Smoked or salted mackerel is a very frequent guest at our tables, while mackerel in the oven is not so popular, and in vain! The mackerel in the oven is a very tasty and incredibly aromatic dish, and the effective serving with vegetables and herbs allows this simple fish to become a real hit of a festive feast. In addition, baked mackerel is a low-calorie diet product that retains its beneficial properties and saturates the body with omega-3 fatty acids, vitamins B12 and D, as well as phosphorus, potassium, magnesium, fluorine, zinc and iodine. Among other things, mackerel meat contains “good” cholesterol, and the protein present in it is absorbed by the body three times faster than beef. Why not bake this wonderful fish in the oven?
To begin with, you should choose high-quality fish, and in order to do this correctly, pay attention to its appearance and smell. Fresh fish is moist and shiny, its gills are red and have no mucus, and the scales are tight to the carcass. The eyes of a good mackerel are convex, transparent and moist, the abdomen is flat. Mackerel should have a characteristic fishy smell, and its carcass should be elastic (when pressed with a finger, the dents will quickly disappear). The presence of damage and spots on the surface of the fish, cloudy and sunken eyes, dull and dry scales, sticky fins and an unpleasant smell should alert you.
Remember that fresh mackerel can be stored in the refrigerator for no more than a day, and if it is gutted, the shelf life is increased to 2-3 days. If you cook from frozen mackerel, do not forget to defrost it properly - this is done in the refrigerator, but not in warm water or at room temperature. Compliance with this simple nuance is the key to getting juicy and healthy fish in the oven at the exit.
In the oven, mackerel can be prepared in various ways - it can be baked whole in foil or in a sleeve, stuffed or baked in pieces, while these options can be varied by adding vegetables, for example, onions, carrots, potatoes, tomatoes, bell peppers, green beans or broccoli. Stuffed mackerel is a special topic, since such an expertly decorated dish looks very festive and elegant, enthralling everyone at the table, and it is very simple to prepare. Mackerel filling options can be very diverse - vegetables, mushrooms, cereals, cheese or boiled eggs, as well as combinations of these ingredients.
When removing the insides from mackerel, be sure to remove the black film from the belly, as it can give the fish a bitter taste and ruin the dish. If you are confused by a specific fishy smell, it can be eliminated with the simplest marinade - lemon juice with spices. And finally, remember that mackerel - the fish is quite oily, so you should not add too much mayonnaise, vegetable oil or fatty sauce to it when cooking.
An amazingly tasty and healthy mackerel in the oven is already asking for your table! Well, let's go to the kitchen as soon as possible?
Mackerel baked with onions, lemon and herbs
Ingredients:
2 carcasses of mackerel,
1 onion,
1 lemon
1 tomato (optional),
a bunch of dill and parsley,
butter.
Cooking:
Gut the fish, remove the gills, rinse well under running water and dry. Grate the outer and inner surfaces of the fish with salt and pepper. Make a few transverse cuts on the carcass, into which then you need to insert half the onion rings, slices of lemon and tomato, if used. Put the remaining onion, lemon and sprigs of greens into the fish cavity. Lay each fish on a separate sheet of foil, oiled, and wrap it in an envelope. Bake in an oven preheated to 220 degrees for about half an hour. Serve the finished fish hot in the foil, carefully turning it around.
Mackerel on an onion pillow with caraway seeds in a sleeve
Ingredients:
2 large mackerels,
3 onions,
2-3 bay leaves
a pinch of caraway seeds or more to taste,
salt and seasonings for fish to taste.
Cooking:
Grate the prepared fish with salt and spices inside and out. Chop the onion in half rings and mix with caraway seeds. Put the onion in the baking sleeve, add the bay leaf, put the fish on top. Seal the sleeve by making several holes on it with a toothpick so that steam escapes during cooking. Bake on a baking sheet in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for about 35 minutes. If you want to brown fish, 10-15 minutes before cooking, carefully cut and open the sleeve.
Baked mackerel with potatoes and tomatoes
Ingredients:
2 carcasses of mackerel,
2 onions,
500 g of potatoes
500 g of cherry tomatoes,
4-5 cloves of garlic,
1/2 lemon
greens of dill and rosemary to taste,
salt and ground black pepper to taste,
seasonings for fish to taste,
vegetable or butter.
