Preparing fish for cooking
After the fish has passed a rigorous selection process and reached the kitchen table, it must be prepared before going into the oven. Remove scales and gut well. Rinse under running water. The gallbladder must be removed especially carefully.
You can bake the fish whole or cut into portions. Cutting off or leaving the head and tail is everyone's personal preference. If the head remains, then the eyes and gills must be removed. The fish is washed and dried.
The carcass is rubbed with salt and pepper on all sides and from the inside. Leave to soak in the spices for half an hour.
Do not use aluminum or metal utensils for fish. These materials give the product a gray color and affect its taste. It is better to choose clay, enamel or cast iron cookware. This can be a frying pan, a baking sheet or any other shape that matches the size of the fish.
Recipe for fish fillet "Tsar's Fish"
Ingredients:
- 1 kg fillet of halibut, tilapia, sole or pollock
- 2 pcs. onions
- tomato
- bell pepper
- 100 gr. cheese
- 100 gr. mayonnaise
- salt
- pepper
Cooking method:
- Wash the fillet and cut into large portions.
- Peel the onion and cut into rings. Mix onion, mayonnaise, salt and ground pepper.
- Add the fish to the sauce and stir. Leave at room temperature for 30 minutes.
- Grease a baking sheet with vegetable oil and place the fish fillets.
- Cut the tomato into thin half rings and place on the fish fillet. Spread with mayonnaise sauce and cover with onion half rings.
- Wash the pepper, remove the seeds and cut into thin strips, place on the onion. Grease with the remaining mayonnaise sauce and sprinkle with grated cheese.
- Bake at 200 degrees for about 30 minutes.
Methods for cooking fish in the oven
Using different techniques, you can achieve completely different results, even when preparing the same type of fish.
An indispensable element in the kitchen - foil - will allow the product to retain its beneficial properties and natural juices. To get an excellent dish you need to follow simple sequential steps.
- If possible, remove the backbone and bones from the fish; you can buy ready-made fillets in the store.
- Salt the resulting meat and sprinkle with lemon juice. Spread with mayonnaise and leave for 15 minutes.
- The foil must be greased with butter. Place fish on it. You can put it in the oven like this. But it will be tastier if you add a layer of onions, mushrooms and sliced tomatoes on top of the fillet. Spread sour cream on top and cover well with foil.
- Cooking time depends on the size of the fish.
- At the end, you will need to open the foil to form a crispy crust. The fillet should be poured over the top with the resulting juice to make it more tender and softer.
On a baking sheet
This method is simple and takes little time. The fish on the baking sheet turns out tasty and aromatic. “Basic” cooking recipe:
- Fresh or defrosted fish should be washed and dried with a paper towel.
- Cover a baking sheet with parchment and place the carcass on it. Salt and season.
- You can put onions, grated carrots and cheese on top of the fish. Add a little mayonnaise or sour cream.
- It takes an hour to cook the dish at 180 degrees Celsius.
If you bake the fish head on and serve it on the table in the same form, it will impress your guests. Effective presentation guaranteed.
Using a sleeve is a great way to bake fish in the oven. The end result is a tasty, juicy and healthy dish. It is prepared in its own juice, without adding oil, which automatically makes it low-calorie. You can bake any fish in a sleeve, and it doesn’t matter whether it’s a whole fish or portioned pieces.
- Cleaned and washed fish must be thoroughly dried. Salt and rub with seasonings. The dish will acquire a piquant taste by adding garlic and a sprig of parsley inside the carcass.
- Next, the fish goes into the baking sleeve. You can place it on a bed of vegetables or put it in the oven alone.
- The sleeve should be placed on a baking sheet or in a frying pan. Poke it in several places with a toothpick to allow steam to escape.
- Cook for 45 minutes at 200 degrees Celsius.
The best side dish for oven-baked fish is boiled rice with vegetables. An excellent option not only for a family dinner, but also for a holiday lunch.
Pangasius fillet baked in the oven with vegetables
I suggest baking pangasius fillets in the oven on a vegetable bed with Adyghe cheese and eggs. It turns out to be a very satisfying and healthy dish.
Ingredients
- Pangasius fillet - 1 pc. (350 g)
- Adyghe cheese – 100 g
- Eggs - 1 pc.
