Herring with onions baked in foil. How to cook fresh herring in the oven and in a frying pan

Herring is the most common and popular fish that is on the shelves of all fish stores. This fish is very tasty both fried and baked.
Don’t forget about the benefits of fish dishes, especially if they are prepared without excess oil. A recipe for herring baked in foil will help you cook fish deliciously.

Recipe for herring baked in the oven in foil

To prepare herring in foil you need:

• Two large herrings;
• 2-3 onions;
• Salt;
• Bay leaf and herbs;
• Pepper.

How to deliciously bake whole herring in the oven

1. Like any fish, herring must be gutted before cooking. To do this, you need to cut the abdomen and carefully remove not only the insides, but also all the dark films. If you have caviar or milk, you can bake them along with the fish.

2. Rinse the fish.

3. Chop the onion.

4. Salt the herring. Sprinkle with dry basil and pepper. Place some of the onion inside the fish.

5. Place the herring on a sheet of foil, lay out the remaining onion and cover everything with the edges of the sheet.

6. Place the fish in the oven. Bake for 50 minutes. 5 minutes before readiness, open the edges of the foil.

Serve the finished herring baked in foil hot.

If you have a choice in the store, then it is better to buy large, fatty Pacific herring for baking in foil.

Usually, when they talk about herring, they mean salted fish (at least for me))). However, herring can not only be salted, but also baked in the oven. The fish turns out very tasty, and cooking does not take much time. The only negative, it seems to me, is the rather large number of bones. Therefore, the larger the fish you take, the better it will be.

To cook herring in foil in the oven with onions, we need only a few ingredients.

So, let's clean our fish. We cut off the head and tail, take out the insides. And if you are lucky enough to have caviar or milk in your fish, don’t throw it away. We will need them.

Rub the herring with salt, pepper and any spices. Don't forget to do the same with caviar and milk.

Now we need to cut one onion. And then stuff our fish with onions and (if available) caviar (or milk). Place the stuffed fish on foil, sprinkle with onions and wrap well in foil to prevent the juice from leaking out.

Bake the herring in foil in the oven for 20 minutes at 180°C. After 20 minutes, remove the fish from the oven. Unwrap the foil and return the herring to the oven for 10 minutes to brown.

If you have not tried herring in the oven, then you have lost a lot, mistakenly believing that it is only suitable for pickling! Herring is a juicy and tasty fish, suitable for frying, baking, stewing, etc.

It is noteworthy that it requires a minimum of time to reach readiness in the oven - approximately 25-30 minutes. To make your dish golden brown, be sure to use any sauce based on vegetable oil: Aioli, Vinaigrette, egg sauce. To create the latter option, just beat the yolks with vegetable oil until combined.

Baked herring is delicious both hot and cold. You can take this fish dish with you on a picnic. Don't forget to boil the potatoes and serve them as a side dish with herring cooked in the oven.

Ingredients

• Herring - 2 pcs.
• Yolk - 2 pcs.
• Vegetable oil- 30 ml
• Salt - 3 pinches

Information

16.02.2019

Many of us are accustomed to eating herring salted or smoked. You can buy fresh frozen herring at the market or supermarket, and not only for home salting or smoking. Herring baked in the oven will be incredibly tasty. Choose any recipe for this treat, taking into account your taste preferences.

Features of cooking

The easiest way to prepare herring is in foil in the oven. The recipe for such a treat is simple, so you can literally bake the fish in a hurry. To make the fish juicy, tasty and, most importantly, healthy, you need to pay special attention to its selection.

It is advisable to purchase fresh frozen herring. But most often we are offered only frozen fish. In this case, look at the thickness of the ice crust. If the crust is too thick, this may indicate that the fish has been frozen several times and its shelf life has already been extended.

There are also other recipes for herring baked in the oven. Bake the herring whole or in portions. The carcass can be cleaned so that a clean fillet remains.

Important! Many chefs do not like to cook fish because of its specific smell. To get rid of it, just pour freshly squeezed lemon juice over the fillet and marinate for half an hour.

How else is herring prepared in foil in the oven? Everyone will surely choose the recipe according to their taste. Herring can be pickled in soy sauce, various spices, herbs, and sour cream. A sprig of fresh rosemary fully reveals the taste of herring fillet.

Culinary subtleties:

• if you use frozen herring, then you need to remove it from the freezer in advance and leave it to thaw at room temperature;
• It is not recommended to defrost herring in the microwave;
• be sure to cut the fish carcass and wash it thoroughly, remove excess moisture with a paper napkin;
• Before baking, it is better to marinate the herring so that it absorbs the aroma of spices and herbs;
• If you can't find spices, use all-purpose seasoning kits for cooking fish dishes.