Cooking:
Mackerel can be baked whole or as a fillet, dividing the fish into two parts. Grate the prepared fish with salt, pepper and spices inside and out. Leave for marinating for half an hour. Meanwhile, peeled potatoes, cut into several parts, boil in salted water until almost ready. Let it dry a little. Cherry tomatoes and garlic cut in half. Onion cut into half rings.
Prepare two sheets of foil for two fish. Grease each leaf with oil and put fish on it. Put potatoes and tomatoes nearby, sprinkle with chopped garlic. Place the onion and several branches of greens inside the fish or between two fillets, sprinkle the remaining onion on top. Wrap the foil with an envelope so that there are no gaps. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about 35 minutes. Pour the finished dish with lemon juice and serve.
Oven-Baked Stuffed Mackerel
Ingredients:
3 mackerels,
1 bell pepper
1 carrot
1 small onion,
200 g of frozen green beans
2 tablespoons of lemon juice
1 teaspoon dried herbs to taste (e.g. oregano),
salt and ground black pepper to taste,
vegetable oil.
Cooking:
Heat the vegetable oil in a pan and fry the onion sliced \u200b\u200bin half rings, grated carrots on a coarse grater, diced bell pepper and bean pods. Stew until vegetables are tender. Season with salt and pepper to taste, add dried herbs and mix. Gut the mackerel, trim the head and tail, remove the ridge and bones. Sprinkle the fillet with lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Stuff fish with vegetable mixture and fasten the abdomen with toothpicks. Lightly grease the fish with oil and wrap each in a separate sheet of foil. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for about 25-30 minutes. 10 minutes before being ready, the foil can be opened so that the fish is browned.
Mackerel baked in slices with vegetables in sour cream
Ingredients:
1 large mackerel,
4 potatoes
1 large carrot
2 large tomatoes
1/2 bunch of parsley or dill,
4 tablespoons of fat sour cream,
vegetable oil,
salt and spices to taste.
Cooking:
Gut the fish and remove the head. Cut into portions and grate with salt and spices. Boil chopped potatoes in salted water for 7 minutes. Heat vegetable oil in a pan and lightly brown pieces of fish. Then lightly fry the sliced \u200b\u200bcarrots, and then the tomatoes sliced \u200b\u200binto pieces. In a baking dish greased with oil, put the fish, then vegetables and chopped greens. Add sour cream, evenly distributing it over the entire surface. Cover the mold with foil and bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 30-35 minutes, until the potatoes become soft.
Mackerel baked with mushrooms under cheese
Ingredients:
2 mackerels,
300 g of champignons
1 onion,
100 g of hard cheese
50 g mayonnaise
2-3 cloves of garlic,
1/2 lemon
4 tablespoons of soy sauce
1 teaspoon of spices for fish,
salt and ground black pepper to taste,
vegetable oil.
Cooking:
In mackerel, remove the entrails and fins, trim the head and tail. Remove the ridge to make a filet. Rinse and dry the fillet well. In a small bowl, mix mayonnaise, fish spices, lemon juice, salt and pepper to taste. Grease each fish fillet with the resulting marinade, put in a large container, wrap with cling film and put in the refrigerator for an hour.
Cut the mushrooms into slices and fry in vegetable oil until the liquid evaporates. Add onion sliced \u200b\u200bin half rings and fry for several minutes. Add salt and pepper to taste. Place the mackerel on a baking sheet lined with foil, which must be lightly greased. Pour the fish with soy sauce and sprinkle with chopped garlic. Top with fried mushrooms with onions, sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for about half an hour.
Oven casserole with rice in the oven
Ingredients:
1 smoked mackerel,
250 g of boiled rice,
2 eggs,
2 tomatoes
100 g of cheese
50 g butter,
salt to taste.
Cooking:
Stir rice thoroughly with raw eggs. Lightly salt to taste if necessary. Divide the mixture into two parts, put one part in a baking dish, greased with butter. Put peeled and sliced \u200b\u200bmackerel on top. Then put the salted slices of tomatoes, and then the remaining rice. Put the butter, cut into small pieces, and sprinkle with grated cheese. Bake in an oven preheated to 180 degrees for about half an hour. Serve the casserole warm or chilled.
