Mullet in the oven. Recipes with photos

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Mullet contains a fairly large amount of vitamins and minerals that are required for the full functioning of all internal organs and systems of the body. Since fish is very healthy, it should be eaten twice a week. It is very easy to cook it in the oven. There are many recipes with photos that allow you to bake the product as a whole or stuffed, as well as adding lemon or vegetables.

Mullet has no bones, so it is suitable for baby food. The nutritional value of fish reaches approximately 88 kcal per 100 g serving. Therefore, it belongs to the category of low-calorie foods. It is included in the diet menu by those who want to lose weight or are trying to normalize digestive activity in pathologies associated with the gastrointestinal tract.

Classic recipe

Mullet in the oven, recipes with photos of which do not take much time and effort to prepare, can be supplemented with Italian herbs and lemon slices. The result is a rather appetizing and nutritious fish treat.

The calorie content will be minimal. Per 100 g of composition there are approximately 149 kcal. Therefore, the dish will be useful for those who adhere to a healthy diet.

Composition of ingredients

The ingredients needed to make mullet in the oven are shown in the following paragraphs:

Italian herbs - as needed;
mullet – 1 kg;
lemon – 150 g;
sunflower seed oil – 30 ml;
butter – 20 g;
pepper - to your taste;
salt - at your discretion.

During baking, it is recommended every 15 minutes. Open the oven door slightly to check the fish for doneness.

Italian herbs can be taken in a set or individually fresh. To do this, just combine parsley with dill, thyme and basil. Instead of spices, you can use only garlic.

The above ingredients are enough to make 4 servings.

Step-by-step cooking process

The process of making your own mullet in the oven is described in the following steps:

The fish must be cleaned of scales, the insides with the black film removed, then the fins with the tail and head removed.
Line a baking dish with foil, apply sunflower seed oil and place the fish carcass on top.
Then the semi-finished product will need to be treated with salt and pepper both outside and inside.
The lemon needs to be washed, cut into slices and placed in the belly of the fish.
The herbs need to be washed and torn by hand, placing some inside and leaving some on top of the carcass.
Next, you need to place pieces of butter on top of the product, after making several cuts on the fish.
Afterwards, cover the mullet with foil and place the workpiece in an oven preheated to 180 ℃.
After 40 min. the finished dish can be served.

What can I add?

For baking in the oven, the fish carcass can be supplemented with vegetables in the form of sweet peppers, onions and carrots and tomatoes. To do this, the ingredients are cut in a convenient way and sent inside the belly of the fish. The surface can be coated with sour cream. Due to this, the dish will be more tender. To serve a complete meal, mullet can be baked along with potatoes.

How to serve a dish

For tasting, baked fish is served hot, supplemented with mashed potatoes, rice porridge or fresh vegetables.

Description

Mullet stuffed and whole baked in the oven is a festively beautiful dish that will surprise you with its curd filling and its delicate creamy taste.

Note that visually the curd filling with crackers resembles small light caviar, but, as you know, appearances are often deceiving. In fact, the taste of the filling is far from the taste of caviar. This filling has a bright creamy taste and rich aroma of Provençal herbs, which permeate the fish meat, making it tender, juicy and creamy.

With vegetables

Mullet in the oven, recipes with photos of which include vegetables in the dish, come out very juicy and tender, since during the baking process the fish is covered with the juice released from the vegetables. Sea fish are mainly found in the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea.

Mullet in the oven. Recipe for cooking with vegetables.

It is recommended to catch mullet on your own in autumn or spring. It is not advisable to purchase a freshly frozen product, since the fish loses its taste and freshness within a short period of time.

Composition of ingredients

Fish with vegetables should be prepared with your own hands from the ingredients presented in the following table:

Required Components	Required quantity
Onion head	75 g
Mullet	2 pcs.
Sunflower seed oil	20 ml
Carrot	225 g
Parsley	20 g
Salt	of necessity
Tomatoes	300 g
Garlic	1 clove

If desired, you can additionally use slices of fresh potatoes. This will make the dish more filling.

