2 recipes for pickled pike in vinegar and onions

Selection of good fish

Correctly selected pike plays a decisive role in the taste and quality of the finished dish. Pike selection criteria:

• It is best to buy fresh raw materials, as this is a guarantee of freshness.
• The gills of a fresh specimen are bright pink or dark red in color. Gray or black color is a signal of staleness.
• Fresh pike is distinguished by the smell of the river.
• The eyes should be free of spots and cloudiness.
• The scales of fresh fish shine, the sides are not sunken.
• There are no red spots on the skin.
• Fresh meat is elastic, it immediately recovers after pressing with your fingers.

Pike stewed with vegetables. The most delicious recipe!

Every self-respecting fisherman should be able to prepare his catch.
A lot has already been said about the benefits of fish dishes, so let’s not touch on this topic, but let’s talk about ways to use the fresh catch. Traditionally, cutlets are made from pike - I also have an article about them, but today we will talk about a tasty, quick and healthy dish - “Pike Stewed with Vegetables”. If the presence of bones scares you, I assure you that there will be a minimal amount of them and the taste of this dish will definitely outshine their presence.

Pike cutting process

The fillet preparation process consists of certain stages. To remove mucus, the carcass is rubbed with salt. The abdomen is ripped horizontally from the tail to the head. The insides are removed, including the bitter dark film. The abdomen is gargling. The tail is cut off with a knife. A knife is used to make an incision along the back of the fish. The same incision is made deep along the belly. The spine is carefully cut out and small bones are removed. The skin is removed last.

The pike is cut in stages.

Preparing the fish

If you plan to buy fish in a store, you can immediately select fillets. This will save you a lot of work. But if you got a real princess of the rivers in all her beauty, and even with a persistent smell of mud to boot, get ready for the upcoming work.

Separate the head along the gill arches. By the way, you don’t have to throw it away - it’s an excellent basis for fish soup. If you plan to use the pike head later, be sure to remove the gills from it and only then freeze it.

You can cook the stewed pike directly with the skin, but if you don't like it, getting rid of it won't be difficult. It comes off like a stocking if you pull it from head to tail.

Remove the backbone by cutting off both sides of the fillet. Large bones are easy to remove, but small ones require chasing with a fork. Ordinary cosmetic tweezers will also help a lot in your work.

Stewed pike will be much more tender if you first soak the salted fillet in milk. This will completely neutralize the smell of the swamp.

On a carrot and onion bed

Pike soaked in aromatic juices, stewed with carrots and onions, is prepared from the following ingredients:

• pike fillet – 1 kg;
• a couple of carrot roots;
• large onion;
• not very spicy tomato sauce - 3 tbsp. l.;
• pepper powder mixture – 1 tsp;
• coarsely ground sea salt - a pinch;
• vegetable oil - 3 tbsp. l.

Cooking fish in tomato consists of the following steps:

Pike recipe in a frying pan

1. Peel the carrots and onions.
2. Cut the onion into small cubes.
3. Grate the carrots with large shavings.
4. Place the vegetables in a heated and oiled frying pan.
5. Fry vegetables with stirring until soft.
6. If necessary, add a little water so that the onions and carrots do not burn.
7. Place the finished roast on a plate.
8. Sprinkle the fillet with spices, as well as coarse salt and fine pepper.
9. Roll the slices in wheat flour.
10. Fry the pieces on both sides for 6-7 minutes until beautifully golden.
11. Place the aromatic vegetable fry evenly onto the pike in the frying pan.
12. Dilute tomato sauce with a glass of warm water.
13. Pour the resulting liquid into the workpiece.
14. Place the frying pan on low heat on the stove.
15. Simmer for half an hour.
16. Check readiness by pressing a fork on the ridge; the bone should be soft.

It is better to serve this appetizing dish warm with green onions and a drop of lemon juice.

If desired, the recipe can be supplemented with strips of colored bell peppers, tomatoes or cabbage.