- Yogurt or sour cream - 2 tbsp.
- Savoy cabbage - 3 leaves
- Carrots - 1 pc.
- Bell pepper - 1 pc.
- Tomato - 1 pc.
- Celery greens - 2 sprigs
- Onion - 1 pc.
- Curry - on the tip of a knife
- Salt - to taste
- Black pepper - to taste
Step-by-step recipe with photos
Pangasius is a fish that has good gastronomic benefits. Its meat is moderately fatty and has a pleasant taste; in Russia it is often called Morskaya Tongue, but this name does not apply to it. It is very simple to prepare a light lunch or dinner from Pangasius; today we will bake it in the oven on a bed of vegetables.
- Prepare the main ingredients.
- Chop the peppers, cabbage, tomatoes, and onions roughly as you would for a salad, see photo. Grate the carrots on a medium-sized grater.
- Fry vegetables in a frying pan with vegetable oil. During the frying process, season them with ground black pepper and curry, and add salt. Place the fried vegetables in a baking dish.
- Wash the fish and dry with paper towels. Cut the fillet into small pieces and place them on top of the vegetables in a baking dish.
- Place grated cheese on top of the fish and pour it all over with yogurt beaten with egg. You can also decorate the dish with quail eggs, but this is not a necessary element.
- Place the baking dish in an oven preheated to 200 degrees and bake the pangasius for 35-40 minutes. When the dish is ready, decorate it with herbs.
- Remove the fish and vegetables from the mold in portions and serve.
Bon appetit!
Techniques for cooking fish in the oven
You can bake any fish in the oven using a bed of salt. The fish will not absorb excess salt, and this technique will allow you to get a juicy and tender dish. The recipe is very simple:
- Cover the baking sheet with salt. Place the carcass on it. You can add vegetables or lemon slices on top.
- Bake for 40 minutes in an oven preheated to 200 degrees.
- After cooking, you will need to carefully remove the skin from the fish.
An unusual cooking method will allow you to present fish from a new side and reveal its unique taste.
- You can use ready-made yeast-free puff pastry. It must be rolled out into a thin layer. Place grated carrots and chopped onions on it. Then thin mugs of raw potatoes. Place the pre-salted fish on this vegetable bed.
- The dough must be wrapped so that the fish and filling are not visible.
- Transfer the fish in the dough onto a baking sheet and bake in the oven for 30 minutes at 180 degrees Celsius.
You need to keep an eye on the dish so that the dough does not burn. At the end of cooking, grease it with butter.
Gefilte fish
For stuffing, it is better to choose medium or large-sized fish, preferably without a lot of bones. The filling in the form of vegetables goes well with fish, making the dish satisfying and tasty.
- Prepared fish should be marinated before cooking. This will give it an interesting, rich taste. To do this, you need to salt the carcass and pour lemon juice over it. Leave for half an hour.
- Place a sheet of foil on a baking sheet. Place the fish on it. Place any vegetables of your choice into the belly. This could be onions, carrots, potatoes or bell peppers. Add spices. You can close the belly with toothpicks.
- The fish must be wrapped tightly in foil.
- You need to check the dish for readiness using both fish and vegetables. To get a crispy, aromatic crust at the end of cooking, open the foil and bake for another 10 minutes.
In addition to vegetable filling, you can use:
- buckwheat with vegetables;
- mushrooms;
- cheese;
- shrimp and cream.
Hake with sweet peppers and mushrooms
It is not necessary to eat the pepper itself. As it cooks, it infuses the fish with flavor and infuses the meat with sweetness. To prepare this dish you will need:
- chopped fish fillet;
- lemon (or lemon juice);
- several pods of sweet pepper;
- mushrooms (200 gr.);
- 2 large potatoes;
- a bag of tomato paste (can be replaced with one spoon of tomato puree);
- vegetable oil;
- cheese;
- spices to taste.
- Before you start cooking, you need to clean the fish from the insides, rinse thoroughly, salt and pepper.
- While the hake is marinating, peel the peppers, potatoes and mushrooms, cut them into thin strips and fry.
