Dishes from fish in a novice cook can cause some difficulties. But practically everyone can cook the dish “ Mackerel in foil in the oven”. The result will surprise even the most sophisticated gourmet, if you add some additional touches.
Let's start in order. To prepare this dish in foil in the oven, you will need to choose a good fish so that its skin is shiny and does not have any external damage. Now you can gut it and wash it. Thus, any processed fish is processed.
After the preparation stage, we proceed to the preparation of this quick and delicious dish. Grate the mackerel with marinade made from sea salt and coarsely ground pepper (a mixture with garlic and chopped herbs is suitable) on top and inside. On a prepared foil, put a substrate of onion and tomato slices; Pour well over lemon juice. Now you can make a very dense envelope of foil. Mackerel in foil in the oven with vegetables should be baked for no more than twenty to thirty minutes, otherwise it will be dry. A few minutes before the completion of cooking, it is recommended to sprinkle the fish with coarsely grated hard cheese. Any side dish of vegetables and rice is suitable for this recipe.
In order to diversify the classic recipe, you can offer options for its preparation.
"Mackerel with potatoes." The fish must be pickled with a mixture of sea salt, pepper and grated ginger. Leave to "rest" in the refrigerator. At this time, boil large potatoes in their skins. When it is ready, put onion foil on the foil, fish on top, and place peeled boiled potatoes nearby. Carefully roll up the bag so that there are no holes and send it to the oven for half an hour. That's all, the fragrant mackerel in foil in the oven was baked with potatoes, now saturated with the aroma of fish and ginger. It turns out very tasty.
Thanks to such recipes, you can make an excellent version of a portioned dish. In the same case, if you plan to serve fish on a festive table, cut into pieces, it is recommended to do this raw. So send it to the foil. The fact is that baked mackerel in foil in the oven is very difficult to cut. To be more precise, it simply breaks. Before serving, be sure to decorate the dish with lemon mugs, olives and herbs.
In foil, not only mackerel can be made. Well, a very tasty option would be to cook the dish "Bream in the oven in foil", which can be replaced with medium-sized carp. The cooking process will be as follows. Process the carcass of the fish as expected, removing the entrails and all the scales. Now coat it very well with a mixture of coarse pepper and sea salt. In order for the fish to soak well, you can make parallel cuts along the entire ridge on one side. On a large piece of foil put the onion mugs, on top of the bream and mugs of lemon. It is good to pinch the foil so that air space is created inside. The fish will be ready in forty minutes.
An excellent recipe for cooking bream in the oven in foil is a recipe with a side dish. For its implementation, you will need a large fish, preferably more than 2 kg. Process it as usual, pickle with a mixture of pepper and sea salt, leave for a while. Now you can start the filling, for the preparation of which you need to make a ready pilaf from rice, chopped onions and grated carrots. Seasoning is possible, but it is a matter of taste. Cool the resulting side dish, then add a little mayonnaise to it and mix. Now you can put the mixture into the belly of the fish. Grease the foil with oil, put the bream and pour a little mayonnaise on it. Cook for about 50 minutes.