Love fried fish, but you are on a diet and you shouldn't eat it! Then cook the fish on the steam bath. After all, you don't even need to have a double boiler for this. How to make steam carp is described below in a step-by-step recipe with a photo. Video recipe.
Cooking crucian carp is a simple matter. Usually they are fried in oil in a pan, but this is not the only way to cook this fish. Karasikov can be baked in the oven, stewed on the stove, boiled fish soup, and, of course, steamed. We will find out in this review how to cook deliciously steamed carp. It should be noted that any food prepared in this way is more dietary, low-calorie and healthy, moreover, it can be consumed by almost everyone without restrictions.
Modern housewives have different kitchen devices in their arsenal, incl. and a steamer for steaming fish. However, not everyone has such an electrical appliance. And even in its absence at home, you can make a delicious steam carp. To do this, you need to use the old grandmother's method: a saucepan of boiling water and a colander. Fish cooked in this way will be no worse than in a modern double boiler. How to cook crucian carp with such a universal old method, we learn in detail in the proposed step-by-step recipe with the photo described below.
See also how to clean fish using crucian carp as an example.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 89 kcal.
- Servings - 1
- Cooking time - 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Crucian carp - 1 pc.
- Salt - a pinch
Step-by-step cooking of steam carp, recipe with photo:
1. Using a scraper, clean the fish from the scales in the direction from the tail to the head. Then cut off the fins and rip open the belly from which to remove the entrails.
2. Cut off the head and tail from the carcass and rinse the fish under running cold water, having thoroughly cleaned the inside of the abdomen from the black film. It is not necessary to trim the head and tail. If the whole carcass fits in the cooking container, you can leave them alone. But then be sure to remove the gills and cut out the eyes. Since it is from these parts that the fish begins to rot.
3. Put prepared fish in a colander or sieve.
4. Lightly season the crucian carp with salt. If you wish, you can pepper it and flavor it with fish seasoning.
5. Place the fish colander in a pot of boiling water. When doing this, make sure that the water does not come into contact with the colander. The colander should be slightly smaller in volume than the saucepan.
6. Cover the fish with a lid and cook on the stove over medium heat over a steam bath for about 20 minutes.
7. Serve the cooked steam carp hot after cooking. Drizzle with lemon juice, garnish with fresh herbs and serve with any side dish.
See also a video recipe on how to cook crucian carp fried in flour with onions.
