In the preparation of fish dishes, more and more people prefer a product such as dorado. This fish is distinguished by its tenderness and juiciness, and it is also very easy to cook. It does not have a large number of bones, it is easy to grind and bake quickly. Only the most popular dorado recipes in the oven with a photo will be presented here.
Whole Baked Fish
This is one of the simplest recipes, and the chef will not need to do cooking for a long time or do any complex technological processes, everything is incredibly simple and affordable. For cooking, you will need to take one dorado, one lemon, rosemary, tarragon, ground coriander and caraway seeds. Also, you need very little olive oil, which will simply be smeared with fish, and a few sprigs of green onions.
Cooking process
The first step is to clear the fish. It is necessary to cut the fins near the head with culinary scissors or a sharp knife, then also cut the upper fin using scissors. After a special scraper, if one is missing, then with a knife, clean the fish from scales.
Three transverse cuts should be made on each side. Put the fish in a deep container, sprinkle with the necessary seasonings and add about 30 ml of vegetable oil. It will help the spices soak into the fish. You also need to sprinkle a dorado with the juice of half a lemon. Set the container aside for several hours, if there is absolutely no time, then you can immediately proceed to the next step. Dorado is a very tender fish, so it needs very little time for pickling.
Take the foil and a little grease it with olive oil. Gently wrap fish in it. Turn on the oven and set the heat 180-190 degrees. When it reaches the required temperature, put the fish on a baking sheet and put to bake in the oven. The heat treatment time in this case will be approximately 20-30 minutes, depending on the size of the fish.
Dish serving
When the fish is ready, it must be removed from the foil. If you want to get a golden brown crust, it is recommended to hold it in the oven for several minutes without foil. Thinly cut three slices of lemon, fry in a dry pan. Insert prepared lemon into cuts. Finely chop the green onion, sprinkle it on a plate, then lay the fish and again sprinkle a small amount of onion. On this, the process of cooking baked dorado in the oven in foil is finished. Enjoy your meal!
Baked dorado with vegetables
The cooking process of this dish will already be more difficult, in this case, the cook will have to cut the fish into fillets and remove all the bones from it. But do not worry, as already reported, it is very simple to work with dorado. To prepare such a dish, you should prepare:
- Dorado - 2 pcs.;
- bell pepper, eggplant, zucchini - 1 pc. (refers to medium-sized vegetables);
- some cherry tomatoes;
- some olive oil;
- lemon.
As spices for fish here will be used: tarragon, rosemary, soy sauce, sesame seeds. Vegetables must be pickled in suneli hops, ground coriander and caraway seeds.
Dorado Cutting
Surely, many of you have never yet chopped a dorado on a filet. In fact, everything only seems complicated; in practice, everything is extremely simple. For this procedure, it is recommended to use scissors, in which case the fillet will turn out to be more beautiful, and you will not lose much time for cutting. Otherwise, everything will need to be done with a knife.
First, cut the fins on both sides near the head, then carefully remove the fin that runs along the ridge with scissors. Then it is necessary to completely clean the dorado from the scales with a scraper, it is shallow here, and you will not have to spend a lot of effort on this procedure. Cut off the head. Now you need to make an incision from the anus to the side where the head was. An incision is best done with scissors so as not to catch the gallbladder, otherwise the product will have an unpleasant taste. Carefully pull out all the insides, rinse the fish under running water. Make sure that no blood clots or other inclusions remain. Now the most critical procedure is milling.
It is necessary to take a sharp knife, put it to the ridge from the side where the head used to be. Now you should smoothly lead the knife along the spine towards the tail. Keep until clean fillet is obtained. Turn the fish upside down and carry out the exact same procedure, only with the second part of the fillet. This should be done slowly and carefully so that as little meat as possible remains on the ridge.
So, we got two fillets. Now you need to take a knife, make an angular incision where the costal bones are, and remove them. Do the same with the second piece. All small bones must be removed with tweezers. On this, the process of cutting fish is completed, as you see, there is nothing particularly complicated here.
Cooking
When the fish is ready, it must be marinated in spices, sprinkled with lemon juice and olive or vegetable oil. On a baking sheet, line parchment paper, put the fillet and put in the oven, which is heated to 190 degrees. Bake fish for 15 minutes.
In the meantime, you should start processing vegetables. Rinse all the products, cut the pepper, zucchini and eggplant into medium cubes, and cut the tomatoes in half. All marinate in herbs, add salt and pepper. Throw vegetables (except tomatoes) in a heated pan with a small amount of vegetable oil and fry them. After throwing tomatoes, pour 100 ml of water, cover, reduce heat and simmer for 10 minutes. The vegetables will be ready when they are soft on top and a light crunch remains inside.
After the allotted time, you should start assembling the dish. Put vegetables on plates and lay one filet on top. You can decorate with a leaf of basil or a slice of lemon.
Delicious dorado sauce
If you bake fish whole and without vegetables, then it is recommended to serve the sauce. There are two most common and tasty options. In the first case, it consists of basil, olive oil, pine nuts and parmesan. To prepare it, you need to grind all the ingredients in a blender until smooth. The sauce should have a light green color.
The second sauce can be made on the basis of cream. It is necessary to take the stewpan and pour 150 ml of 18% cream into it, add 1.5 teaspoons of French mustard and the juice of half a lemon. Put the stewpan on the fire and bring to a boil, then reduce heat, add 50 ml of soy sauce. Cook for 5-7 minutes. Then take a small amount of cold water and dissolve a teaspoon of starch in it, add to the sauce. Cook it for a short time, until the mass begins to thicken.
If you do not have Dijon mustard, then in this case you can use the usual. In this case, the taste of the sauce will be more spicy.
Conclusion
In the oven, these few recipes for dorado fish will surely appeal to everyone who will cook it. In particular, the first recipe is also suitable for a banquet table, the fish can be decorated with a lot of greens and serve it on a dish.
When cooking dorado in the oven, you can also use other spices. Ground paprika, turmeric and all kinds of pepper go well with this fish. When baking fish, next to it you can put a sprig of fresh rosemary, it will give the dish a unique flavor. Cook with love and do not be afraid of experiments, this is the beauty of culinary art.