Fish at the stake: cooking recipe. Fish in foil on the fire

2024 Author: Isabella Gilson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 03:14

Fish is a unique product that has a huge amount of nutrients. Experienced cooks usually subdivide it by origin: river, sea and ocean.

Most often, fish soup is boiled from small things, and larger fish is dried or s alted. But besides this, there are still a lot of ways to cook various fish dishes, for example, baked fish on a fire. This does not require any special skills and abilities. All recipes are easy and simple and do not require much time.

Secrets of properly grilled fish

There are a few simple rules on how to cook fish over a campfire, following which you will get such a delicious dish as fragrant baked fish.

• If you decide to use river fish for cooking, but are in doubt because of the smell of mud, don't worry. Just place the fish for a couple of hours in cold water diluted with vinegar (ratio5/1).
• The most delicious fish happens at the end of summer when it is enriched with omega fats.
• When frying on a fire, in no case should it be turned over several times. Otherwise, the fish on the fire will not turn out juicy, with a beautiful crispy crust, but dry and overcooked. First you need to fry it until cooked on one side, and only then on the other.
• It's up to you to decide which fish to cook on the fire, but in any case, it's better to get a special grate for grilling fish.
• Spices and marinades for fish can be made by yourself. And you can use purchased.

Marinade for fish on the fire

Before you start the process of cooking fish, you can prepare a special marinade. Its recipe is simple, but it will give the dish a breathtaking aroma and taste. The amount of marinade presented is enough for three medium-sized fish.

Ingredients:

• water - 3 tablespoons;
• lemon juice - 50 ml;
• vegetable oil - ½ cup;
• mustard - 1 tablespoon;
• 9% vinegar - 1 teaspoon;
• bay leaf - 2 pieces;
• sugar - ½ teaspoon;
• s alt and pepper - a pinch each.

Cooking:

• Pour lemon juice and water into the mixer bowl, add mustard, s alt, pepper and bay leaf. Mix.
• Pour the vegetable oil slowly into the resulting mass, stirring constantly.
• Soak each fish in the prepared marinade and let it brew for half an hour.
• To keep the fish fromstuck to the grate, do not forget to grease it with butter.

Fresh fish baked at the stake

Ingredients:

• live fish weighing at least 700 grams and not more than 1 kilogram - 3-4 pieces;
• onions - 3 pieces;
• seasoning for fish;
• s alt.

Cooking

So how do you cook fish over a fire? Easy!

1. First, gut the fish, clean it from scales, rinse. Fins, head and gills can be left. Season with spices and s alt on all sides.

2. Peel the onion and cut into rings. Put the rings inside the fish without disassembling them.

3. Make shallow cuts on the fish, like on a sliced loaf. Pack it in a plastic bag and put it in the refrigerator to marinate for two hours.

4. After the time has elapsed, place a fish net or grate over the fire, grease it with oil so that the fish does not stick to the metal. After laying the fish next to each other, close the grid.

5. Fry the fish until golden brown, about 15 minutes, then flip and fry the other side for the same amount of time.

The fish (at the stake) is ready.

Note

If for some reason you are contraindicated to eat fried, you can cook a dish like fish in foil over a fire according to the same recipe. Once the fish has marinated, wrap it in foil and place on the wire rack. Cooking time is also 30 minutes.

Frozen fish at the stake

Frozen fish is in no way inferior in taste to fresh fish. It is best to take the fillet, as it does not require pre-cleaning, there are practically no bones in it.

Ingredients:

• pangasius fillet (this is a fatty fish, which makes it especially juicy and tasty);
• marinade for fish, the recipe for which is described above.

Cooking

1. First, defrost the fillet, drain off excess water, dry with a paper towel.

2. Roll the pangasius fillet in the marinade, put it in a plastic bag, put it in the refrigerator for 1 hour.

3. Put the fish on the grill and fry on the fire on both sides for 10 minutes each.

The fish on the fire cooked in this way is very tasty. In addition, children like it, as it does not need additional cleaning before eating.

Baked red fish

The choice of red fish for cooking on a fire is large - trout, salmon, chum salmon, salmon, pink salmon and others. Take the fish you like and start cooking.

If your choice fell on not very fatty fish, you can bake it according to the same recipe, but not on an open fire, but in foil. And remember, fish in foil over a fire is no less tasty, but it is more he althy.

You can buy ready-made steaks or take a whole fish, clean and cut it into the desired pieces.

Required ingredients:

• red fish steaks, 1.5–2 cm wide;
• juicelemon - one small spoon per steak;
• seasoning for fish;
• s alt.

Cooking

1. Rub the fish steaks with s alt, seasoning and lemon juice.

2. Leave the fish in a cold place for a couple of hours to soak.

3. Put the steaks on the grill and start the frying process.

4. Red fish is fried in the same way as the rest. 15 minutes on one side until golden brown, 15 minutes on the other.

How and with what to serve baked fish

Cooked fish carefully place on plates. Serve with fresh or baked vegetables, any herbs. You can cook a vegetable salad for it or boil, bake, stew potatoes. Boiled rice is also perfect for a fish dish.

If the baked fish turns out a little dry, which is often the case with red fish, you can serve it with tartar sauce, which you can cook yourself or buy in a store, or cream sauce.

To prepare the last one, take the butter, melt it in a saucepan with a thick bottom, add any finely chopped greens and simmer. Drizzle beautifully laid out steaks, fish fillets, or whole fish with prepared sauce.

Bon appetit!