Step-by-step cooking process

You can create a dish based on mullet and tomatoes by following these steps:

Vegetables must be peeled, washed, then cut into medium-sized pieces.
Next, pour vegetable oil into the baking dish, then add tomatoes, onions and carrots. After adding salt, all components will need to be thoroughly mixed.
Afterwards, the whole fish needs to be treated with salt, placing the carcass on top of the vegetables.
Then you need to peel the garlic, chop it together with parsley and fill the belly of the fish with the ingredients.
After sprinkling the workpiece with a small amount of vegetable oil, the baking sheet must be placed in an oven preheated to 180 ℃ for approximately 45 minutes.
After 20 min. The vegetables should be carefully stirred, then turn the mullet over to the other side and continue the cooking process.

How to serve a dish

Upon completion of cooking, the resulting product is immediately sent to the table for tasting. If desired, you can sprinkle green onions on top of the treat. The delicacy can be supplemented with sour cream or mayonnaise.

How to deliciously cook mullet in your sleeve

A dish prepared according to the instructions provided will allow a novice cook to create a real culinary masterpiece.

Products needed for the recipe:

fillet - 1 kilogram;
mushrooms -300 grams;
onion – 1 piece;
honey -1 spoon;
mustard – 2 teaspoons;
ginger - half a spoon;
salt - a small spoon;
sunflower oil – 1 large spoon.

Sequence of cooking fish:

Clean, wash and dry the mullet.
Mix salt, mustard, ginger, honey and coat the workpiece with the resulting mixture, fry the onions and mushrooms in oil.
Fill the fish with the mixture and sew up the mullet. We do this with a dark thread so that it is easy to remove after baking.
We tie the sleeve on one side, put the mullet in it and tie it on the other, bake in the oven on a baking sheet for 50 minutes.

In sour cream

Recipes with photos allow you to bake mullet in the oven with sour cream sauce. Thanks to the dairy product, the fish pieces come out very tender and juicy, imbued with a pleasant taste and aroma.

The top of the treat is covered with a browned cheese crust. However, it is recommended to eat the dish in small quantities, since the calorie content will be quite high. This is explained by the fact that the composition contains sour cream with cheese and eggs.

Composition of ingredients

You can make your own fish in sour cream from the products listed in the following list:

mullet – 1 piece;
sunflower seed oil – as needed;
flour – 50 g;
sour cream – 200 g;
salt, pepper - to your taste;
cheese – 50 g;
dill – 20 g;
garlic – 3 cloves;
egg – 55 g.

Sour cream must be taken with a fat content of no more than 15% so that the batter has a liquid consistency.

Step-by-step cooking process

The process of making mullet in sour cream is shown in the following paragraphs:

The mullet will need to be cleaned of its entrails, then rinsed in plenty of water and cut into portions.
Then you need to place the flour in one plate, beat the eggs into another.
Some of the semi-finished fish products initially need to be placed in the egg mixture, then in the flour mixture.
Prepared fish products must be transferred to a baking sheet coated with sunflower seed oil.
The remaining egg mass should be mixed with sour cream, chopped garlic and dill should be added, then the resulting batter should be poured onto the fish and sprinkled with grated cheese on top.
The dish will need to be cooked for 40 minutes until the fish meat is completely cooked.

How to serve a dish

Baked fish is served hot while the cheese is melted. For a side dish, it is advisable to prepare vegetables that have been stewed in milk.

Calorie content of foods possible in the dish

Lemon – 16 kcal/100g
Lemon zest – 47 kcal/100g
Peasant unsalted butter – 661 kcal/100g
Peasant salted butter – 652 kcal/100g
Amateur unsalted butter – 709 kcal/100g
Butter 82% – 734 kcal/100g
Ghee – 869 kcal/100g
Vegetable oil – 873 kcal/100g
Salt – 0 kcal/100g
Pepper – 26 kcal/100g
Boiled mullet – 115 kcal/100g
Fresh mullet – 124 kcal/100g
Italian herbs mixture – 259 kcal/100g

Calorie content of foods: Mullet, Lemons, Italian herbs, Vegetable oil, Butter, Salt, Pepper

With Korean carrots

Mullet in the oven, recipes with photos of which allow you to stuff a fish carcass with Korean carrots, comes out piquant and delicate in taste, as well as covered with a golden crust.

