Grilled Mackerel (Saba Shioyaki) 鯖の塩焼き

Hi Nami! Health is very important… more than anything else. Take good care of yourself and your kids!

Grilled Mackerel is what I would always order in a Japanese restaurant. Thanks for sharing this.

I always enjoy your fish recipe. This one is amazing.
And I love the dish you used for the picture 🙂

Awww… so sorry to hear about you and your little ones being sick. Hope you get better soon! 🙂

Love saba, though I’ve always bought the frozen ones. Mackerel seems to be seasonal over here, but will try it when I find it! Hope you feel better soon! Baking is usually quite therapeutic 🙂

Nami-san, I hope you and your family is on recovery soon. I know kids love to share everything, including their germs. Your Saba Shioyaki looks delicious. I have not had this dish since living in Japan. I love, love, love that pottery dish! I know you are in a tough spot with your site getting so many hits. Is it time to move to your own dedicated server, that sounds expensive… My hubby is in Yokohama right now for one more day, do you have any culinary needs or something you need while he is there? Take care, BAM

Awwww, Nami, I hope you are all doing well!!! My kids have been sick on and off this entire winter… poor babies.

If there’s anyone that can make fish look good on a photo, that is only you, my friend. Gorgeous!

This is one of my favorites fishes. Love it in sushi too.
I finally moved my “kitchen” to a new virtual home, and going crazy with the lasts touches.
Have a great weekend,
Vero

I love the simplicity of this delicious dish. I hope you and the kids are feeling better now. Have an enjoyable weekend!

Glad to see you back and feeling better. So sorry you and your kids got sick, it’s never easy! But this grilled mackerel is such a healthy dish. We tried something like this in Tokyo and I’ve been meaning to ask you how to do it. This post is perfect and didn’t realize it was so easy. Welcome back and thanks for sharing, Nami!

I’m happy to see you back Nami but so sorry to hear you and your daughter were sick 🙁 You’ve done so much in the past week! Travel, sickness, AND moving your blog to a new server. I hope things settle down for you soon. I love the simplicity of this fish. It looks wonderful!

That looks fantastic! Mackerel is such a tasty fish.

I love your pretty plate.

Cheers,

Rosa

I’m sorry to hear that you and the little ones all got sick but it’s great that you’ve all recovered. Mackerel … not one of my favourite fish due to its very fishy taste but the recipe looks attractive.

I’m so sorry to hear you and your kids took ill. The season has been fraught with flu. My son is still recovering, his 6th day of fever. Hope everything is back to normal soon. The Mackarel looks tender and flavorful.

This grilled fish looks delicious Nami! I should get a toaster oven. My in-laws have one and when we stayed with them I used to use it all the time during the week for easy dinners. This mackerel looks like one we would all enjoy too.

I do hope you’re feeling better quickly. It’s never fun to have sick kids, but even worse when you end up sick yourself. I hope you’re all up and running in no time. Hugs to you all!

Don’t worry Nami, take your time, always family come first. You know what, we are going to celebrate my son Birthday at a Japanese Yakitori restaurant later tonight, and one of our favourite dish is this grilled Saba, they grill it over charcoal fire, it is super yummy. Anyway, your grilled Saba look equally good!

More gorgeous food but good grief take care of yourselves. You only have one you. We love you. Spring break is a tough time to be sick for you or the kids.

On Nami, I do sincerely hope that you and your family will feel much better very soon! Your dish looks so delicious on that breathtakingly pretty plate that you served this on. Mackerel is actually a fish that can be easily found around here, it is so healthy and delicious but I certainly never enjoyed it the way you prepared it – this recipe sounds fabulous!
Wishing you all the speediest of recoveries!

I am always impressed with your posts, simple things like this becomes really nice. You know how to make things delicious and beautiful

it’s simple, easy, ealty and yet tasty!
great pictorial Nami…

hope you and your family all recover soon!
this is a lovely dish, I bet it is fantastic tasting!

Hi Nami,
so sorry to hear that you and your daughter were not feeling well. Hope that you are fully recovered by now.
Love the recipe, it’s fresh and light and looks delicious!

This is also a very popular fish dish in KL. Hubby likes it. I hope yr daughter is feeling much better and tht u enjoyed your holidays.

This is my father’s favourite Japanese dish Nami 😉 i didn’t know it was so simple to make hehe ~

Hi Nami,

Glad to hear you are well.
Just to ask you how do you fillet the saba fish if you buy it whole. In Singapore we purchase them whole and I find it difficult to debone them. This would be a new receipe as I marinate my saba with soy, sugar and bonito flakes and mirin (for the shine)

Jim

Oh no, hope you and your kids are completely well now. I usually go by the oven-grill-method when it comes to saba mackerel too. But I don’t buy mackerel often enough. I shd do it more often.

These viruses are so awful! And once they enter in the family only God knows who they will hit next! I hope you are all have recovered by now and fish is such a great source of vitamins and elements. The perfect way to strengthen yourselves!

Yum Nami! This looks soo good!
xx

So sorry to hear you and your family are under the weather! I was wondering what happened to you. Speedy recovery to all.

Next to salmon, saba is my favorite fish! I love the fattiness and the idea of simply grilling it makes my mouth water! Maybe this will be on our menu tonight! Take care, Nami!

I hope you’re feeling better by now. I have to try your mackerel recipe soon. I am always looking for easy fish recipes. This looks really tasty and easy. I love it!

One of my favorite dish at Japanese restaurant 🙂
Yours look like a generous n yummy piece 🙂

Whenever I go to Japanese restaurant for lunch, I often find myself ordering this grilled mackerel set lunch. Love the radish and the soy sauce on top of this fish. I love the flavor of the fish when pant-fried but it leaves strong fish odor for a while in the kitchen. Baking the fish in the oven is great alternative and healthier option. Thanks for your step by step instruction. My craving is kicking in…

Hi Nami san, I chance upon this webpage when I’m trying to find the Saba shio receipe. I have tried to cook and the skin always stick to the aluminum foil. Can I check if I can bake the fish with the skin facing up instead of skin facing down?

Thanks so much!

i have a cheap toaster oven that doesn’t have a preheat option, do I still need to preheat it? Any idea how long that would take? I tried broiling once it didn’t come out well (no browning). But I would love to make this in a toaster oven instead of heating up the whole kitchen. Thanks. This looks like a tasty simple dinner.

I will surely try this menu.

Hi Nami, I would love to try this recipe but the only mackerels I find at the market are from China. Where can I find mackerels from other countries? Thank you!