Carp can be cooked in different ways: bake it whole, stuff it up, make burgers. The main thing is to choose the recipe that suits you and prepare the fish correctly so that it is juicy and tender.
Cooking recommendations
Baked carp is not only tasty, but also nourishing, low-calorie dish. But in order for the fish to be tasty, you need to know some of the nuances of its preparation. For example, you should first decide to buy a carcass. Fresh fish have red gills, bulging pupils.
And before you send the dish to the oven, you need to warm it to +180 degrees, in which case the fish will not burn and will be baked well.
Cooking time depends on the size of the carcass:
- fish less than 1 kg will be cooked in 50 minutes;
- from 1 to 1.5 kg - in 60 minutes;
- Fish weighing up to 3 kg are baked for two hours.
There are also several nuances to help you make the dish very tasty:
- Before cooking carp, rub it with salt. In this case, the scales will fall off better.
- To prevent the carcass from curling during preparation, an incision should be made on the skin.
- To foil was not damaged, remove the fins.
- If you have damaged your internal organs during preparation, especially the gallbladder, you should thoroughly wash the carcass with water, sprinkle the fish with salt, and after 20 minutes, rinse again.
Carp baked whole in the oven
Cooking time: 120 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 111 kcal.
Do you want to get a delicious and appetizing dish for dinner without spending a lot of time and food on it? In this case, use this recipe, because for its preparation you will need a minimum of products.
Ingredients are as follows:
- parsley and dill to taste;
- salt and spices to taste;
- 1 tbsp. mayonnaise;
- 4 bulbs;
- 1 large carp;
- 1 egg;
- 1 tbsp. oils.
Cooking:
- First, prepare the fish: clean it of scales, remove the gills, rinse, make cuts with a knife.
- Put lemon slices in there.
- Onion cut rings.
- Grease a baking sheet with butter.
- Put onions, sprinkle with mayonnaise.
- Place the carp carcass on top, rub with spices.
- Empty belly smear mayonnaise, put there greens.
- Sprinkle the fish with lemon juice and send to the oven for 70 minutes (temperature +180 degrees).
- 20 minutes before the end of frying, you need to smear the fish with a beaten egg.
It is best to serve baked carp with steamed vegetables or potatoes.
Fish in foil is simple and tasty
Cooking time: 90 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 120 kcal.
This recipe does not involve the use of a large number of ingredients - all you need is in the kitchen.
To prepare you need to take such products:
- 1 lemon;
- 2 onions;
- 1 tsp oils;
- 1 medium carcass;
- ground black pepper and salt to taste.
Cooking technology is simple:
- Carve carp, remove internal organs, fins. The head should be left, so the fish will remain juicy.
- Make cuts on both sides.
- Liberally grease the fish with spices, pour with lemon juice, wrap in a bag and send to the refrigerator for half an hour.
- While the carp is preparing, clean the onions, cut them into half rings, then put them into the fish.
- Put the onion on the foil, then the fish, sprinkle with the remaining onion rings.
- Send to the oven for 50 minutes at a temperature of +200 degrees.
Delicious stuffed carp
Cooking time: 120 minutes.
Calories per 100 g: 281 kcal.
If you want to please your guests, then prepare stuffed carp for them, because in this case the dish will turn out fragrant, tasty, healthy.
You will need the following products:
- 2 eggs;
- 1 carrot;
- ground black pepper and salt to taste;
- 200 grams of buckwheat;
- 2 onions;
- 1 carp carcass;
- 20 g butter.
First, prepare the carcass: clean the inside, remove the fins. Then rinse it thoroughly, rub it with salt, spices and leave to infuse for 15 minutes. While the fish is pickled, you should grate the carrot, cut the onion into small cubes. Heat the butter in a frying pan and fry the vegetables in it until golden.
Cook buckwheat in a separate pan. When it is prepared, put it in a pan with vegetables, also put back a piece of butter and beaten eggs, mix everything. After that, put the mixture in the fish, tie it with a thin thread and wrap in foil.
Bake at +180 degrees for 50 minutes.
How to bake with sour cream and mushrooms
Cooking time: 70 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 130 kcal.
Carp baked in sour cream will delight you with its unusual taste and juiciness. Moreover, it is desirable to cook the fish immediately with a side dish, in our recipe it will be potatoes.
Looking for the following ingredients:
- 100 grams of cheese;
- 200 g of mushrooms;
- 2 tsp. flour;
- 7-8 potatoes;
- 500 g of fish;
- 2 tbsp. sour cream;
- Ground black pepper, salt and mayonnaise to taste.
First, divide the fish: clean the husk, remove the fins, remove the internal organs, then from all sides lubricate it with spices and salt. Rinse the mushrooms, chop finely, send to the preheated pan for 5-7 minutes, then add the onion. When the mass has cooled down a bit, mix it with mayonnaise.
Cover the baking sheet with baking paper, put the chopped potatoes, onions, put the carp on top and bake in the oven for about 20 minutes at a temperature of +180 degrees - a golden crust should appear.
While the fish is being prepared, make the sauce: put the sour cream in a saucepan, put on a slow fire and, when it melts, add flour, stirring constantly. Remove the container from the fire when the mass thickens.
Remove the carp carcass, carefully pour the sauce, cover with grated cheese on top and bake again for 10-15 minutes.
Juicy fish in the sleeve
Cooking time: 90 minutes.
Caloric content per 100 g: 141 kcal.
To prepare, take the following products:
- 2.5 kg of carp;
- ground salt and black pepper to taste;
- juice of 1 lemon;
- 80 grams of rice;
- 50 g butter;
- 1 carrot;
- 2 onions;
- 220 g of mushrooms;
- 200 g of walnuts;
- 2 pinches of thyme;
- 1 bunch of parsley;
- 2 tomatoes.
Cooking technology will be as follows:
- Season the prepared carp with salt, pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice, leave to marinate for half an hour.
- Boil the rice until half cooked.
- In a pan, fry grated carrots, finely chopped onions, mushrooms, nuts, salt.
- Add the rice, pepper, thyme, herbs and finely chopped tomatoes to a container before removing from heat.
- Stir the mass and fill it with carcass.
- Fix belly with a toothpick, rub with spices.
- Put the carcass in a sleeve, add lemon pieces, tomato slices.
- Bake in the oven at +180 degrees for an hour.
Put the cooked carp in a plate and leave for another half an hour before serving - in this case the dish will be even softer and softer.
