7 Ways To Deliciously Cook Cheap Fish

Working in the kitchen with salmon steak, for example, is quite simple. But not everyone can cook tasty and appetizing cheap fish.

Working in the kitchen with salmon steak, for example, is quite simple. But not everyone can cook tasty and appetizing cheap fish. And after all, special culinary talents are not always required. Sometimes a little imagination and some fresh ideas are enough.

1. Scale

 

This recipe is good because you can use absolutely any small fish that is at hand. You can serve the dish as a main hot dish, and as an appetizer for beer, for example.

Ingredients:

Fish - 300 grams; Bulb - 1 pc.; Lemon juice - 1 tsp; Black tea - 1 tsp. (or packaged); Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.; Salt, sugar, spices - to taste.

 

Let's start with the marinade. Brew black tea, add a little sugar to taste, salt, spices. For flavor, bay leaves and peppercorns are perfect. Squeeze out the lemon juice there, pour in the vegetable oil. Wash the fish, clean and put in the pan.

 

Spread thinly sliced ​​onions on top. Pour everything with the finished marinade and send to stew over low heat for 35-40 minutes. Before serving, top with chopped herbs and a slice of lemon.

2. Grilled fish

 

Capelin or other small fish will make a no less classy dish than meat.

We will need:

Fish (capelin) -1/2 kg; Lemon - 1 pc.; Garlic - 1 head; Vegetable oil - 100 ml; Salt, pepper and herbs - to taste.

 

Pour vegetable oil into a deep bowl or convenient container. Pass the garlic through a press. Add the zest of a whole lemon and about 2 tablespoons of juice there. Salt and pepper to taste, add chopped fresh herbs.

Put the cleaned fish into the finished marinade, mix and leave for several hours to soak the fish. And then it remains only to put the fragrant fish on a grill or grill pan and fry until cooked on both sides.

Sprat of spicy salting

 

At home, it is quite easy to cook an incredibly fragrant spicy salted fish. The most common cheap sprat will be just right!

Ingredients:

Sprat - 1/2 kg; Salt - 3 tbsp. l.; Sugar - 2 tsp; Water - 1/2 l; Spices (allspice, bay leaf, coriander, etc.) - to taste.

To prepare the brine, bring water to a boil, add salt, sugar and spices. Boil everything for a couple of minutes over medium heat, and then cool well. Wash the fish and pat dry. Put in the already cooled brine and leave for about a day. Before serving, the finished sprat can be sprinkled with vegetable oil and supplemented with onions.

ear

 

For lunch for the whole family, you can cook a wonderful fish soup from cheap small fish.

You will need:

Small fish - 350 grams; Potatoes - 1-2 pcs.; Carrots - 1 pc.; Bulb - 1 pc.; Groats - 2 tbsp. l. (rice, millet, bulgur, etc.) Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.; Salt, spices and herbs - to taste.

 

First you need to cook the broth. To do this, combine the cleaned fish with spices and herbs, fill with water and put on fire. After boiling, salt a little and cook over medium heat for about half an hour. In the meantime, peel and finely chop the vegetables, rinse and soak the grits. Fry onions and carrots in a pan with vegetable oil until golden brown.

Put the potatoes in a saucepan, pour the prepared strained broth and put on fire. Boil for 10 minutes, then add the fried vegetables and cereals. While the ear is cooking, disassemble the fish. At the end, put the fish in the pan, add more salt and spices if desired. And before serving - chopped greens.

Cutlets in the oven

 

A great idea for a daily table - fish cakes. And if you bake them in the oven, it will be not only tasty, but also healthy.

Ingredients:

Fish - 500 grams; Bulb - 1 pc.; Carrots - 1 pc.; Egg - 1 pc.; Vegetable oil - 1 tbsp. l.; Flour - 3 tbsp. l.; Salt and spices - to taste.

 

Wash the fish, clean and pass through a meat grinder. If you are afraid of bones, pass 2-3 times through a fine grate. Skip the onions and carrots next. Add the egg, flour, salt and spices to the minced meat to taste, you can also add chopped herbs.

 

Mix everything properly, put in a heat-resistant form, greased with oil. Bake cutlets at a temperature of 190 degrees for about half an hour until cooked.

Onion tart with salted fish

 

This amazing onion tart makes a great snack for the whole family.

Ingredients:

Puff pastry - 500 grams; Salted fish (sprat) - 100 grams; Bulb - 2 pcs.; Vegetable oil - 2 tbsp. l.; Olives - 2 tbsp. l.; Garlic, spices, herbs - to taste.

Roll out the puff pastry and put it in a heat-resistant form, forming the sides. Be sure to make frequent punctures with a fork all over the dough. Send the form to the oven preheated to 180 degrees for 15 minutes.

Peel the onion and garlic, cut thinly and send to a pan with vegetable oil. Fry until delicious golden brown. Add spices and aromatic herbs to taste. Remove the onion from the heat and place on the browned crust. Spread the fish and chopped olives on top. Send it back to the oven for 15 minutes. Serve the tart to the table both warm and cold.

Smelt in tomato sauce

 

Smelt is a tasty, cheap fish that can be prepared simply and tasty for lunch or dinner for the whole family.

You will need:

Smelt - 700 grams; Bulb - 1 pc.; Carrots - 1 pc.; Garlic - 2-3 cloves; Vegetable oil - 5 tbsp. l.; Flour - 5 tbsp. l.; Tomato paste - 3 tbsp. l.; Sugar - 1 tsp; Salt and spices - to taste.

 

Wash the fish, clean and dry a little with paper towels. Combine flour with salt and spices, mix. Roll the smelt on all sides in breadcrumbs and place in a frying pan with hot oil. Fry on both sides until golden brown.

 

Then transfer the fish to a saucepan or deep frying pan with high sides. In the pan where the fish was fried, add a little oil and send chopped onions, garlic and grated carrots there. Fry for 5 minutes over medium heat. Add tomato paste, sugar, salt and your favorite aromatic spices, pour in a little boiling water. Transfer the tomato sauce to the fish and simmer over medium heat for about 15 minutes until cooked through.

As you can see, it's not about the price. Even cheap fish can be prepared simply, tasty and varied. Experiment in the kitchen without damaging your wallet!