Fish in an air grill (see recipes with a photo below) is baked using a stream of hot air with a minimum amount of oil, gets rid of its own excess fat, it is easily digestible, not overcooked and dietary, has a low calorie content. Cooking steps are similar to grilling. Fish can be baked on a wire rack or in foil. Previously, it is usually pickled.
How to cook fish in an air grill?
There are many recipes for fish dishes in this kitchen assistant. This review contains the most popular and simplest of them. Also presented below are several ways to cook fish dishes in aero grill:
A closed cooking method is when the fish is cooked in foil with the addition of vegetables, mushrooms, sauces, cereals.
An open way - when the product is fried on a wire rack, in a way that is selected depending on the fat content of the meat:
- Fatty (mackerel, salmon, trout) does not need preliminary marinating. The fat content of the fish is enough to keep the juice in the baking process.
- Medium fat (pink salmon, flounder, silver carp) requires pickling in a mixture of lemon juice and olive oil or in any other marinade (to taste).
- Non-greasy (hake, cod, haddock, pollock) is coated with batter (oil). Marinade makes lean fish meat tough and overdried.
Salmon "juicier does not happen"
Salmon is quite easy to cook, and in the grill it turns out to be especially tasty. Steaks can be baked on a wire rack or in foil, the main thing is to supplement the fish with a lot of lime or lemon juice.
Required Products:
- two salmon steaks;
- three limes or two lemons;
- lettuce leaves;
- salt.
Stages of cooking fish in the air grill according to the recipe:
- We wash the steaks, dry them.
- Squeeze juice from ½ part of citrus and water the fish with it. We insist half an hour.
- Sprinkle steaks with salt and lay on the middle grill.
- We bake the fish for 5 minutes at t 260 degrees, then lower the temperature by 30 degrees and bring the fish to readiness.
- We spread the steaks on lettuce leaves and decorate with lime (lemon).
Cod with vegetables
In combination with vegetables, lean cod is an excellent dietary dish. This recipe for fish in the air grill is very simple, but it gives a tasty dish at the exit. If you want to get fish with a crispy crust, then you can cook it in two steps: first bake on a wire rack, and then already under the vegetables.
Ingredients:
- cod fillet (0.5 kg.);
- tomatoes (0.5 kg.);
- onions (2 heads);
- carrots (2 pcs.);
- sweet pepper (1 pc.);
- garlic (2 tooth.);
- olive oil;
- spices.
How to cook:
We wash the fish, grease both sides with oil, sprinkle with spices. Then we lay the air grill on the grill and bake for several minutes at t 260 C. When the fillet has got a golden brown crust, we shift it into the form. On top of the fish we spread half the onion rings and chopped garlic, then grated carrots, chopped peppers and tomatoes, which were previously doused with boiling water, removed the skin and chopped coarsely. If desired, tomatoes can be sprinkled with grated cheese. In this form, the fish is baked at a temperature of 250 about C for 20 minutes.
Trout kebabs: a step by step recipe with photos
The fish in the air grill is baked not only with steaks or whole, also kebabs are prepared from it. The most delicious, many consider kebab from trout, for the preparation of which you need only the fish itself, lemon juice and spices.
Cooking:
- Cut the trout on the fillet, separate from the skin and bones.
- Cut the fish into portions.
- Squeeze juice from lemon, combine with pepper and salt.
- String fish pieces on skewers or skewers of an air grill, previously soaked in cold water, cover with a lemon mixture.
- Bake at medium speed (t 205 degrees) for 20 minutes.
- We serve kebabs with vegetables, rice or as a separate dish.
Carp grill
Products:
- carp;
- bow;
- mayonnaise;
- spices.
Recipe:
River fish in the air grill according to the recipe below is very tasty, juicy and satisfying, except for carp, so you can bake crucian carp, carp, and even perch. In the process of cooking washed, peeled and gutted fish rubbed with spices and left in this form for 10-15 minutes. After that, the whole carcass is greased with mayonnaise, stuffed with onions (half rings) and wrapped in foil. So the fish is cooked for about 40 minutes (260 about C) at a high fan speed. To get a golden crust, 5 minutes before cooking, the foil is removed from the fish.
Flounder in sour cream
To prepare the dish you will need:
- flounder (fillet) - 400 g;
- sour cream - 100 g;
- dried parsley - 1 tsp.
Stages of preparation:
- Mix sour cream, salt, pepper, parsley.
- We wash the fish, grease with sour cream sauce and lay them on the grill.
- According to the recipe, the fish in this marinade should be baked for 10 minutes at 190 degrees, and then another 5 minutes at 220 degrees. But judging by the reviews, this time is not enough. Many advise to focus on the size of the flounder and the power of aro grill and, if necessary, increase the cooking time.
- Serve the fish best with mashed potatoes or green salad.
Fish is one of the most healthy foods in the diet. It contains a lot of phosphorus, vitamins and minerals that a person needs for the normal functioning of the body. Therefore, at least once a week, every person’s menu must contain dishes from this valuable product.