Mackerel in the oven is a great diet dish that can be an excellent component of a healthy diet. Neither adults nor children will refuse a delicate fragrant fish, flavored with juicy vegetables, so do not put off the matter in a long drawer and quickly prepare this wonderful dish! Enjoy your meal!
We choose large mackerel for stuffing. If it is frozen, defrost it on the shelf of the refrigerator, preferably left overnight.
Wash it with a paper towel. Near the fin, near the top near the head, we make a transverse incision with a sharp knife. Its depth should be no more than 1 centimeter. Unfortunately, I got one and a half.
Stepping back from the tail 2.5 centimeters, make another 1 of the same incision.
Make the third incision along the back, from one transverse incision, to the second, cutting the rib bones with a knife to the spine.
Insert the scissors into a cross section and cut the spine bone at the head and tail.
It looks like peeled fish. My cuts are too deep, make them less deep. It is enough to make a depth of 1 centimeter.
Rub carrots on a fine grater.
Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
Fry onions and carrots in vegetable oil over low heat for 2 minutes, stirring occasionally.
Add pepper to vegetables, continue to fry for another 2 minutes.
Add the mushrooms, sour cream, mix and pass for another 2 minutes. The fire is small during the frying of all vegetables. Salt, pepper, add marjoram, set aside to cool.
The filling is ready, and since we sautéed over low heat, the vegetables and mushrooms remained soft, slightly fried and not overcooked.
Enjoy your meal!
There are various recipes for baking stuffed mackerel. For example, the fish, which is cooked in foil, turns out to be unusually tasty and juicy. Lemon juice and spicy greens are often added to it, which gives the dish an amazing aroma!
The dish must be cooked for 20-30 minutes. Toothpicks should be removed from the finished fish and can be served.
Hello readers! Today we will bake mackerel in the oven. This fish, prepared in this way, turns out to be very tasty, thanks to its fat. There will be a golden crust on top and soft and tender meat inside.
Most often baked in foil, but you can do this in the sleeve. Or even just on a baking sheet. For flavoring, you can use lemon, as well as various vegetables and spices. View the contents and choose the recipe that you will use today.
Also read. I do not buy ready-made salted herring or mackerel, but I make it myself from fresh-frozen. So you can be sure of the quality.
This recipe is probably the most popular among housewives. Its undoubted advantages: speed of cooking, no need to cut fish on filet (I do not like to do this), mouth-watering appearance, excellent taste.
Such a fish may well become a decoration of the festive table. It can be prepared for the New Year or Birthday. Or you can just make this dish for dinner with minimal time.
Ingredients:
Cooking method:
1. Care must be taken in advance to defrost fish. It is best to transfer it from the freezer to the refrigerator the night before so that the mackerel thaws gradually. Thus, it will retain the maximum amount of nutrients.
If you forgot to do this, then defrost at room temperature. In extreme cases, put the fish in cold water.
2. For mackerel, cut off the head, cut the abdomen and remove the insides. Wash each carcass thoroughly inside and out. Pay special attention to the black film in the middle - it must be removed. This film will be bitter if left.
3. Cut each fish into pieces, about 2 cm wide.
4. Onion and tomatoes cut into thin circles.
Ideally, the diameter of the mackerel and vegetables should be the same so that the finished dish looks organic.
5. Everything, you can put the products in a baking dish. Remember to turn on the oven in advance to heat up to 180º. Lubricate the bottom and sides of the baking sheet with vegetable oil, lightly salt and pepper the bottom.
6. Now lay out a piece of fish one by one - a little ring of onion - a circle of tomato. It will turn out beautifully, as in the photo. The difference can only be in the shape and material of the baking dish.
7. Pour the prepared snack with the juice of one small lemon. You can adjust the amount of juice to your liking.
8.Lubricate the surface of the workpiece with vegetable oil with a silicone brush. This is necessary for the formation of a golden crust, as well as for sesame and spices to stick better.
9. Sprinkle generously with sesame seeds mackerel, as well as salt and pepper. Sesame will give a light nutty flavor, and also decorate and make this dish truly festive.
10. Put the fish in the oven to bake for 30 minutes.
If there is a ventilation or grill function, turn it on.