In general, herring bakes quite quickly. To prevent fish fillets from drying out in the oven and losing their juiciness, it is best to use aluminum foil or a sleeve. Add extra vegetables. Many people like to cook herring with a potato side dish.

Fish baked on an onion bed will also be very tasty. Chopped onions can be pickled in water with a small addition of acetic acid and a mixture of ground peppers.

The taste of herring is ideally emphasized by sour cream or mayonnaise, as well as hard cheese. You will get a tasty and complete dish that can be served with almost any side dish.

Important! If you bake herring with vegetables or mushrooms, keep in mind that additional ingredients may take a little longer to cook.

Herring baked in the form of rolls will look ideal on an everyday or holiday table. You will have to work hard to separate the loin from the bone. Pay special attention to cutting the fish carcass. The recipe for making such a treat is simple, and you will see it now.

On a note! Many recipes traditionally use freshly squeezed lemon juice to marinate fish fillets. You can take some soy sauce and spices. Then the melody of the taste of baked fish will sparkle with new notes.

Ingredients:

• fresh frozen herring carcasses – 2 pieces;
• chopped fresh dill - 2 tablespoons. spoons;
• black allspice;
• onion - one head;
• lemon – ½ piece;
• salt.

Preparation:

1. We start by defrosting herring carcasses. As already mentioned, it is better to do this in the refrigerator or at room temperature.
2. When the herring is defrosted, rinse it thoroughly under running water.
   
3. Let's start cutting. Cut off the head and remove the fins and tail with scissors.
4. We cut the belly with a knife and clean out all the insides. Now we carefully remove the ridge and take out the large bones.
5. Turn the fish over and spread it along the ridge.
   
6. Once again, thoroughly wash the fish fillet and dry it with paper napkins.
   
7. Squeeze the juice from half a lemon using any convenient method. Using a vegetable peeler or fine-perforated grater, remove the zest.
   
8. Peel the onion, cut into large pieces and grind to a puree consistency. The vegetable can be twisted in a meat grinder or chopped in a blender or food processor.
   
9. Rub the inside of the herring fillet with salt. Pour over freshly squeezed citrus juice and add lemon zest.
   
10. In this form, leave the fish to marinate for at least a third of an hour.
11. After the allotted time has passed, sprinkle the herring with black allspice. Place onion mixture on top of the fillet.
    
12. Wash the dill thoroughly and dry. Finely chop the greens with a knife.
13. Distribute the chopped dill evenly over the herring fillets.
    
14. Roll the herring fillet into a tight roll. To fix it, you can use a piece of ridge or a toothpick.
    
15. You can lightly sprinkle freshly squeezed lemon juice on top of these rolls.
16. Grease a refractory ceramic mold or baking sheet with a small amount of refined olive oil or sunflower seeds.
17. Transfer the herring into a container.
    
18. Cover the top of the pan with aluminum foil and place in the oven.
19. Bake at 200° for 25-30 minutes.
    
20. The fish turns out juicy, soft and extremely tasty.

On a note! In order for the herring to bake to an amber color, the foil must be removed 5-10 minutes before the end of the cooking process.

A simple, inexpensive, and most importantly, very juicy and tasty dish that can be prepared in a matter of minutes

The title of hearth keeper comes with a whole bunch of responsibilities, the main ones being cleanliness in the apartment and a hot daily dinner. But in addition to the bustle of home, a modern woman has other important activities: get-togethers with friends, playing sports, etc. It’s quite difficult to run to the beauty salon while stirring Olivier salad in a bowl, so you have to master the most “quick recipes” for lunch and dinner. One of them is herring baked in foil.

You will need:

• 4 medium herrings
• 2 medium onions
• 1 lemon
• Salt, black pepper, red pepper, dried or fresh herbs, a pinch of thyme, rosemary, saffron.

(In small oriental shops you can easily find all these spices or a mixture of them at once - no preservatives, harmful “E” additives or dyes)

Let's start with the most unpleasant thing - the herring must be gutted and washed in cold water. Next, mix all the seasonings, adding about half a teaspoon of salt.

Now the fish needs to be “bathed” in spices and left for 10-15 minutes to marinate. At this time, coarsely chop the onion and lemon into slices.

Now place the fish on a sheet of foil and put the onion on top. Stuff the fish with a slice of lemon and onion. Then we wrap the herring in foil.

Place the dish in an oven preheated to 200 degrees for 20-25 minutes.

Bon appetit!

By the way, for the first time, a Dutch fisherman thought of removing the gills and entrails of herring in order to make the fish more palatable. For this idea, his descendants erected a monument to him. For a long time, the Dutch hid the technology of improving taste. The herring cutters were housed separately and were forbidden to marry, so that the chatty spouses would not reveal an important secret to countless girlfriends.