Kitchen appliances and utensils: cast iron or non-stick pan, spatula or fork, deep container.
Ingredients
| Product | amount |
| Smelt | 1,5 kg |
| Wheat flour | 200 g |
| Fine salt | 45 g |
| Vegetable oil | 50 g |
Step cooking
- Thoroughly wash one and a half kilograms of smelt, dry it from water, add 45 grams of fine salt and mix thoroughly. Leave to stand for fifteen minutes.
- Then we fill the fish with 200 grams of wheat flour and mix everything thoroughly. Each smelt must be firmly covered with flour.
- Pour 50 grams of vegetable oil into the pan and put it on the stove to heat. The pan must be cast iron or non-stick. The main thing is that the product does not stick.
- Gently, not very tight to each other, put the fish in hot oil and cook until golden brown. So we do with the whole smelt.
- When the whole smelt is fried, put it on one beautiful plate, decorate to your liking and serve it to the table.
Decoration methods and serving options
- Traditionally, smelt is usually fried in vegetable oil and served on a common plate. Devices usually do not need any, since eating this fish with your hands is a separate pleasure.
- If desired, of course, the dish can be supplemented with various side dishes. For example, pickles or tomatoes.
- Homemade sauerkraut can also be an excellent supplement option.
- Fried smelt also plays the role of a good snack and can be served with beer, thereby replacing the usual chips and crackers.
- When serving, the dish can be beautifully laid out on sheets of fresh salad, garnished with chopped tomatoes, lemon or herbs.
- Any fish goes well with potatoes. Therefore, baked potatoes or mashed potatoes will be an excellent option for a side dish. It is not recommended to serve with fried potatoes, as the food will turn out to be quite oily.
- If you are a lover of various salads, then boldly serve the smelt salad of baked eggplant, tomatoes and onions. Lovers of fresh vegetables can serve the usual salad of cucumber peppers and tomatoes.
Video recipe
We recommend that you watch this video, because thanks to it you can learn how to cook fried smelt correctly and tasty. This little fish can be not only a wonderful dinner, but also become a chic alternative to harmful snacks, and play the role of a great snack for an interesting film.
Many lovers of this small fish in different countries eat smelt in pickled, salted and dried form, and also bake it in the oven or on charcoal. But often experienced housewives prefer smelt to fry it. This is understandable, since you do not need to clean it, and cooking does not take much time. Did you like this recipe? Do you want to try this dish? Or maybe you know how you can profitably supplement it? Or have questions? Then write about it in the comments for further discussion!
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