Fish pickle. Recipes and cooking methods

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Rassolnik is perhaps one of the most popular first courses. This is a very unusual and interesting soup of Russian cuisine. There are many different recipes. The dish is cooked with rice, barley, buckwheat.

Many people mistakenly believe that pickle can be cooked exclusively in meat broth. However, the dish is prepared with mushrooms, and even with fish. Moreover, the fish pickle has its roots in the deep past. You can cook it with the addition of any spices and vegetables.

Features of cooking

Cooking pickle from fish is practically no different from making meat soup, but still has its own nuances.

1. Absolutely any kind of fish is suitable for the dish. They can also be mixed. In order for the soup to be more satisfying, it is better to use pieces where there are bones. More rich soup is obtained from fish heads, tails.
2. The main component of pickle is pickles. Many people replace them with marinated ones. Some cooks consider this a mistake, since only pickles add to the picklespecific taste.
3. Cucumbers with rough skins should be peeled to make the fish pickle more tender.
4. If barley is added to the dish, then it can be soaked for two hours in advance. This will significantly reduce the cooking time.
5. To give the soup a delicate creamy taste, it is better to fry vegetables in butter, not vegetable oil. Also, adding sour cream before serving will soften the taste of the dish much.
6. When boiling the broth, you can add a whole onion and carrot to it to make it more fragrant. Throw vegetables away after cooking.
7. Also, many add fresh dill and parsley for flavor. They are recommended to be added immediately to the plate before serving. If the greens are put in a saucepan, then the soup needs to be boiled for another ten minutes.
8. In order not to overs alt the dish, you need to add it at the end of cooking.

Fish pickle: a classic recipe

As mentioned, there are several recipes for making fish pickle. Barley is considered a classic dish. Required Ingredients:

• one kilogram of fish;
• two onions;
• half a kilo of potatoes;
• 100 g barley;
• two carrots;
• 300g pickles;
• three liters of water;
• s alt, herbs, spices to taste;
• oil for frying.

Step-by-step cooking of fish pickle:

1. First you need to wash and clean the fish. Remove the insides from it and rinse again. Next, cut the fish into pieces and put in a pan.
2. Pour in water, add carrots and onions. All this should be cooked for about half an hour.
3. After the time is up, fish and vegetables need to be taken out. Discard the vegetables and separate the fish from the bones. Put the meat in a bowl.
4. Add barley to the fish broth and boil it for another 25 minutes.
5. Next, add chopped potatoes. Peeled and chopped onions and carrots, first fry in a pan, then put in the soup.
6. The next step is to add fish fillets and grated cucumbers. Boil five minutes.
7. When the dish is ready, turn off the fire and let the soup brew for about 20 minutes.

When serving a dish, you can sprinkle it with herbs and add sour cream.

Pickle with rice. Required Ingredients

The recipe for fish pickle with rice is no less popular than the barley dish.

Ingredients for its preparation:

• any fish is a kilo;
• three liters of water;
• one hundred grams of rice;
• kilogram of potatoes;
• pair of carrots;
• two onions;
• half a kilo of cucumbers;
• oil for frying;
• tomato paste optional;
• spices and s alt.

Start cooking

When all the ingredients are prepared, you can start cooking the soup. Step-by-step recommendations:

1. Wash, clean and cut the fish into small pieces. Fill them with wateradd carrots, onions. Boil. Strain the finished broth.
2. Peel the potatoes and cut into pieces.
3. Cucumbers need to be grated.
4. Carrots and onions cut and fry in a pan until golden brown. Add cucumbers to them, a little brine (and tomato paste if desired). Simmer for a few minutes.
5. Rice should be washed and sent to the fish broth. When the soup boils, potatoes, chopped fish fillets and fried vegetables are added.
6. In the finished dish you need to put spices and herbs to taste. After that, boil the soup for a few more minutes.

When serving, you can add a little sour cream to the pickle on fish broth. So the soup will be tender and tasty. Also, the dish must be allowed to brew.

Conclusion

It's not for nothing that pickle is one of the most popular dishes in Russian families. The recipe for this delicacy will surprise many housewives with its diversity. Soup can be prepared with chicken, pork, fish, and even chicken giblets. Also, to prepare fish or meat pickle, you can use both rice and barley or buckwheat. In general, the preparation of the first course is a very simple task, which even a beginner in cooking can do just fine. And if you use the above nuances in cooking, then this process will become even easier.