Morou Ouattara's Shocked Mackerel With Pickled Zucchini and Wasabi Aioli

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When cook Morou Ouattara served this absorbing appetizer successful his now-closed restaurant, Farrah Olivia, successful Alexandria, helium utilized escolar. The food is concisely blanched (or "shocked") successful blistery water, past marinated, which keeps the food uncommon but adds overmuch salty spirit to its exterior. The food is meant to beryllium eaten with the zucchini and aioli components.

We recovered Spanish mackerel astatine Whole Foods Market connected P Street NW and astatine Blacksalt successful the Palisades neighborhood.

The pickled zucchini tin beryllium made and refrigerated respective days successful advance. The aioli tin beryllium made and refrigerated a time successful advance. For champion flavor, the food needs to beryllium prepared the aforesaid time it is served.

From cook Morou Ouattara.

Ingredients

For the zucchini

4-inch portion peeled ginger root
2 cups pome cider vinegar
3 cups sugar
1 cupful water
1/4 spoon crushed turmeric
2 mean (about 3/4 pound) bladed zucchini

For the aioli

2 tablespoons wasabi powder
3 tablespoons water, positive much arsenic needed
1 cupful mayonnaise
1/2 spoon low-sodium soy sauce, oregon much arsenic needed
1 spoon blistery chili sauce, specified arsenic Sriracha, oregon much arsenic needed
1/2 mean clove garlic, minced

For the fish

1 cupful soy sauce
1 cupful reddish wine
1/4 cupful saccharine sake
1 lb skinless mackerel fillets, pin bones removed

Nutritional Facts

Per serving

Calories
362
Fat
27 g
Saturated Fat
6 g
Carbohydrates
4 g
Sodium
432 mg
Cholesterol
89 mg
Protein
22 g
Fiber
1 g
Sugar
3 g

This investigation is an estimation based connected disposable ingredients and this preparation. It should not substitute for a dietitian’s oregon nutritionist’s advice.

From cook Morou Ouattara.

Tested by Carol Touhey.

Published March 13, 2026