The catfish recipe should take into account the peculiarities of cooking this fish. Large specimens are very tough, it is difficult to etch a marsh specific smell from their meat. However, if you succeed, then they will come in handy in order to prepare dishes from catfish. Photos (recipes are illustrated) show how appetizing dense pulp this fish has. Catfish is considered the most delicious if it is small enough and does not exceed half a meter in length.
Preliminary preparation
Catfish (cooking recipes with photos show that pieces of this fish are always served without skin) does not have scales. But its surface is covered with unpleasant mucus. If you do not remove it, then the dish that will help us prepare this recipe (catfish in accordance with it should be subjected to several types of heat treatment) will be given with moss and swamp. It is better to cleanse this fish immediately and from the skin. Or remove it during the initial heat treatment. Rub the cleaned carcass with coarse rock salt (you can use sea salt ).
Remove the entrails from the open abdomen. Cut off gills, fins, head and tail. Rub inside with the same salt. Rinse after a couple of minutes. Cut into portions and sprinkle with lime or lemon juice.
Simple recipe
Soma is better to cook without adding a large amount of oil, because it is a fatty fish. But you don’t need to regret spices - fragrant herbs will be most welcome. First we give the simplest recipe. Soma, of course, can be smoked, stuffed, baked and made into patties. But all of the above already requires a little more skill. In the pan, you can cook the fish breaded without almost any skills. Rub the pieces with salt (do not overdo it if the catfish has already been salted during the cleaning process), sprinkle with spices.
Dip one by one in flour breading and then in boiling oil (recall that it should be a little). Serve with lemon on the table. The double batter is no more complicated, but it will make the catfish (especially if it is large and hard) more juicy and tender. Take two plates and in the first pour flour with spices, in the second - the so-called lezon (an egg beaten with salt and a drop of milk). Dip a piece of catfish first in the dry mixture, then in the egg, and then again in the dry. Fry in vegetable oil in the same way as in the previous recipe.
Delicacy baked in sour cream
In the oven, the catfish is most conveniently cooked wrapped in foil. A small carcass can be stuffed with herbs, lemon slices. Large - stuffed with boiled buckwheat with fried carrots. So that the carcass does not dry out, you need to bake it for 35 to 50 minutes. You can also bake catfish in sour cream to preserve its juiciness. To do this, cut it portionwise, roll in flour, fry. Then put in a baking dish, pour sour cream and leave in the oven for half an hour. The liquid will evaporate, and the catfish will be covered with a delicate crust. In order to make the taste of the dish richer, it can be baked with vegetables. For example, with sauteed onions or pieces of boiled celery.