Stewed hake in tomato sauce turns out to be juicy and tender; it goes well with any side dish. Step by step recipe with photo and video recipe.
Recipe content:
- Ingredients
- Step by step preparation of hake in tomato sauce
- Video recipe
Hake fish was recognized as the best representative of cod breeds in Europe. You can cook a lot of tasty things from it: fry, boil, bake, grill, steam … One of the simple but tasty dishes is fried and then stewed hake in tomato sauce. If you have never tried to cook it, then it's just the right time to cook it right now. You will surely like the taste of the dish. Even if you do not like fish or do not know how to cook it, then this recipe is striking in its simplicity, juiciness and bright taste. Hake, in all respects a very successful fish. A big plus is that the carcass is low-bone, there is a lot of juicy meat and is easily cut into fillets. Therefore, it is suitable for preparing children's and diet meals. And hake in tomato sauce is also good because it turns out not only tasty, but also with delicious gravy for a side dish. It goes well with tomato sauce. Tomato is a good preservative, in which the fish is well preserved without loss of taste, nutritional and beneficial qualities on the second and third days after cooking.
Fish and gravy complement each other harmoniously. You can serve hake with any side dish: boiled potatoes, spaghetti, rice. This is the perfect dinner meal for the whole family. Another indisputable plus of hake in tomato is that it can be consumed both hot and cold. The fish does not lose its taste after cooling. The cooking recipe itself is very simple, any novice housewife will master it.
- Caloric content per 100 g - 103 3 pcs. kcal
- Servings - 3
- Cooking time - 1 hour 30 minutes
Ingredients:
- Hake - 3 pcs.
- Soy sauce - 2 tablespoons
- Ground black pepper - a pinch
- Vegetable oil - for frying
- Seasoning for fish - 1 tsp
- Tomato paste - 3 tablespoons
- Salt - 1 tsp
- Onions - 2 pcs.
Step by step preparation of hake in tomato sauce, recipe with photo:
1. To prepare the sauce, in which the fish will be stewed, combine soy sauce, tomato paste, seasoning for fish, salt and black pepper. Mix well.
2. Since hake is most often sold frozen, thaw it first. Do it right: put the carcasses in a container and leave at room temperature until completely thawed. Then wash and dry them with a paper towel. Put the pan on the stove, add oil and heat well. Add fish and fry on both sides until golden brown. To keep the hake's natural fishy taste, it is better to fry it in refined odorless oil.
3. Peel the onions, wash and chop into half rings. In another skillet, heat the oil and add the onion.
4. Saute the onion over medium heat until transparent.
5. Place the fried hake on the fried onion pillow.
6. Pour the tomato sauce over the fish.
7. Turn on high heat and bring to a boil. Screw the temperature down to the minimum setting, cover the pan with a lid and simmer the fish for half an hour. Serve ready-made hake in tomato sauce with any side dish, warm or chilled.
See also a video recipe on how to cook hake in tomato sauce.