With mustard

The peculiarity of this homemade dish is that, after standing in the cold, it becomes like aspic. Although the meat of this river dweller is considered dry, during cooking it forms a gelling broth with a very pleasant taste.

For stewed pike with vegetables you will need:

• 0.5 kg of fish;
• one large onion and carrot;
• a couple of tomatoes;
• mustard (1/2 tbsp.);
• vegetable oil;
• spices.

Step-by-step preparation:

1. Cut the cleaned and washed pike into small pieces.
2. Add spices and let sit for a while.
3. Fry until a light crust forms.
4. Separately sauté the chopped onion and grated carrots.
5. Grease a saucepan with oil and place the vegetable mixture on the bottom.
6. Top with tomato slices and pieces of pike.
7. Pour mustard, after diluting with a couple of tablespoons of boiled water.
8. Simmer in this marinade over low heat until fully cooked.
9. Serve with any side dish.

Advice! For frying, it is better to use refined oil. Unpeeled adds a sunflower flavor to the dish, which is often out of place.

Recipe with sour cream

Pike has a specific fishy smell, which is difficult to get rid of during cooking. For cooking, it is better to use small fish, which are characterized by the tenderness of the fibers and the absence of a fishy smell.

Stew fish in sour cream sauce using the following ingredients:

• small pike – 2–3 pcs.;
• large onion – 1 pc.;
• thick sour cream - 4 tbsp. l.;
• coarse salt and ground black pepper - to taste.

You need to quickly and appetizingly stew pike in steps:

1. Clean the carcasses, cut off the fins, remove the entrails.
2. Cut off the head and tail.
3. Wash the fillet and cut into slices.
4. Chop the peeled onion and simmer in a frying pan until soft.
5. Place pike fillet pieces with the onion.
6. Fry the pike in a frying pan for 15 minutes, turning from one side to the other.
7. Sprinkle the fish with salt and pepper.
8. Place sour cream into the preparation.
9. Stir the mixture and simmer with the lid closed for 7 minutes.

The fish delicacy is served with sour cream sauce and chopped onions. As a side dish, you can offer boiled asparagus or vegetable salad.

In mayonnaise sauce

Mayonnaise for fish is used quite often and this is not surprising. It will give the dish a spicy taste.

Cooking time will take about 1 hour.

Number of servings – 5

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Ingredients

• pike – 1.5 kg;
• mayonnaise – 0.2 kg (a little less is possible);
• salt;
• lemon juice – 1 tablespoon;
• oil.

Cooking steps

1. We process the pike carcass. Trim off all excess and cut into pieces ~ 3 centimeters, salt.
2. It must be marinated in mayonnaise. Coat the carcass and leave it in a bowl covered with cling film for 20 minutes.
3. Heat the frying pan and add the meat. Frying time will take approximately 15-18 minutes.
4. The dish is ready to eat.

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Cooking with potatoes

Components:

• pike fillet – 700 g;
• potato tubers – 6 large pieces;
• flour – 2 tbsp. l.;
• purified vegetable oil – 3 tbsp. l.;
• a bunch of green onions;
• whole milk – half a glass;
• iodized salt and pepper ground in a mortar - 2 pinches each.

You can prepare a delicious fish dish in the following steps:

1. Divide the fillet into pieces.
2. Sprinkle the slices with salt and season with pepper.
3. Dip each piece in flour.
4. Fry the pike in hot oil until golden brown.
5. Peel the potato tubers and chop into thin slices.
6. Send half the potatoes to the bottom of the pan where the pike will be stewed.
7. Next, send the peeled and chopped onion.
8. Place fish on it.
9. Place the last layer of potatoes.
10. Add salt and pepper to the milk and stir.
11. Chop and add onion greens.
12. Fill the pan with prepared milk.
13. Cover the container with a lid and boil.
14. Simmer for 30 minutes to give the potatoes time to cook.

It is better to serve juicy pike in milk sauce with onions and aromatic dill.

