Silver carp is a fish that is great for pickling. And if you take into account the availability of this product and its cost, you can cook a delicious dish worthy of any table. Pickled silver carp is a great appetizer and an addition to potato dishes. How to cook it, we will tell in this article.
Simple and delicious
For the next recipe, you will need simple ingredients that any housewife has. We take two heads of onion, a kilogram of fish without bones, 100 grams of table vinegar, half a glass (maybe a little more) of vegetable oil, half a glass of salt and two medium carrots. Pre-clean fish from scales, entrails and remove bones. We only need fillets. We cut it into portioned pieces and put it in a suitable container.
Layers of fish should be sprinkled with salt (as with salting). Put a press on top and leave for three hours. After that, we wash the silver carp, remove excess moisture and fill it with vinegar. It should completely cover the pieces. Leave the fish under the press for another three hours. After this, drain the liquid, rinse the silver carp and lay out the layers in a pan. Pour each layer with grated carrots, chopped onion rings. Fill the fish with sunflower oil and put a press on top. After three hours, the silver carp marinated at home will be ready. It should be eaten within two weeks. But the pickled silver carp is so tasty that it disappears in a short time.
Spicy pickle
To improve the taste of this dish, you can use various ingredients. Thanks to spices, pickled silver carp will become even more appetizing. To do this, take 500 grams of this fish fillet, 4 large tablespoons of salt, 4 large tablespoons of vinegar, one small spoon of sugar, one medium-sized onion, bay leaf, cloves, vegetable oil , black pepper and sweet peas. Salt the fillets on each side (about two large spoons) and put them in a bowl. We remove it in a cool place, covering it with a lid. After a day, wash off the salt, cut the fish in portions. Put the onion, sliced in half rings, and spices into the pan. You can gently press them with your hands so that the onion starts to juice, and crush the cloves in a mortar. We spread the fish, pouring it with spices, spices, sugar. Add vinegar. Mix well and fill with vegetable oil, slightly pressing. We cover the fish with a lid and put in the refrigerator for a day. After that, the pickled silver carp is ready to eat.
Eastern cuisine
He’s famous Korean dish can also be made from this fish. Pickled silver carp in Korean is prepared as follows. We take the fish fillet and cut into long, non-thick strips. Pour vegetable oil into the pan and warm it well. Next, put the onion sliced in half rings in it and turn off the fire. It does not need to be fried, but only slightly allowed. After that, remove the onions, and use the oil in the marinade. Add to it one and a half large spoons of salt, one spoon of sugar, a small spoon of adjika, seasoning for Korean carrots, a little black pepper and 100 grams of vinegar. We put the fish in a suitable container along with chopped onion in half rings. Pour it with marinade and mix well. Pickled silver carp will lie in the refrigerator for a day, and then it can be served to the table.