Vinegar marinated Mackerel

 

This is the most common way to eat mackerel sashimi in Japan.  We cannot eat them as fresh sashimi due to Anisakis, we usually marinate them in rice vinegar.  It must be salted for one hour and then marinated in vinegar with konbu.

「しめ鯖」このシーズン初の鯖。早いかと思ったが脂が乗っていて大正解だった。しめ鯖は冷凍もできるので作っておくと便利だ。