11.Look at how beautiful baked mackerel you get. Tomatoes and onions very well set off the taste, as well as lemon juice, it is simply necessary here. Outside, a crisp turns out, and inside the fish remains soft and juicy. Try this simple recipe and write what you got.
I recently wrote recipes. There were different cooking options: with chicken, with mushrooms. But we have not cooked with fish yet. Therefore, today I propose to bake mackerel with potatoes, with onions. And you get two in one - and a side dish, and the main dish.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
1.Fish clean from the insides, cut off the fins, tail and head. Rinse thoroughly under running water, especially inside, and pat it dry with a paper towel.
2. Peel the potatoes and cut into circles, 5 mm thick.
3. Chopped onions (you can take salad) chop in half rings and pour into potatoes. Add salt, Provence herbs (or other spices to your taste - turmeric, paprika or seasoning), a little vegetable oil. Mix the contents of the container thoroughly.
4. Wash the lemon with a brush to remove all plaque on the skin. Cut this citrus fruit into thin circles.
5. Salt and grease each carcass with spices - black pepper and coriander. You can take a complex seasoning for fish. Just look at the composition, if there is salt, then less use it in its pure form.
6. Cover the baking sheet with foil. Put potatoes with onions on the bottom, flatten. Put the prepared fish in the next layer.
7. On each mackerel, put on top slices of lemon, which will soak it with juice during baking.
8. Cover the entire dish with foil and you can put it in the oven preheated to 190º (turn it on 15 minutes before this moment). After 30 minutes, remove the pan and open the foil. Do this carefully so as not to scald.
9. Remove the lemon slices from the fish, they have already released their juice. Send the food back to the oven for another 10-15 minutes so that a beautiful golden crust of mackerels appears. In this case, the temperature can be added up to 210 degrees or the “Grill” mode can be activated.
10.When serving, sprinkle with finely chopped fresh herbs, which will complement the taste. Also put on a plate a slice of fresh lemon so that you can water the fish with juice. Here is such a simple dish, healthy and tasty you can cook for dinner for your family. I think you will like it.
As you know, fish and lemon are best friends. And in this recipe they complement each other perfectly. No more vegetables are needed, just these two ingredients are enough to prepare a delicious dish. So let's figure out how to make a real savory from a minimal set of products.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
1. First you need to choose a good fish. When we, I already wrote how to choose good carcasses. Make sure that there are no yellow spots or tears on the skin. And look at the back - the wider it is, the tastier and fatter the mackerel.
2. Immediately turn on the oven to warm up to 180º, because the preparatory phase will not take much time. Already at the thawed fish, cut off the fins, tail, head. The latter can be left, but it will be necessary to cut the gills with kitchen scissors. The insides will not be needed either. Rinse very well in running cold water so that there is no black film and blood in the middle near the ridge.
3. For one carcass you need to take half a lemon. Slice the fruit in half circles, 0.5 cm thick.
4.Each mackerel salt and pepper on both sides and inside. Rub the spices lightly with your hands.
5. Make cuts in the carcass at a distance of 2.5 cm from each other. Completely cut does not need to be cut into pieces, but only cut through the ridge.
6. Insert into the resulting slots a piece of lemon. Put the fish on the foil and wrap it tightly on top and side. Roll each mackerel separately.
7.Put the billet on a baking sheet and send out to bake for 20 minutes. Do you remember that the oven has already been warmed up by this moment? Next, take out your dish, open the foil and set to brown for another 10 minutes.
8. After half an hour, the baked mackerel is ready. She will have a pleasant aroma, beautiful color. Try this simple recipe. He always helps out when there is not much time to cook. It is in this version that the fish is well revealed, not clogged with extraneous tastes. And most importantly, having prepared it in foil, keep it juicy and soft. Write, it turned out delicious?
I suggest one more simple way to bake whole mackerel in the oven. To do this, we will use foil, due to which the fish will turn out to be as useful as possible. Also, it will not be dry, but it will turn out juicy and mouth-watering. And for greater taste, add sour cream ...
Ingredients:
Cooking:
1. Everything starts as standard - with the cutting of carcasses. They need to cut off the head, make a cut on the abdomen and take out the insides. Cut off tails and fins. Rinse thoroughly so that no black films remain in the middle.
