Fried cod — a tasty and appetizing dish for any lunch or a dinner. Fish in itself not really fat, but nourishing, is vitamin-rich, phosphorus and iodine therefore perfectly will be suitable for clinical and dietary nutrition. In order that the fried cod didn't turn out dry and rigid, she can be pickled or prepared in various sauces.
The cod is considered a tasty and inexpensive saltwater fish who can be prepared in a usual frying pan and at the minimum quantity of ingredients. As a result you receive a gentle and fragrant fried fish. For a start it is necessary to sort correctly a cod.
Cutting of a cod
Wash out a cod in cool water, by means of a knife scratch out fish scales, periodically washing away a baking plate a water jet. Cut off the head, fins and a tail of fish. Then from outside the head make a small cut along a belly of fish. Take out an interior of fish and clean off a belly nap, once again wash out. Cut a cod on flank steaks about 2 cm thick. If you have a fish of the small size, then will cut her in half enough. Further use the following recipes of frying of a cod.
Fried cod in batter
For preparation of this dish you will need the following ingredients (at the rate on 2-3 portions): - 500 g of a cod; - 1 cups of flour; - egg — 2 pieces; - 100 ml of vegetable oil; - a lemon — 1 piece; - salt (to taste); - fresh greens (fennel, parsley, onions, etc.); - mixer (blender). Salt the pieces of a cod cut in advance outside and inside and leave for 10 minutes that fish was a little salted. Pour flour into a small bowl and then drop in it pieces of a cod. Break eggs and salt a little, further shake up by means of the mixer or the blender. In a frying pan warm up vegetable oil. Dip pieces of fish in egg mix and spread on a hot frying pan. Fry about 5-7 minutes until until fish becomes golden color, on her the crust will appear. Then turn on other side and continue to fry. A fried cod spread out to a plate, water with lemon juice and decorate with fresh greens (parsley, fennel, etc.). The fried cod in batter is completely ready and it can be given to a table. As a garnish rice, vegetables, lettuce leaves, etc. will approach.
Fried cod with vegetables and greens
It is more than efforts and time demands preparation of a fried cod with vegetables and greens as process of frying is followed by suppression. The following ingredients will be necessary for you: - 500 g of a cod; - 100 ml of vegetable oil; - 150 g of sour cream or cream; - onions — 3 pieces; - tomatoes — 2 pieces; - pepper — 2 pieces; - salt (to taste); - greens (parsley, fennel, etc.). Clean onions and cut with half rings. Then warm vegetable oil in a frying pan and fry onions till golden color 2-3 minutes. Wash tomatoes and cut circles, lay out on a frying pan directly on onions, salt and fry about 5 minutes. Lay out the prepared flank steaks of a cod on fried vegetables, cover a frying pan and you extinguish several minutes, then turn fish and continue. Wash pepper, remove seeds and a core, cut with small straws. Small chop greens to taste (parsley, fennel, onions or other), mix with pepper and cream (sour cream), then salt. Fill in a stewed cod with cream with vegetables. Again cover and continue to extinguish on small fire within 10-15 minutes. The fried cod with vegetables and greens is completely ready and it can be given to a table with rice or potatoes. In case in the course of frying the fish turned out a little dryish, then give it together with creamy sauce which can be made as follows: chop garlic and any greens, and then extinguish in sour cream or cream. Enjoy your meal!