Dishes from crucian carp are very popular among fans to enjoy a delicious fish. Its meat has a pleasant, slightly sweet taste and at the same time contains a lot of useful substances. Carasses are prepared in different ways: they are fried, steamed, a hearty yushka is boiled. However, it is best obtained by baking in the oven with the addition of vegetables and spices. Such dishes can be proudly served not only for a family dinner, but also for a festive table.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
The main ingredient in this case is crucian carp, so it is precisely his choice that needs to be given special attention. First of all, check that the fish is fresh. Most often they sell live crucian carp in markets and shops, and you can’t make sure of their freshness. If you buy a carcass in a supermarket chilled, carefully examine it.
To determine how edible the fish is, by the following criteria:
- scales must be solid and have a shine;
- fresh fish pink or red gillsbut not greenish or brown;
- meat should be resilient. Press with your fingers on the carcass. If she quickly regains her shape, then the fish is suitable for consumption;
- eyes should not be muddy.
To prepare crucian carp in the oven, it must first be cleaned and cut. The scales can be removed with a special device for cleaning fish or use a sharp knife, removing the cover from the tail to the head. The next step is to trim the fins using sharp scissors.
Important! The carcass of a crucian carp should be carved on a glass board, as it does not absorb the smell of fish. After cleaning, wipe the surface with lemon juice.
Most recipes suggest preserving the integrity of the carcass, otherwise the head must be separated along with the gills. Do not rush to throw it away, you may decide to cook a fragrant ear out of it. At the final stage, you need to rip the belly and remove the insides. After cleaning, the fish are washed well inside and out under cold running water.
Crucian carp is very bony. The presence of many small bones in its back creates an inconvenience during eating, which is why many refuse to cook dishes with this fish. To get rid of them, you need to make multiple transverse cuts on the back of a cleaned carcass on both sides with a step of 5-6 mm from head to tail. During cooking, under the influence of high temperature, all small bones will simply melt.
Recipes for cooking crucian in the oven
Crucian carp is a popular fish, which is much easier to catch than many other representatives of the river and lake flora. This leads to a large number of recipes on how to prepare wonderful dishes using fish carcass.
In addition to fish soup and banal frying in a pan, the housewives invent many ways of baking crucian carp in the oven. Since the fish has a tangible smell of algae, various spices are often added to it when cooking. Then you can familiarize yourself with the most delicious step-by-step recipes for cooking crucian in the oven.
Stuffed crucian
6 45 minutes
salt and black pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Clean the crucian carp, leave the heads, and put the eggs in a separate bowl.
Cover the baking sheet with foil, grease it with sunflower oil.
Cut the onions into thin rings and put on the foil - this will be a kind of substrate for the fish.
In caviar, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, flour, a pinch of salt and mix well. It should get a thick mass.
Lubricate each fish on both sides with vegetable oil, salt and pepper.
Put Karasey on a deco over the onion rings, sprinkle with lemon juice on all sides and inside.
Fill the abdominal cavity with caviar.
Send stuffed fish to a preheated oven and cook at 200 ° C until golden brown (20-30 minutes).
Clean the crucian carp, leave the heads, and put the eggs in a separate bowl.
Cover the baking sheet with foil, grease it with sunflower oil.
Cut the onions into thin rings and put on the foil - this will be a kind of substrate for the fish.
In caviar, add 1 tablespoon of vegetable oil, flour, a pinch of salt and mix well. It should get a thick mass.
Lubricate each fish on both sides with vegetable oil, salt and pepper.
Put Karasey on a deco over the onion rings, sprinkle with lemon juice on all sides and inside.
Fill the abdominal cavity with caviar.
Send stuffed fish to a preheated oven and cook at 200 ° C until golden brown (20-30 minutes).Video recipe
Did you know? Crucians react with an addiction to strange odors, so fishermen often add corvalol, valerian or garlic to the bait.
With vegetables
3 1 hour
ground black pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Clean the fish, separate the heads and tails.
Cut the onion into small half rings and lay out evenly on a greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle carcasses of salt with salt, pepper inside and out, put in a deco on top onion.
Cut a small potato in half into a separate bowl, salt and mix, so that the salt is evenly distributed. Put on a baking sheet, filling in the gaps left after laying the fish. Sprinkle with chopped herbs on top.
