If Maine is famous for lobsters during the season, then our Spring to Summer Akule (ah koo leh) a mackerel is our good eat. Caught by nets draggin off of a boat, fishermen catch tons of it during the season, and it is very common to see them selling this torpedo looking fish with big eyes (Big Eye Scad) on the sides of the highway for as little as a few bucks for a whole sack of it. Likened to a baby tuna, the reddish/pinkish meat is great tasting, either raw, with sushi rice all rolled up or deep fried with a soy sauce, sesame oil, ginger, scallion concoction, Akule rules!
If you are coming from the mainland, during the season, and you have a condo and kitchen, try and get a sack of this Big Eye Scad. Gut them, clean the skin to rid of whatever is on there. Slit them with a sharp knife, season it with salt and pepper, and dredge it in flour, and fry them in hot hot oil, making the outside crispy, but the insides nice soft and moist.
Dipping sauces can be homemade or bought, sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, wasabe and soy sauce, or chutneys can be used for this fish. So remember this fish Akule (ah koo leh), buy some, clean it up, and fry them up, eat it with steaming hot white rice.
Unfortunately Maui sucks, there's hardly any digs that will serve fried Akule these days, what a shame, but you can find a local and have them cook it for you, make some friends while you're here, or if a local invites you to his or her house for some deep fried Akule, do not pass this chance up, for you only live once. I for one if went to Maine and was invited to some local's home for lobster I would not pass it up for certain.
Fried Akule from Ethel's thanks for the picture, notice this fish is crispy on the outside, and guess what? You get a whole fish! Some digs will slam 2 or 3 fish on your plate if they are over stocked, and we locals are very kind, don't be surprised if you find a dig that sells this fish, you'll get some extra on a chance occasion.
I like my fried Akule very simple, heat up some sesame oil, and soy sauce with ginger and garlic and some green onions and just smother it, over some white rice and a nice mac salad does the trick. Yeah Hawaiians love fish, if we could eat fish 4 out of 7 days out of the week it would be epic, plus the fish has all the good nutrients, like the omegas and hardly any sat fats. Wow braddah, fry me up some Akule.
If you are coming from the mainland, during the season, and you have a condo and kitchen, try and get a sack of this Big Eye Scad. Gut them, clean the skin to rid of whatever is on there. Slit them with a sharp knife, season it with salt and pepper, and dredge it in flour, and fry them in hot hot oil, making the outside crispy, but the insides nice soft and moist.
Dipping sauces can be homemade or bought, sweet chili sauce, fish sauce, wasabe and soy sauce, or chutneys can be used for this fish. So remember this fish Akule (ah koo leh), buy some, clean it up, and fry them up, eat it with steaming hot white rice.
Fried Akule from Ethel's thanks for the picture, notice this fish is crispy on the outside, and guess what? You get a whole fish! Some digs will slam 2 or 3 fish on your plate if they are over stocked, and we locals are very kind, don't be surprised if you find a dig that sells this fish, you'll get some extra on a chance occasion.
I like my fried Akule very simple, heat up some sesame oil, and soy sauce with ginger and garlic and some green onions and just smother it, over some white rice and a nice mac salad does the trick. Yeah Hawaiians love fish, if we could eat fish 4 out of 7 days out of the week it would be epic, plus the fish has all the good nutrients, like the omegas and hardly any sat fats. Wow braddah, fry me up some Akule.
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