
- 1 Sweet Onion – 1 cup
- 1 Stem Green Onion
- 4 stalks of Celery – 2 cups
King Mackerel Fish Dip Dressing Ingredients
- 1/2 cup Ranch Dressing
- 1/2 cup Vidalia Onion Dressing
- 3 tablespoons Spicy Mustard
- 1/4 cup Relish
- 2 teaspoons Horseradish
- 2 tablespoons Chopped Pickled Jalapenos
I like to recommend beginning off with prepping and cooking the king mackerel. First, get a pot large enough to suit all of the king mackerel into, after which add your favourite cajun boil. I prefer to juice a lemon into it and put the halves in together with some pureed garlic and scorching sauce.
Leave the pot to boil when you prep the king mackerel. Get a bit of skinless boneless king mackerel and reduce it up into chunks. You can trim the bloodline, however actually, I don’t thoughts it or suppose it issues. Then get these chunks into the cajun boil and prepare dinner for about 20 minutes. When it’s carried out take it off the warmth and let the fish soak within the boil for 20 extra minutes.
While the fish is cooking prep the greens. Dice up the bell pepper, candy onion, and celery. For extra coloration, you should use half and half candy and crimson onion and half and half inexperienced and crimson bell pepper. Then cube up the inexperienced onion thinly and put all of the greens all to the aspect.
Next, it’s time to work on the dressing of the fish dip. In a separate bowl from the greens, add a 1/2 cup of ranch dressing, I like Hidden Valley however use what you want, a 1/2 cup of Vidalia Onion Dressing, and three tablespoons of Spicey Mustard. Mix collectively and style and alter to your style. Then add the relish, horseradish, and chopped pickled Jalapenos. Again combine and style, you too can optionally add some liquid smoke to the dressing at this level in order for you.
Once the king mackerel chunks are carried out, scope them out of the boil and put them in a bowl, and break all of the fish chunks down. Reserve a few of the cooking liquid although, as soon as the fish is all damaged up add a little bit bit for moisture. Then chill the fish. Now all of the components are prepped its time to combine all of it collectively
Add the prepped greens, fish, and dressing collectively. Don’t add all of the dressing directly although, you would possibly want to carry some again or add extra relying on the feel of the dip. Add some pepper and paprika for style and coloration then combine all of it collectively until is evenly combined. Taste, and if bland add some Tony C’s or Mrs. Dash to style. If you have already got some smoked kingfish already you should use that as an alternative of utilizing boiled king mackerel as I did.
Once you bought all the pieces combined up nicely, wrap it up tight and let it sight within the fridge for a number of hours, this may let all of the flavors combine collectively because the greens begin letting moisture out. Once that’s handed serve it with some crackers or tortilla chips, together with some pickled jalapenos. I’ll warn you although as soon as different folks study that you just’ve made a few of this fish dip, they’ll be at your door fairly fast seeking to get a share.