2. Cut the peeled onions into thin rings.
3. Assemble the dish. To do this, lay the foil on a baking sheet. Put 3-4 onion circles and grease them with sour cream. Season with salt and lightly seasoning.
4.Put the mackerel on the onion pillow and repeat. That is, sprinkle the fish with seasoning, salt and grease with sour cream. Lay onions on top.
5. Form a foil boat that will cover the sides. The top should be partially open. The photo shows what the result should be.
6. Perform a similar operation with all carcasses.
7. Put the pan in the oven already preheated to 180º for half an hour. During this time, the fish will have time to bake well, the onion will brown on top.
8. Try baking mackerel in the oven according to this recipe and write about the result. Everything ingenious is simple!
This is an unusual recipe. No foil and baking sheet are needed here. And we will bake the fish directly in a liter jar. Everything is done very simply: layered vegetables and mackerel in layers, seasoned with oil and put in the oven.
And you can visually see how to do everything in a video that lasts less than 2 minutes! Pay attention to this recipe and you will not regret it!
Ingredients:
Cook the dish like in a restaurant! Of course, this method is somewhat more time-consuming than the previous ones. But it turns out very beautifully and festively. Such stuffed mackerel will be very handy for the New Year or other celebration instead of bored smoked fish. In addition, it will be more useful. So, let's start cooking.
You can take any vegetables by season. You can also stuff fish with rice with a vegetable mixture.
We will need:
Cooking:
1. Mackerel needs to be thawed and washed. You don’t need to cut off your head, but getting rid of the gills is worth it. Take the cooking scissors, lift the gill covers and cut the gills themselves.
2. Place the fish on your stomach and make two cuts along the ridge on one and the other side. Cuts need to be done, retreating about 3 cm from the tail and head. Immediately remove the upper fin and all the excess.
3. Cut the ridge with scissors and take it out together with the costal bones. Do this carefully to preserve the appearance of the mackerel.
4.Now remove all the insides and rinse the cleaned carcass well under running water. Blot the fish inside with a paper towel, removing moisture and the black film that might still remain there.
5. When the seafood is cooked, make the filling. To do this, cut all the vegetables into small cubes.
6. In a frying pan, heat the vegetable oil and first add the garlic. Fry it for one minute so that the oil is saturated with a smell. Next, lay the onions and fry until translucent, stirring occasionally.
7.After a minute, put the carrots, fry a minute. Then lay the zucchini and pepper, and last but not least the tomato. Simmer together until half cooked, literally 5 minutes. At the end, add finely chopped greens, salt, black pepper.
Vegetables should remain crispy and not be soft. Because further they will be baked.
8. Cover the baking sheet with foil or parchment and lightly grease with vegetable oil. Place the fish on the abdomen and stuff it through the back with vegetables. Remember, they are only slightly fried, but not completely prepared.
9. Grate the cheese on a coarse grater and sprinkle the filling on top.
Tasty will use two types of cheese. For example, Mozzarella and Gouda (or Dutch).
10. The oven should already be heated to 190º. Place a baking tray with a snack for 25-30 minutes. Navigate in your oven, but in principle, the mackerel is prepared quickly, it does not need to be overexposed.
11. As you can see, it turns out a beautiful dish that you just want to try. You can make almost any filling from what is in the refrigerator. Eggplant and even pumpkin will be tasty. Beetroot stuffing will also be quite interesting to “sound” in this dish (something similar to). Try and experiment! And let everything be delicious!
This is another variation of baked mackerel in the oven. To give the fish a more pleasant aroma, butter is used. Try it, this ingredient will make the dish tender. Well, and where without lemon and onion? They impregnate the carcass with their juice and get a very pleasant taste.
Ingredients:
Cooking:
1. I will not write for a long time how to clean the fish, I wrote about this in the recipes above. The main thing is to wash the carcass well without a head and viscera. Onion, cut a quarter into rings, lemon into half circles.
2. Cover the baking dish with parchment paper and grease with butter. Put the onions on the bottom, smooth the layer.
3. Cut butter into medium slices and arrange onion in a chaotic manner.
4.Salt the prepared fish with salt and pepper from all sides, with your hands, rub the spices a little. Cut with a sharp knife, cutting through the spine. The pieces should be about 2-3 cm wide. You don’t need to completely cut the mackerel, the carcass should be whole.