A dish with potatoes turns out satisfying

In apple cider vinegar

Apple cider vinegar is a must-have item in the kitchen. It is safer for the stomach than regular table food, and dishes with it turn out tender and aromatic. It’s easy to marinate pike this way.

5 servings

Cooking time – 7 hours

Cooking time – 48 hours

Nutritional value 100 g – 60 kcal

Ingredients:

• Pike fillet – 0.7 kg;
• Hot pepper – 1 pod;
• Onion – 1 piece;
• Apple cider vinegar – 1 glass;
• Salt – 2 tbsp. or to taste;
• Black pepper – 10 peas;
• Unrefined sunflower oil – 0.5 cups.

Cooking process:

1. Wash the fish fillet thoroughly and cut into portions.
2. Place the fish in a container, add salt, stir and leave for 3 hours at room temperature.
3. After 3 hours, remove the fish, rinse, dry, place in a clean container, pour in apple cider vinegar and place in the refrigerator for 3 hours.
4. Peel the onion and cut into half rings. Cut the pepper into rings.
5. After three hours, remove the fish from the vinegar without rinsing. Layer the fish, onions and peppers in a clean container or jar. Fill everything with oil. Place in the refrigerator for 2 days.

Marinated pike in vinegar and onions, served with hot potatoes and herbs. But even in its pure form it is quite tasty. If you use fish as a beer snack, dry it first on a paper towel to remove excess oil.

Pike stewed with cabbage

Cabbage gives the fish pulp juiciness, softness and a special aroma. Components of the dish:

• pike steaks – 1.5 kg;
• cabbage fork – 2 kg;
• a pair of onions;
• a glass of purified vegetable oil;
• a bunch of any fresh herbs;
• flour - 3 tbsp. l.;
• butter – a piece weighing 50 g;
• rye crackers - half a glass.

Method for preparing fish delicacy step by step:

1. Chop the cabbage into thin strips.
2. Pour vegetable oil into a thick-bottomed saucepan.
3. Place chopped cabbage in oil.
4. Place chopped onion and chopped herbs into a saucepan.
5. Salt the mixture and sprinkle with pepper powder.
6. Simmer the dish with the lid closed for 40 minutes.
7. Sprinkle the fish pieces with salt and leave to marinate for 30 minutes.
8. Dip the slices in flour and fry in oil until crispy.
9. Divide the cabbage into 2 parts.
10. Place the first part of the cabbage in a baking container.
11. Place fried fish slices on the cabbage.
12. Pour the rest of the cabbage onto it.
13. Sprinkle the surface with rye breadcrumbs (as much as will fit for a thin continuous layer) and place slices of butter.
14. Place the mold in the oven, heated to 180 degrees.
15. Simmer the fish for 25 minutes.

Serve with chopped olive rings, lemon slices and herbs.

Important! There is no need to grease the pan with oil, since cabbage absorbs quite a lot of oil when frying.

Pike stewed with vegetables in sour cream

Required ingredients:

• 3 small pike;
• small onion;
• carrot;
• sour cream – 150 g;
• sunflower oil - 2 tbsp;
• wheat flour for breading – 5 tbsp;
• salt – 2 tsp;
• spices.

Rinse the fish and remove the scales. Cut off the head and fins, and discard the entrails. Rinse the pike again and divide it into two parts along the ridge. Carefully remove all bones. Cut the fillet into small pieces. Dip in flour and fry a little in a frying pan with salt and pepper. Set the fish aside for now. Wash the vegetables. Cut the onion into thin rings and carrots into small cubes.

Saute the vegetables in a frying pan in oil. Then place the sauteed vegetables in a baking dish. Place fillet on top. Pour in sour cream; if it is thick, you can dilute it with water. Place the mold in the oven and bake for 30 minutes at 180°C.

Having learned to prepare these simple pike dishes, you will not only feed your household deliciously, but also learn how to handle this fish. This knowledge will be useful for you to master other recipes, for example, stuffed pike.