Pink salmon is a nutritious red fish, the most affordable among expensive breeds. But with improper preparation, it can become dry and stiff. Therefore, to get an excellent salmon steak, it must be marinated in special formulations and baked with fatty sauces based on sour cream or olive oil.
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Oven salmon steak
You will need:
- 4 pink salmon steaks;
- 1 bay leaf;
- 1/4 tsp dried rosemary;
- 3 peas of allspice;
- 150 grams of cheese;
- 3 tbsp mayonnaise;
- salt.
How to bake pink salmon steaks in the oven
First clean the fish and cut into portions. Then wash the steaks and dry with paper towels. Rub each piece of pink salmon with salt and place in a baking dish.
Then add rosemary and bay leaf to the fish, crushing them with your fingers. Put peas of black pepper there. After that, grease all the pink salmon steaks with mayonnaise, sprinkle with grated cheese and cover in the oven.
Bake fish in the oven at a temperature of 200-250 ° C for 20-25 minutes. After that, salmon steaks can be served. If you cook this dish without mayonnaise and cheese, it will become dietary and can be eaten with light fasting.
Grilled pink salmon steak: classic
You will need:
- pink salmon - 800 g;
- mayonnaise - 2 tbsp;
- onions - 1-2 pcs.;
- flour - 4 tbsp;
- salt - 1 tsp;
- vegetable oil - 4-5 tablespoons;
- ground black pepper - 1.5 tsp
Cooking process step by step
First clean and rinse the fish thoroughly and cut it into portioned steaks. Next, pour flour, pepper and salt into a plastic bag, shake well.
Put the slices of pink salmon in a bag and mix with the prepared breading right there. So the hands will remain clean, and the fish is better saturated with spices. Then heat the pan and fry the steaks on it until golden brown.
After that, chop onions and fry it until golden brown, introduce mayonnaise into it. Then mix the sauce thoroughly and let it boil for 2-3 minutes. Now put the fried fish in the sauce and simmer in it for 3-4 minutes. The pink salmon steak in the pan is ready, as well as the addition to the dish in the form of a delicious sauce. Serve fish to any side dish.
Pink salmon steak cooked in foil
You will need:
- pink salmon - 1 pc.;
- cheese - 200 g;
- lemon - 2 pcs.;
- mayonnaise (67%) - 200 ml;
- tomatoes (medium size) - 3 pcs.;
- saffron - several branches;
- olive oil - 5 tbsp. spoons;
- salt, pepper - to taste.
First of all, properly prepare the carcass of the fish. Rinse it thoroughly first, then clean it and pat dry with paper towels. Cut into portioned steaks.
Now go in for tomatoes and lemons. Wash the fruits, dry and cut into thin circles with a sharp knife. If the products are too large, cut them into half rings.
In the next step, prepare the cheese. Slice it, if there is no special slicer, carefully chop the cheese into thin slices with a sharp knife. Prepare the foil. You will need several parts by the number of steaks. Spread it with olive oil.
Put a few ringlets of lemon on the foil, put tomato rings on them, put a steak on top, sprinkle it with a mixture of salt and pepper. Put a small pinch of saffron on each piece of pink salmon.
Cover each steak with foil, but be sure to leave free space inside the envelope so that the fish and vegetables give their juice. Put the foil envelopes on a baking sheet and pour some water on it. Send the steaks to bake in the oven at 200 ° C for 35-40 minutes. When 5-7 minutes are left until ready, remove the pan from the oven and spread the cheese slices on each steak. Put the dish back in the oven. If desired, decorate the finished pink salmon with fresh herbs. Serve steaks to any side dish with cream sauce.
Pink salmon steaks with cream and potatoes
You will need:
- medium-sized pink salmon carcass - 2 pcs.;
- potatoes - 1 kg;
- hard cheese - 150 g;
- fat sour cream or cream - 250 g;
- butter - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- black pepper, salt, lemon juice - to taste.
This recipe requires steaks, so if you bought a whole carcass of fish, first of all, cut it. Wash the fish well first, remove the entrails and scales. Well, if you can get already cleaned fish, dry the carcass with a paper towel. Carefully remove all bones.
Cut the prepared pink salmon fillet into several portioned steaks approximately 4-5 cm thick. Sprinkle each of them with pepper and salt, add a little dried basil, sprinkle with lemon juice on top.
Peel and wash the potatoes. Cut into thin slices or medium-sized slices. Then add salt and pepper to it and mix the potatoes in spices as needed.
Lubricate the surface of the baking sheet with a piece of butter and put slices on the baking sheet. Put the fillet on the potatoes and pour everything with fat sour cream or cream. To prevent pink salmon from burning and turning out to be sufficiently juicy and soft, keep it in the oven for about 30 minutes at a temperature of 180 ° C.
Sprinkle the finished steaks with grated cheese and put in the oven again for 5-6 minutes. After turning off the fire, do not take pink salmon for another 10 minutes, so that it is even more saturated with juices and cream.
Piquant salmon steak with carrots
You will need:
- pink salmon steak - 1 kg;
- lemon - 1/2 pcs.;
- carrots, onions - 100 g each;
- garlic - 1 clove;
- butter - 100 g;
- sunflower oil - 1 tbsp. a spoon;
- salt, spices - to taste.
Rinse the steaks thoroughly and pat them dry with a towel. Mix spices and salt with lemon juice, fill the fish and leave in the resulting marinade for 15-20 minutes. Then put the steaks on a foil greased with sunflower oil.
Put a piece of butter on them and cover with a pillow of onion and garlic rings and melon-grated ordinary carrots on top. Put the dish in the oven for baking for a maximum of half an hour. Serve the pink salmon steaks with carrots cooked according to this interesting recipe, extremely hot.