Kitchen appliances and utensils:
- oven;
- cutting board;
- kitchen knife;
- kitchen scissors;
- culinary brush.
Ingredients
| Name | amount |
| Large frozen mackerel | 3 pcs. |
| Large onions | 2 pcs. |
| Fresh Tomatoes | 3-4 pcs. |
| Common salt | taste |
| Ground black pepper | taste |
| Lemon, small | 1 PC. |
| Vegetable oil | 40-50 ml |
Step cooking
- Defrost the fish (3 pieces), remove the head and entrails, wash well. Defrost fish carcasses in the refrigerator or at room temperature by removing them from the freezer in advance. In hot or warm water, you cannot defrost the fish, in this case the meat will creep out.
- Using a knife and kitchen scissors, trim the side, lower fins and the large dorsal fin at the carcass. Cut the tail.
- Cut the fish into pieces of the same thickness, approximately 2 cm.
- Salt and pepper each piece of fish (to taste). If you wish, you can use seasoning for fish or dry spicy herbs (oregano, basil, a mixture of Italian herbs, other seasonings for fish). Ground black pepper can be replaced with white ground pepper, which has a sharper and more saturated aroma. Also, if desired, use your favorite fish condiments. Herbs and seasonings are not indicated in the recipe.
- Onions (2 pieces) cut into round slices, about 4-5 mm thick.
- Pre-washed and towel-dried tomatoes, cut into circles with a thickness of 5-7 mm.
- Grease the baking dish with vegetable oil (40-50 ml) using a cooking brush. Lubricate the bottom and sides of the mold well. Put chopped carcasses of mackerel in a greased form. Insert a mug of onion and a mug of tomato between two pieces of fish. Arrange the whole mackerel in this way.
- Cut in half the previously washed and scalded lemon (1 piece). Squeeze the juice from half a lemon on the fish.
- With a culinary brush, grease the fish and vegetables on top with the remaining vegetable oil (from the amount of 40-50 ml). If desired, you can grease the fish with mayonnaise or ketchup. Then the baked mackerel takes on a different taste.
- Preheat the oven to a temperature of 200 ° C. Put the fish in the oven, bake for 30 minutes.
Did you know?Mackerel baked in the oven with tomatoes and onions is served as an independent dish or with various side dishes. The rich taste of mackerel goes well with mashed potatoes or just boiled potatoes. Also used as a side dish is rice, pasta. When serving, the dish can be decorated with sprigs of herbs or chopped fresh herbs.
Video recipe
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