In a separate container, carefully mix the egg, mayonnaise, water - with this sauce you need to pour crucians and potatoes.
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and send the dish to bake. Preparing crucians with vegetables will take about 30-40 minutes. Readiness can be determined by the golden crust that forms on the fish.
Clean the fish, separate the heads and tails.
Cut the onion into small half rings and lay out evenly on a greased baking sheet.
Sprinkle carcasses of salt with salt, pepper inside and out, put in a deco on top onion.
Cut a small potato in half into a separate bowl, salt and mix, so that the salt is evenly distributed. Put on a baking sheet, filling in the gaps left after laying the fish. Sprinkle with chopped herbs on top.
In a separate container, carefully mix the egg, mayonnaise, water - with this sauce you need to pour crucians and potatoes.
Preheat the oven to 180 ° C and send the dish to bake. Preparing crucians with vegetables will take about 30-40 minutes. Readiness can be determined by the golden crust that forms on the fish.Video recipe
Did you know? Calorie Crucian — only 87 kcal, so fish can be eaten without fear for a figure.
Onion cushion with soy sauce and lemon
8 2 hours
ground black pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Salted crucians with heads to salt on all sides (you do not need to spend a lot of salt, since soy sauce will be added during cooking).
Process the carcasses inside and out with the seasoning for the fish, black pepper.
Put the fish in a container with high edges, pour in soy sauce and leave to marinate for 1 hour. Periodically, carcasses need to be turned over.
While the fish is pickling, chop the onion in half rings and put it in a baking dish, previously oiled. Sprinkle with cold water on top.
Put pickled crucian carp on an onion pillow.
In the abdomen of each fish put a circle of lemon, 1-2 branches of parsley.
Pour the crucian carp with the remaining marinade and lightly grease with vegetable oil.
Send the dish for baking in the oven, heated to 200 ° C, for half an hour. Served on the table with crucian carp with an onion pillow.
Salted crucians with heads to salt on all sides (you do not need to spend a lot of salt, since soy sauce will be added during cooking).
Process the carcasses inside and out with the seasoning for the fish, black pepper.
Put the fish in a container with high edges, pour in soy sauce and leave to marinate for 1 hour. Periodically, carcasses need to be turned over.
While the fish is pickling, chop the onion in half rings and put it in a baking dish, previously oiled. Sprinkle with cold water on top.
Put pickled crucian carp on an onion pillow.
In the abdomen of each fish put a circle of lemon, 1-2 branches of parsley.
Pour the crucian carp with the remaining marinade and lightly grease with vegetable oil.
Send the dish for baking in the oven, heated to 200 ° C, for half an hour. Served on the table with crucian carp with an onion pillow.Video recipe
Important! When choosing a seasoning for fish, give preference to the one with rosemary and thyme, as these herbs are ideal for making crucian carp.
In sour cream
6 1 hour
big crucians
2 pcs. (900 g)
ground black pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Brushed crucians with heads grated with salt, pepper and leave for 20 minutes to feed the carcasses.- Cut the onion into small half rings, pour into a pan, sprinkled with plenty of vegetable oil. Fry until golden brown, stirring occasionally so that the mass acquires a uniform color.
In a separate bowl, make the sauce. Mix sour cream, mayonnaise, eggs, chopped greens (dill, parsley, cilantro). Salt a little salt, sprinkle with pepper.
Add the fried onions to the sauce, stir until smooth.
Dip Karasey in flour on both sides, put on a preheated skillet and fry over a fire until a crust forms.
Put the fried carcasses on a baking sheet, pour on top with sour cream sauce. Using a tablespoon, fill them with the same abdomen.
Preheat the oven to 200 ° C, set to prepare crucians for 30 minutes.
Brushed crucians with heads grated with salt, pepper and leave for 20 minutes to feed the carcasses.
In a separate bowl, make the sauce. Mix sour cream, mayonnaise, eggs, chopped greens (dill, parsley, cilantro). Salt a little salt, sprinkle with pepper.
Add the fried onions to the sauce, stir until smooth.
Dip Karasey in flour on both sides, put on a preheated skillet and fry over a fire until a crust forms.
Put the fried carcasses on a baking sheet, pour on top with sour cream sauce. Using a tablespoon, fill them with the same abdomen.
Preheat the oven to 200 ° C, set to prepare crucians for 30 minutes.Video recipe
