Catfish meat is distinguished by its gentle and pleasant taste. Among other things, there are practically no small bones in it that so often spoil the overall impression of a fish dish. It is worth noting that the fat content of this fish is very low, but this does not prevent it from being juicy.
Dishes from catfish are very diverse. In any cookbook there are pies, soups, and main dishes prepared from this sea fish. Her white meat always gently melts in her mouth, making every dish a highlight.
Braised catfish. Danish food
Braised fish is ideal for rice or potatoes . For this dish from catfish you will need 5 tomatoes, 2 eggs, a glass of sour cream, catfish fillet (about 100 g), 2 onions, a spoonful of flour, 2 tablespoons of butter (cream only), half a lemon, as well as salt, parsley and breadcrumbs for breading.
It is necessary to sprinkle the fish with the juice of one lemon. Tomatoes, meanwhile, are cut into thin circles, and then layered in layers in a pan that is already sprinkled with breadcrumbs. (Do not forget to add each layer). The catfish itself is also placed on top.
In a separate container, beat eggs with sour cream, flour and chopped onions. Such a sauce is poured into the fish and sent to the oven, having put the crushed butter previously on top. After 10 minutes, the dish is ready.
Baked catfish. Spanish dish
To prepare this dish from catfish, you need very little time. And you only need fish fillet (half a kilogram) and vegetable salsa sauce (one can is enough). First, the oven warms up. Slices of fillet are spread on a baking sheet, which are poured with sauce on top. 10 minutes and the dish is ready. It is best to serve this beauty with a side dish of rice.
Catfish in soft batter
Fish in batter is a very popular recipe. So you can cook and catfish. The ingredients will be required simple. You need lemon, 600 g of fish fillet, salt and pepper, vegetable oil (40-50 ml), a glass of flour, 50 g of vodka, an egg and half a glass of water. First prepare the fish. They cut it into slices, salt and pepper. Then catfish should be sprinkled with lemon and left for 10 minutes so that it is slightly marinated.
In the meantime, you can make a batter. Squirrels are whipped with a mixer into the foam. And in a separate cup, the yolk, water, flour and vodka are mixed. All this is salted, and then bred with vegetable oil. Slowly you need to introduce whipped protein into the batter.
Pieces of catfish are dipped in batter and put on a hot frying pan for roasting. And when serving, fish is decorated with branches of bright greenery.
Catfish soup
Dishes from catfish are so diverse that even pickle can be cooked from this fish. For it, you need to take 600 g of catfish, celery, onion, parsley, sorrel, 150 g of pickles, 2 tablespoons of oil, 50 ml of sour cream, allspice, lavrushka and salt. The fish is placed in a pan and boiled by adding pepper, salt and bay leaves to the water. As soon as the catfish is cooked, they remove it from the broth.
Onions finely chopped, so do celery and parsley. All this is fried in oil and added to the broth. Separately, sorrel and cucumbers are crushed, which are also lowered into a boiling broth. Soup should be cooked for half an hour. If there is a lack of "acidity" to the broth, you can add brine from cucumbers to it. After 10 minutes, the dish is ready.
Fish is laid out in portions and soup is poured. Serve it with sour cream and herbs.
Cutlets
Catfish cutlets are very tasty. They need fish fillet (100 g), a sprig of dill, a small spoonful of cream, chopped ginger, lemon, a spoonful of semolina, a pinch of tarragon, shallot (onion), 2 tablespoons of flour. Stuffing is cooked in a blender. To do this, beat the fish, dill, cream and semolina. Then hands make small patties and fry them in vegetable oil. When served, the dish is decorated with tarragon, ginger, as well as onion rings and lemon slices.
Recipes of catfish dishes are very original and varied. Therefore, any housewife can choose what she likes to cook most of all.