How to cook delicious dishes from catfish?

How to cook delicious dishes from catfish?

Som is a very nutritious and healthy fish, from which you can cook a lot of delicious dishes. Choose one or several of the interesting and simple recipes presented in the article.

Preparation of catfish

First, the catfish must be prepared. He has no scales, which facilitates the process. But the fish have skin covered with mucus. To remove it and smell, rub the carcass from all sides with coarse salt, then rinse thoroughly in warm water.

Next, go to gutting and cutting. With a sharp knife make a cut from the tail to the head, remove the insides. Cut off the head with fins, if necessary (you can leave the catfish whole).

How to cook?

How can you cook a catfish fish? Ways of mass, and below are some.

Method number 1

Interesting and tasty catfish can be baked in the oven. And this method of preparation requires the following products:

• 1 som of medium size;
• onion head;
• half a cup of cream;
• 100-120 grams of hard cheese;
• to taste your favorite spices, salt.

Recipe Description:

1. Washed and gutted catfish should be cut into slices or steaks.
2. Peel the bulb, cut into rings or half rings.
3. So that nothing burns, line the baking sheet with foil. For reinsurance, you can smear it with vegetable oil, but the catfish itself will release fat in the cooking process.
4. Rub the catfish with spices, salt and lay on the foil. Place onions on top, sprinkle with pre-grated cheese and pour all the cream evenly.
5. It remains for about 45 minutes to send the baking sheet in a preheated 180 oven. During this time, the fish will be cooked and soaked with cream, and the cheese will melt and redden a little.

Method number 2

If you like Korean savory snacks, then this recipe will definitely suit your taste. Prepare ingredients from the list:

• average carcass of a catfish;
• three tablespoons of soy sauce;
• carrot;
• onion head;
• 0.5 liters of carbonated mineral water;
• 1 tbsp. l sugar sand;
• a pinch of coriander;
• 1 tbsp. l salts;
• 1.5 Art. l 70% acetic acid;
• ground pepper (determine the amount yourself, taking into account the desired sharpness).

Instruction:

 

1. After gutting and cutting, separate the soma from the bones, and cut the cleaned fillet with a sharp knife with long thin slices or cubes. The skin can be cut off at will.
2. Carrots or cut with a special knife for Korean snacks, or rub on a large grater. Cut onion after peeling with thin half rings.
3. Combine carrots and onions with pepper and soy sauce, mix well.
4. Make the marinade. To do this, simply mix mineral carbonated water with vinegar, sugar, coriander and salt. Mix everything until complete dissolution of the dry ingredients.
5. Spread the chopped vegetables with fish in a bowl, pour in the marinade, actively mix and put oppression on top.
6. Send the container for 4-5 hours or all night in the fridge, and then reach out and try a snack.

Method number 3

The classic and extremely simple option is fried fish. And catfish is the best suited for this method of heat treatment. And you need a few ingredients:

• catfish (approximately two kilogram carcass);
• two or three tablespoons of lemon juice;
• five tablespoons of vegetable or butter;
• about 80-90 grams of breadcrumbs;
• spices with salt - to your taste.

Process description:

• Pre-cooked catfish cut into pieces about 3 centimeters thick, sprinkle each with lemon juice, rub with spices and salt and leave to marinate for ten to fifteen minutes.
• Pour the breadcrumbs in a bowl, and warm the butter in a pan.
• Now take the pieces of catfish one by one, roll them in breadcrumbs and fry on all sides at medium heat from each side until browned.
• And to make the catfish juicier and softer, as well as cooked inside, turn down the heat to a minimum and now, under the lid, simmer it for just five minutes.

Method number 4

Well, catfish make very tasty and nourishing meatballs. And for their preparation you will need:

• 800 g of catfish fillet;
• large potato;
• large onion;
• three garlic cloves;
• five green onions;
• a bunch of any fresh greens;
• flour for frying (how much will leave);
• 20 ml of lemon juice;
• seasoning (for example, special for fish or universal, but you can do without it);
• salt.

Cooking:

1. Catfish fillet should be chopped. If you decide to do it in a meat grinder, then use a nozzle with large holes so that the pulp does not come out homogeneous (the cutlets will spread). But you can chop the fillets with a sharp knife or chop them in a blender, but also not much.
2. Chop onion finely, but you can also grind it together with catfish.
3. Peel the potatoes and grate them raw, sprinkle with lemon juice to avoid browning.
4. Wash greens with onions, shake, dry and chop: the smaller, the better.
5. Mix the minced fish with potatoes, chopped green onions and herbs, chopped herbs, salt and spices. Use hands to bring the mass to a dense homogeneous consistency.
6. Heat the oil in a skillet.
7. Make medium-sized patties of mince, roll them in flour and fry from both sides. And to preserve the juiciness after roasting, you can continue for ten minutes, stewing under the lid.

Method number 5

Another option for a delicious fish in the oven is catfish with mushrooms and potatoes in pots under edible lids. You will need these components for six pots:

• 1 kg of catfish fillet;
• 2 onions;
• 700-1000 grams of potatoes;
• 500 grams of mushrooms, for example, oyster mushrooms, white s or champignons;
• 1.5 cups sour cream medium fat;
• 60 ml of vegetable oil (you can use olive oil);
• three tablespoons of lemon juice;
• 4 tbsp. l wheat flour;
• three garlic cloves;
• a bunch of fresh dill;
• salt.

Ingredients for lids from dough:

• two and a half cups of flour;
• 1 tsp. fast dry yeast;
• 3 tbsp. l butter or vegetable oil;
• a teaspoon of sugar and salt;
• egg.

Instruction:

1. First, take a test so that it has time to come. Into warm water, add sugar with oil, salt and yeast. Then add flour in portions, knead dough of medium density, not sticking to the working surface and hands. For half an hour, leave the finished dough, covered with a napkin.
2. Soma thoroughly wash and sprinkle with lemon juice to remove the characteristic river smell. Cut it, roll in flour and fry quickly in butter.
3. Mushrooms after washing, too, fry until soft or boil.
4. Boil the potatoes in lightly salted water.
5. Chop garlic with greens.
6. Put the catfish and mushrooms in the pots, as well as garlic greens. Sprinkle everything with salt.
7. In the sour cream, stir in the flour and a little salt, pour this sauce the rest of the products in the pots.
8. Cover containers with dough, lubricate them with an egg.
9. Send pots for an hour in the oven, heated to 180 degrees.
10. Choose a recipe and enjoy the taste of amazing catfish dishes.