The energy value of a fish dish will reach approximately 140 kcal per 100 g serving.

Composition of ingredients

The list of ingredients needed to create a fish dish with Korean carrots is shown in the following paragraphs:

mullet – 1.2 kg;
Korean carrots – 300 g;
onion head – 75 g;
sunflower seed oil – 30 ml;
parsley - as needed;
lemon juice – 25 ml;
dry spices – 15 g;
dill - to your taste.

Dry spices must be intended for fish. To do this, you can use a ready-made set of herbs.

The proportions of the ingredients are designed to make approximately 3 servings of the dish.

Step-by-step cooking process

Making a fish-based dish is possible if you follow these steps:

The fish must be cleaned, cut, then washed and dried with a paper towel.
Then the carcass should be sprinkled with lemon juice, then fish seasoning should be applied evenly outside and inside. Next, the workpiece will need to be placed in the refrigerator for approximately 30 minutes.
The onions need to be peeled, cut into half rings, then fried until golden and cooled.
You need to spread the foil on the table and put ½ of the carrots on it.
Next, you need to lay the fish carcass, making small cuts on its surface, and put greens and onions in the belly.
Having placed the remaining carrots on top, the semi-finished product will need to be covered with a second sheet of foil, wrapping it tightly and placing the product on a baking sheet.
At the end, the treat should be baked in a preheated oven until fully cooked for 40 minutes. It takes 10 minutes to brown the fish. Before the end of cooking, remove the top sheet of foil and finish cooking without it.

How to serve a dish

Baked stuffed mullet is consumed both hot and cold. As a side dish, it is advisable to give preference to mashed potatoes, since it will harmonize better with Korean carrots and pieces of fish.

Red mullet baked with wild rice

The dish is suitable for celebrations because it uses a whole red mullet. What kind of fish is and how to cook it are probably popular questions among culinary beginners. In fact, the mullet became popular in cooking not so long ago. Initially, it was more often used as bait in the process of crab fishing. However, its tender, slightly sweet meat could not go unnoticed for long. Currently, mullet is prepared in many restaurants around the world. Repeat the restaurant serving of delicious treats prepared by yourself.

Required:

4 things. 250 g red mullet, peeled and gutted;
4 slices smoked pancetta;
Olive oil;
½ bunch fresh lemon thyme.

For garnish:

300 g wild rice;
15 g fresh mint;
1 pomegranate;
15 g fresh flat parsley;
1 lemon;
extra virgin olive oil.

Red mullet baked with wild rice

With potatoes

Mullet in the oven, recipes with photos of which suggest baking sea fish along with potatoes, can become a complete dish for dinner. The nutritional value of the treat varies within 123 kcal per 100 g of composition. At the same time, the eaten portion does not provoke heaviness in the stomach. The process of cutting a fish carcass will not cause any particular difficulties, since there are almost no small bones in it. Therefore, the product can be prepared for children.

Composition of ingredients

Fish and chips must be prepared from the ingredients listed in the following list:

potatoes – 500 g;
mullet – 1 piece;
lemon – 75 g;
sunflower seed oil – 45 ml;
parsley – 10 g;
onion head – 75 g;
salt, pepper - to your taste;
garlic – 2 cloves.

It is recommended to cut potatoes into thin slices, since they require much longer cooking time than fish. You can also pre-boil the vegetable until half cooked. For stuffing fish carcasses, parsley can be replaced with cilantro. This will not greatly affect the taste.

