Among other river fish, crucian carp is not the last place, it is very popular among fishermen. There is a huge variety of recipes for cooking fish: in sour cream, in the oven, fried, carp ear. All these recipes are time-tested, but there is one more recipe on how to cook crucians in the oven, very juicy and tasty, worthy of attention.
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You will need
- 1. 2 pcs fish crucian weighing 700-800 gr.;
- 2. 450 grams of sour cream 20% fat;
- 3. 2 onions;
- 4.2 Art. l vegetable oil;
- 5. a bunch of dill;
- 6. salt, pepper to taste.
Instruction manual
1
Baking fish in the oven is a simple process, but you need to approach it carefully. First, we prepare crucians: gutting, clean from scales. Rinse well and wipe with a paper towel to remove excess moisture. Karasey can be baked in the oven and whole, and for large fish it is permissible to cut off the head - this is a matter of taste.
2
To make the crucian fish not so bony, you need to cut it across the body (from the ridge to the abdomen) so that the small bones are steamed during cooking and not so pricked.
3
Pour vegetable oil into a baking sheet. Rub Karasey with salt and pepper. It is possible to use a prepared mixture of seasonings intended for cooking fish. Especially delicious is the fish in the sour cream in the oven.
4
Cut the onions in half rings, finely chop the dill. Inside, the crucian fish is plentifully greased with sour cream and stuffed with onions and herbs.
5
We put crucians prepared in this way on a baking sheet, generously grease crucian with sour cream and send to the oven, preheated to 200 gr.
Baking fish in the oven will be 35-40 minutes.
note
It is advisable to cook crucian fish that have just been caught without subjecting them to freezing. In this case, the fish in sour cream in the oven will turn out to be especially tasty.
Useful advice
To remove scales with crucian carp, it is convenient to use special devices that can be bought at a hardware store.