Tired of chicken and meat? Then why not switch to fish for a while? It is not only cheaper, but also easy to prepare, enriched with vitamins and just pleasant to the taste. We bring to your attention several recipes for making hake in the oven with potatoes.
What kind of fish is this?
It is not as popular in Russia as the same pollock. At the same time, according to many, hake (hake) is an order of magnitude higher than his brother. It belongs to the cod family and is on sale, while it costs about 200 rubles per kilogram. By the way, due to the frightening appearance of its jaws, a hake is usually sold without a head.
There are few bones in it, when compared with river fish, so cooking it is a pleasure. In addition, even the fillet of this fish is very inexpensive.
To fry or bake?
Experienced chefs advise you to bake the hake, because it is fast and convenient. In addition, this preserves the various nutrients contained in its carcasses, which may be lost during frying. The most popular cooking method is a hake in the oven with potatoes. Such an option can be mastered even by the most insecure hostess or bachelor, accustomed to dumplings.
We will need
To cook a hake in the oven with potatoes, you need a completely straightforward set of products. These are 5-6 medium-sized carcasses of hake, seasoning, a bunch of greens, 3-4 large potatoes and butter (150 grams).
The fish must be completely thawed and properly washed. In the baking sheet, spread the foil with a margin so that you can completely cover the baked dish. At the bottom of the baking sheet we spread the potatoes, sliced in circles, salt and pepper, after which we spread the fish. Carcasses need to be seasoned with spices. Then sprinkle everything with finely chopped greens, and grate the butter on top so that it covers the container completely. We cover it all with foil and put it one hundred degrees in the oven for about thirty minutes.
That's all - the hake in the oven with potatoes is ready! Really a very simple and tasty dish. The main thing is not to damage the foil while laying the ingredients so that the juice and oil do not leak onto the baking sheet. Be careful when you get out the dish - you can get burned.
Other potato hake recipes
There is another popular cooking option for this dish. The set of products remains almost identical, but only baking in foil is no longer necessary.
The carcasses of the fish are cut into small pieces and laid out in a baking dish in turn: a piece of potato, a piece of fish, and so on. When the baking sheet is completely filled, all this is greased with sour cream or pour sour cream sauce, which is made liquid, with a large addition of greens.
Some housewives recommend baking hake fillet with potatoes in the oven, but this is already a matter of taste. You can take whole carcasses and independently remove all the bones, which is not so difficult. Or take already processed hake meat.
If you are a lover of fillet, then we’ll tell you another way to cook a hake. This time on a vegetable pillow. To do this, pre-chop large bell peppers in rings, red onion rings, carrot slices, zucchini cubes. All this should be fried. Well, if you have a grill - then it will turn out delicious and beautiful. The main thing is that the vegetables are browned, and not turned into porridge.
Then we spread the resulting aromatic mass on a baking sheet, and on top we put the hake fillet, pre-seasoned with seasonings, or even marinated for half an hour in soy sauce with the addition of lemon juice. We complete the composition with tomato slices. Bake for about 25 minutes at 120 ° C. This option is not only very tasty and beautiful, but also dietary.