I love everything about this flavourful mackerel vegetable couscous. It features roast vegetables, topped with tinned mackerel fillets in a Moroccan-style sauce made with apricot purée, and served with roasted vine tomatoes.
Often when we see a pic of a delicious-looking meal, we might think, "Wow, that looks good, but it probably takes a lot of work. I just don't have that sort of time." Well think again!
It's perfectly possible to make a healthy, delicious meal in 15 minutes or less. You just have to know where to take the right shortcuts.
How do I know? I've been working a full-time job and raising kids for 10 years and some days, something's got to give! This meal is for one of those days.
Having well-stocked cupboards with plenty of staples I can use as the basis of a host of meals is absolutely essential to speedy, tasty cooking.
With just a few of tins of Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée, you can make something that's rich in Omega 3 and protein, and being skinless and boneless everything is on the table in less than 15 minutes.
This makes 4 plates - plenty for a family dinner.
Ingredients
- 300 g (10.58 oz) vine ripened tomatoes
- 1 red onion diced
- 1 yellow pepper deseeded and diced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pinch salt and black pepper
- 150 g (5.29 oz) couscous
- 1 vegetable stock (bouillon) cube reduced salt variety
- 500 g (1.1 lb) Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée (4 cans)
Equipment
Instructions
Preheat the oven to 240C/460F (220C fan). Place the tomatoes to one side of an oven tray and the chopped red onion and yellow pepper to the other side of the tray.
Drizzle all over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
Pop in the oven for 10 minutes.
Meanwhile, put the couscous in a large heatproof bowl with the stock cube.
Cover with 200ml of boiling water, stir well, cover and leave to stand for 5 minutes.
Tip the cans of Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée onto a microwaveable plate and break into large pieces with a fork. Microwave for 30 seconds on High.
Once everything is ready, fluff up the couscous.
Tip all of the quick roasted veg except the tomatoes into the bowl.
Mix well.
Serve the couscous onto four plates.
Top with the Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée.
Serve the grilled tomatoes on the side.
Enjoy!
Don't forget to let me know the Princes Mackerel flavour you’re most looking forward to trying.
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Moroccan-Style Mackerel Vegetable Couscous Recipe
Ingredients
- 300 g (10.58 oz) vine ripened tomatoes
- 1 red onion diced
- 1 yellow pepper deseeded and diced
- 2 tbsp olive oil
- 1 pinch salt and black pepper
- 150 g (5.29 oz) couscous
- 1 vegetable stock (bouillon) cube reduced salt variety
- 500 g (1.1 lb) Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée (4 cans)
Instructions
- Preheat the oven to 240C/460F (220C fan). Place the tomatoes to one side of an oven tray and the chopped red onion and yellow pepper to the other side of the tray.
- Drizzle all over with olive oil and season with salt and pepper.
- Pop in the oven for 10 minutes.
- Meanwhile, put the couscous in a large heatproof bowl with the stock cube.
- Cover with 200ml of boiling water, stir well, cover and leave to stand for 5 minutes.
- Tip the cans of Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée onto a microwaveable plate and break into large pieces with a fork. Microwave for 30 seconds on High.
- Once everything is ready, fluff up the couscous, tip all of the quick roasted veg except the tomatoes into the bowl.
- Serve the couscous onto four plates.
- Top with the Princes Mackerel Fillets in a Moroccan Style Sauce with Apricot Purée.
- Serve the grilled tomatoes on the side.
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Sharon Morrison says
I'd like to try the tomato and roasted onion one, definitely not the spicy ones!
Emily Leary says
You could maybe try this tomato and roasted onion in a pasta bake and add some vegetables too! Let me know if you give it a try!
Emma Fox says
I would like to try the Mackerel Fillets in Hot Chilli Dressing - it sounds like a tasty combination :)
Emily Leary says
A great idea, the hot chilli sauce is indeed a delicious combination of flavours! Enjoy!
Carolynn Woodland says
I would like to try the mackerel in spicy tomato sauce first then graduate to others.
Emily Leary says
Yes, there are so many different ones to try and the spicy tomato sauce is a good place to start! Enjoy!
Becky says
I’m a big fan of BBQ sauce so would be intrigued to taste the mackerel in the Texas bbq sauce xx
Emily Leary says
The mackerel in Texas BBQ sauce is delicious! Let me know what you think if you try it!
cat says
Mackerel Fillets in Olive Oil, I am for the simple I prefer to do my own thing
Emily Leary says
There are so many different ways in which to serve mackerel fillets in olive oil as the oil really brings out the flavour - it's a good choice!
sarah hutt says
Id like to try the chip shop curry sauce flavour as it sounds well tasty
Emily Leary says
Yes, mackerel with a chip shop style curry sauce may sound like an unusual combination but it's definitely tasty!
Martina Pichova says
The Macrerel in mustard sauce sounds interesting . I wonder if it would work with mashed potato.
Gemma-Anne Smith says
Thank you for this recipe, this sounds so delicious
Emily Leary says
Thank you! This is a delicious recipe that's so quick and easy to prepare. I hope that you enjoy it if you give it a go!
Melissa Crowe says
would love to try the Mackerel Fillets in a Brazilian Sauce with a salad yummmy they all go great for BBQ in the summer
Emily Leary says
I agree. The combination of flavours in this sauce is delicious - roll on summer!
John Ettery says
would like to try the mackeral in Texas bbq sauce, need to eat more fish, but wife moans about the smell
Emily Leary says
The mackerel in Texas BBQ sauce is a delicious combination of flavours and also high in omega-3 fatty acids. I hope that you get to enjoy it!