- Add vegetables for frying gradually: first potatoes (5-7 minutes), then mushrooms (3-5 minutes) and peppers (2-3 minutes). Add tomato paste and spices on top and mix thoroughly.
- While you were preparing the main part, the fish had time to marinate. We fill its belly with the side dish, and spread the rest in a thin layer on a baking sheet. Place the carcass on top and pour a little lemon juice over it. If there is any side dish left, you can put it on top.
- Place in the oven and cook for 30 minutes at 200 degrees.
- While the fish is in the oven, grate the cheese and sprinkle on the dish 5 minutes before the end of cooking.
On a note! Hake can be replaced with any other fish (except red). Mackerel, tuna, perch, mackerel and others are perfect.
Recipe Baked fish fillet. Calorie, chemical composition and nutritional value.
Nutritional value and chemical composition of “Baked fish fillet”.
The table shows the nutritional content (calories, proteins, fats, carbohydrates, vitamins and minerals) per 100 grams of edible portion.
Nutrient | Quantity | Norm** | % of the norm in 100 g | % of the norm in 100 kcal | 100% normal |
Calorie content | 90.4 kcal | 1684 kcal | 5.4% | 6% | 1863 |
Squirrels | 15.1 g | 76 g | 19.9% | 22% | 503 g |
Fats | 2.9 g | 56 g | 5.2% | 5.8% | 1931 |
Carbohydrates | 0.7 g | 219 g | 0.3% | 0.3% | 31286 g |
Alimentary fiber | 0.1 g | 20 g | 0.5% | 0.6% | 20000 g |
Water | 78.7 g | 2273 g | 3.5% | 3.9% | 2888 g |
Ash | 2.372 g | ~ | |||
Vitamins | |||||
Vitamin A, RE | 9.2 mcg | 900 mcg | 1% | 1.1% | 9783 g |
Retinol | 0.009 mg | ~ | |||
Vitamin B1, thiamine | 0.105 mg | 1.5 mg | 7% | 7.7% | 1429 g |
Vitamin B2, riboflavin | 0.111 mg | 1.8 mg | 6.2% | 6.9% | 1622 g |
Vitamin B6, pyridoxine | 0.092 mg | 2 mg | 4.6% | 5.1% | 2174 g |
Vitamin B9, folates | 4.495 mcg | 400 mcg | 1.1% | 1.2% | 8899 g |
Vitamin C, ascorbic acid | 0.46 mg | 90 mg | 0.5% | 0.6% | 19565 |
Vitamin E, alpha tocopherol, TE | 0.618 mg | 15 mg | 4.1% | 4.5% | 2427 g |
Vitamin RR, NE | 4.2659 mg | 20 mg | 21.3% | 23.6% | 469 g |
Niacin | 1.193 mg | ~ | |||
Macronutrients | |||||
Potassium, K | 397.62 mg | 2500 mg | 15.9% | 17.6% | 629 g |
Calcium, Ca | 46.13 mg | 1000 mg | 4.6% | 5.1% | 2168 g |
Magnesium, Mg | 57.38 mg | 400 mg | 14.3% | 15.8% | 697 g |
Sodium, Na | 461.58 mg | 1300 mg | 35.5% | 39.3% | 282 g |
Sera, S | 157.61 mg | 1000 mg | 15.8% | 17.5% | 634 g |
Phosphorus, Ph | 232.6 mg | 800 mg | 29.1% | 32.2% | 344 g |
Chlorine, Cl | 698.99 mg | 2300 mg | 30.4% | 33.6% | 329 g |
Microelements | |||||
Iron, Fe | 1.362 mg | 18 mg | 7.6% | 8.4% | 1322 g |
Yod, I | 137.61 mcg | 150 mcg | 91.7% | 101.4% | 109 g |
Cobalt, Co | 13.899 mcg | 10 mcg | 139% | 153.8% | 72 g |
Manganese, Mn | 0.094 mg | 2 mg | 4.7% | 5.2% | 2128 g |
Copper, Cu | 121.75 mcg | 1000 mcg | 12.2% | 13.5% | 821 g |
Molybdenum, Mo | 4.679 mcg | 70 mcg | 6.7% | 7.4% | 1496 g |
Nickel, Ni | 6.422 mcg | ~ | |||
Fluorine, F | 642.2 mcg | 4000 mcg | 16.1% | 17.8% | 623 g |