Step-by-step cooking process

Making your own fish and potatoes is based on the following steps:

The fish will need to be cleaned, the gills and entrails removed, then washed thoroughly and dried a little.
Then the peeled garlic and washed parsley need to be chopped, then add vegetable oil and stir thoroughly.
Afterwards, rub the fish carcass on all sides and from the inside with salt and pepper, then apply a mixture of garlic, parsley and butter.
Potatoes must be peeled and thinly sliced.
After greasing the baking dish with oil, place lightly salted potatoes in it and place onion rings on top of the vegetable.
After sprinkling all the ingredients with a small amount of sunflower oil, you will need to place the prepared fish with lemon slices previously placed in its belly on the potatoes.
You need to bake the dish in an oven preheated to 180 ℃ for 50 minutes, after which you can serve the treat to the table.

How to serve a dish

To serve, the treat can be left directly in the baking dish. The delicacy can also be served on an oval dish, placing the baked fish on top of a potato and onion bed. Additionally, you can make a vegetable salad dressed with oil.

How to clean

You will need a sharp knife. You need to start cleaning the fish from the tail towards the head. Having cleaned the scales a little, it is necessary to cut off all the fins: the head, spinal, at the tail and on the side of the abdomen. Then cut off the tail. After this, continue cleaning the scales with a sharp knife.

Using scissors, rip the abdomen from the cut-off in the near-tail part to the head. Remove the entrails and gills. Rinse the fish and dry with paper towels. Cut off the head. If necessary, cut the fish into pieces.

With mushrooms

To serve on a festive table, mullet can be stuffed with mushroom filling. It additionally includes cottage cheese with egg, herbs and white wine. Due to this, the fish becomes more tender and nutritious.

Composition of ingredients

A hearty dish based on mushrooms and fish can be made from the products listed in the following list:

white wine - as needed;
mullet – 2 pcs.;
lemon juice – 25 ml;
parsley, dill - to your taste;
spices for fish - at your discretion;
onion head – 75 g;
salt, ground black pepper - as needed;
hard cheese – 30 g;
curd cheese – 50 g;
champignons – 200 g;
egg – 55 g.

Instead of champignons, it is recommended to use wild mushrooms, since they are characterized by a richer taste and aroma, which will be preserved after heat treatment of the ingredients. Thanks to this, the finished treat will be much more appetizing.

In the process of gutting a fish carcass, it is necessary to remove the black film from the inside of the abdomen. If this is not done, a bitter taste will be present.

Step-by-step cooking process

By observing the following points, you can make your own aromatic dish based on mushrooms and fish:

The fish will need to be cleaned, the entrails and gills with the inner spinal bone removed. Afterwards, rinse the fillet with water, treat with a mixture of salt and pepper and sprinkle with lemon juice.
Champignons and onions need to be peeled, washed, cut into plates and half rings, respectively, and fried in sunflower seed oil.
At this stage, you need to cut the curd cheese into medium pieces, and grate the hard cheese on a large grater.
Parsley and dill must be washed and then chopped with a knife.
Then place 2 types of cheese, herbs with white wine, champignons with onions, a raw egg, spices and salt and pepper into the bowl, stirring everything thoroughly.
You will need to stuff the prepared fish carcass with the resulting mass, then close the belly with toothpicks and place it on a pre-greased baking dish.
At the end, the product should be placed in an oven preheated to 200 ℃ and the treat should be cooked for 30 minutes.

How to serve a dish

Before serving, the fish is cooled slightly so that it can be conveniently cut into portions. The delicacy can be supplemented with potatoes and vegetable salad.

Useful tips

Useful tips and recommendations that will be useful to the cook when cooking:

to facilitate the process of cleaning the carcass, it is recommended to cover it with boiling water for approximately 30 minutes, then clean it starting from the tail;
Frozen fish very quickly loses its taste after thawing, so it is recommended to purchase only fresh product to prepare the dish;
it is impossible to thaw fish in water, since this process must occur naturally;
if it is not possible to purchase a fresh product, it can be replaced with a deep-frozen product that does not have external signs of damage, with the date of catch on the packaging;
this variety of fish goes well with citrus fruits, tomatoes, garlic, fennel, black radish, thyme, parsley, paprika and pepper;

To prevent the finished dish from turning out dry, you should strictly adhere to the temperature regime recommended in the photo recipe and the time interval allotted for making mullet in the oven.