Baked Mackerel Chinese Style

Name: Baked Mackerel Chinese Style
Yield: 2 portions
Cuisine: Chinese-style
Ingredients: 2 whole mackerel (or mullet), about 350 g each, cleaned, heads removed; 2 tsp olive oil; 4 spring onions, chopped; 15 g root ginger, a 3 cm (1¼ in) piece, peeled and finely chopped; 225 g tinned bamboo shoots, drained; 1 tbsp soy sauce; 2 tbsp sherry; 70 ml fish stock; a pinch of Chinese five spice powder

Whole mackerel baked on a sauce of spring onion, ginger, bamboo shoots, soy sauce, sherry and five spice. Serve with noodles and stir-fried vegetables.

Serves 2
About 35 min
Oven-baked
Chinese-style

Ingredients for 2 · Metric

Ingredients

2 whole mackerel (or mullet), about 350 g each, cleaned, heads removed
2 tsp olive oil
4 spring onions, chopped
15 g root ginger, a 3 cm (1¼ in) piece, peeled and finely chopped
225 g tinned bamboo shoots, drained
1 tbsp soy sauce
2 tbsp sherry
70 ml fish stock
a pinch of Chinese five spice powder

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Estimated cost

£9.77 total · £4.88 per portion

How we worked it out

whole mackerel (or mullet), about 350 g each	£8.00	Sound Seafood (trolley.co.uk), 31 Oct 2026
olive oil	£0.07	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026
root ginger	£0.08	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026
tinned bamboo shoots	£1.15	Kingfisher (trolley.co.uk), 31 Oct 2026
soy sauce	£0.06	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026
sherry	£0.34	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026
fish stock	£0.07	Tesco, 30 Oct 2026

Not costed: spring onions, Chinese five spice powder.

Prices per item for the amount used, from Tesco’s website, checked 30 Oct 2026. Regular shelf prices, not member offers.

Based on real supermarket prices: Tesco (UK) and Walmart (US, from walmart.com and via Instacart), checked 30 October 2026. Costs are for the amounts used, not whole packs; prices vary by shop, area, season and pack size; store-cupboard items are not costed.

Method

Preheat the oven to 190°C (170°C fan).
Heat the oil in a pan. Cook the spring onions and ginger for 1–2 minutes.
Stir in the remaining ingredients except the fish.
Pour the sauce into an ovenproof dish and arrange the fish on top.
Cover and bake for 25 minutes.
Serve with Chinese noodles and stir-fried vegetables.

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Chef’s notes

Nutrition per portion (approx., from the original recipe): 859 kcal, 70 g protein, 61 g fat, 3 g carbohydrate, 2 g fibre.

Shopping list for 2 portions

Meat & poultry

2 mackerel whole mackerel

Fruit & veg

15 g fresh ginger

Tins, jars & stock

225 g bamboo shoots
70 ml fish stock

Oils, vinegars & sauces

2 tsp olive oil
1 tbsp soy sauce

Wine & drinks

2 tbsp sherry

Store cupboard (check you have)

4 spring onions
Chinese five spice (pinch)

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