5. Insert lemon slices into the cuts. Put all the fish on an onion pillow.
6. Preheat the oven to 180º and bake the workpiece for 30 minutes.
7. Here is such a simple and quick dish without troubles. Mackerel itself is a fatty fish, so it turns out to be tender and not dry in the oven. Eat with good and cook with pleasure!
This time you can’t do with a minimal set of spices like salt and pepper. In this recipe you will need to prepare a sauce that will give a special taste to baked fish. Of vegetables, you need only onions. Thanks to the sauce, a rather unusual dish will turn out.
Ingredients:
For the sauce:
Cooking:
1.Clean the insides of the fish, cut off the head, tail, fins. Rinse so that in the middle each carcass is white. Cut the onion into half rings.
2. Cut each mackerel into 3 portions and put in a deep bowl. Send the onion there.
3. Now you need to make a sauce of 4 ingredients: sour cream, mayonnaise, soy sauce and, of course, mustard. Just mix them in a separate container and fill the resulting mass of fish.
4. Stir the preparation and leave to marinate for 30-40 minutes. During this time, 2-3 times you need to mix everything again.
5. Now the dish is ready for baking in the oven. To do this, shift it into a suitable form along with the sauce and onions and pour a little vegetable oil.
You do not need to salt, because there is enough salt in the fill.
6.All, put in an oven preheated to 180º for 30 minutes until browning on top.
7. Put on a serving plate, sprinkle with fresh herbs and can be served. Well, did you like the recipe?
Most often, mackerel is baked in foil. But this can be done up the sleeve. How to cook such a tasty dish, read on.
Ingredients:
Cooking method:
1. Cut off the fins with a pair of scissors and cut off the head with a knife. Cut the carcass into portions without cutting the abdomen. Remove the insides and rinse each piece well.
It is convenient to cut fish this way when it is still slightly frostbitten.
2. Chop the onion in half rings.
3.Fold the clean fish in a bowl and add ketchup, mayonnaise to it, squeeze the juice out of half a lemon, salt and pepper to taste. Stir everything until smooth. Leave for 30 minutes to marinate.
4. In the baking sleeve, put the onion, and on top of it slices of mackerel. Tape the tape on both sides. This can be done with special clips or just a thread. Make a small incision on top of the sleeve so that steam can escape and the package does not explode.
5.Put the sleeve on a baking sheet and place the dish to bake for 40 minutes at 180º. 10 minutes before cooking, cut the packaging so that the fish is browned.
6. Serve this yummy with fresh herbs and any side dish or vegetables. Enjoy your meal!
Before that, we prepared either the whole mackerel, or slices. The same recipe is interesting in that it uses fish fillet, which begins with vegetables. It is very beautiful and festive.
Watch the video on how to make such rolls. And I will write what is needed.
Ingredients:
Here are such different and delicious recipes for cooking mackerel in the oven. Of course, there are many more different options. In this article, I have collected for you the top 10 best in my opinion.
You can cook or bake as a side dish. It remains only to wish bon appetit!
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Each housewife cooked stuffed mackerel at least once. The fish filling is chosen according to your taste. I want to show you an original and beautiful way to stuff mackerel. And the filling, which will simultaneously become a side dish, will be mushroom.
Ingredients for Stuffed Mackerel.
Peel and dice the onion. Wash mushrooms and cut into cubes as well.
Fry onion with mushrooms in vegetable oil until rosy. Add salt to taste.
Now we will cut the fish for stuffing. Cut mackerel along the ridge on both sides of the fin. Gently scissor to cut the ridge near the head and near the tail. Carefully remove the ridge from the fish, leaving the sides and belly of the fish intact. Remove entrails and black film. Removing the remaining bones, they are large and well palpated by the fingers. Remove from the head the gills. Wash the carcass of the fish under running water. The result is such a pocket fish.
Grate the fish with salt, put the stuffing from the mushrooms inside. If the fish is very open, you can fasten with skewers or tie a thread. Put stuffed mackerel on a baking sheet and bake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.