Chromium, Cr | 50.46 mcg | 50 mcg | 100.9% | 111.6% | 99 g |
Zinc, Zn | 1.033 mg | 12 mg | 8.6% | 9.5% | 1162 g |
Digestible carbohydrates | |||||
Starch and dextrins | 0.154 g | ~ | |||
Mono- and disaccharides (sugars) | 0.5 g | max 100 g | |||
Essential amino acids | |||||
Arginine* | 0.917 g | ~ | |||
Valin | 0.826 g | ~ | |||
Histidine* | 0.367 g | ~ | |||
Isoleucine | 1.009 g | ~ | |||
Leucine | 1.193 g | ~ | |||
Lysine | 1.651 g | ~ | |||
Methionine | 0.55 g | ~ | |||
Methionine + Cysteine | 0.688 g | ~ | |||
Threonine | 0.826 g | ~ | |||
Tryptophan | 0.183 g | ~ | |||
Phenylalanine | 0.642 g | ~ | |||
Phenylalanine+Tyrosine | 1.193 g | ~ | |||
Nonessential amino acids | |||||
Alanin | 0.826 g | ~ | |||
Aspartic acid | 1.101 g | ~ | |||
Glycine | 0.734 g | ~ | |||
Glutamic acid | 1.193 g | ~ | |||
Proline | 0.55 g | ~ | |||
Serin | 0.642 g | ~ | |||
Tyrosine | 0.55 g | ~ | |||
Cysteine | 0.138 g | ~ | |||
Sterols (sterols) | |||||
Cholesterol | 45.87 mg | max 300 mg | |||
beta sitosterol | 1.835 mg | ~ | |||
Saturated fatty acids | |||||
Saturated fatty acids | 0.5 g | max 18.7 g | |||
14:0 Miristinovaya | 0.009 g | ~ | |||
16:0 Palmitinaya | 0.328 g | ~ | |||
18:0 Stearic | 0.073 g | ~ | |||
20:0 Arakhinovaya | 0.016 g | ~ | |||
Monounsaturated fatty acids | 1.374 g | min 16.8 g | 8.2% | 9.1% | |
16:1 Palmitoleic | 0.065 g | ~ | |||
18:1 Oleic (omega-9) | 1.264 g | ~ | |||
20:1 Gadoleic (omega-9) | 0.009 g | ~ | |||
Polyunsaturated fatty acids | 0.598 g | from 11.2 to 20.6 g | 5.3% | 5.9% | |
18:2 Linolevaya | 0.229 g | ~ | |||
18:3 Linolenic | 0.009 g | ~ | |||
20:4 Arachidonic | 0.028 g | ~ | |||
Omega-3 fatty acids | 0.2 g | from 0.9 to 3.7 g | 22.2% | 24.6% | |
22:4 Docosatetraenoic acid, Omega-6 | 0.165 g | ~ | |||
22:6 Docosahexaenoic acid (DHA), Omega-3 | 0.174 g | ~ | |||
Omega-6 fatty acids | 0.3 g | from 4.7 to 16.8 g | 6.4% | 7.1% |
The energy value of baked fish fillet is 90.4 kcal.
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** This table shows the average levels of vitamins and minerals for an adult. If you want to know the norms taking into account your gender, age and other factors, then use the “My Healthy Diet” application.
Fish "under a fur coat"
Ingredients:
- 1 kg pollock fillet
- 3 carrots
- 2 pcs. onions
- 200 gr. cheese
- salt
- pepper
- mayonnaise
- greenery
Cooking method:
- Wash the fish fillet and dry with a towel.
- Grease the baking dish with oil.
- Place the fillet in the pan so that the entire bottom is covered with fish. Salt and pepper.
- Peel the onions and cut into half rings.
- Grate the carrots on a coarse grater.
- Place the onion and then the carrots on the fish. Salt and pepper. Grease with a thick layer of mayonnaise.
- Grate the cheese on a fine grater, sprinkle half of the mayonnaise layer.
- Make a thin mesh of mayonnaise on the cheese cap and sprinkle with the remaining cheese.
- Bake at 180 degrees for about an hour.