Cod in the oven is the best way to cook this fish.
Cod meat contains saturated fatty amino acids, proteins, vitamins and minerals.
In addition, cod meat has an excellent taste and contains few calories, so it is recommended to include it in the diet with dietary nutrition.
Cod with Onions - General Cooking Principles
Cod is rather large fish, therefore, as a rule, it is not cooked, in whole or in large pieces. Mainly used for cooking steaks or fillets. This makes it possible to cook cod in the oven with onions, vegetables, cream, cheese, etc.
Before cooking cod in the oven, remember that in its pure form, cod meat is rather dry, so it is better to cook it in a sleeve or foil, as well as under various sauces.
Onions, vegetables and other ingredients will give cod meat juiciness and enrich its taste.
For the preparation of cod with onions, you can use any type of onion: onion, shallot, green or leek.
To cod meat turned out to be even tastier and juicier, it is desirable to pre-pickle it and leave it for some time so that the fish soak in the flavors of spices and herbs. As the marinade use a variety of sauces and seasonings.
Cod is most often sold frozen, so it is thawed in a refrigerator or at room temperature before cooking.
As a side dish for cod with onions and carrots, boiled rice or potatoes are best suited.
Recipe 1. Cod in the oven with vegetables
Ingredients
800 g cod fillets;
salt;
six potatoes;
12 sprigs of thyme;
six leek stalks (only the white part);
250 ml of beer;
five carrots;
250 g sour cream;
white pepper;
four celery stalks;
tarragon;
ten cherry tomatoes
Method of preparation
1. Wash the leeks and finely chop them into small rings.
2. Make from foil original plates, on the bottom of which lay chopped onions.
3. Wash cod fillet, dry and salt. Season the fish with tarragon and white pepper. 4. Peel the carrots and cut into bars.
5. Rinse the celery stalks, lightly dry them and finely chop them. Wash the tomatoes and cut them in half. Peel the potatoes, wash and cut into thin slices. Lightly salt all the vegetables.
6. Put onion slices of potatoes, cod fillets, celery and carrots.
7. Pour some beer into each “plate” and smear it with sour cream. Put three thyme branches on top.
8. Cover the “plates” with a sheet of foil and bake in the oven for forty minutes at 170C. Serve directly on foil plates.
Recipe 2. Cod with onions and carrots
Ingredients
kg of cod;
salt;
four carrots;
black pepper;
three onions;
80 ml of mayonnaise.
Method of preparation
1. Peel the vegetables and wash. Shred onion finely. Grate carrots for Korean salads.
2. Wash the cod, remove the scales from it, cut off the head, tail and fins. Cut fish into fillets. Remove skin from it and choose small bones. Cut the fillet into large pieces.
3. Put the cod fillet on a baking sheet, after having been lubricated with oil. Salt and season with pepper.
4. Lay the chopped onion over the fish. Grease with mayonnaise. Lay the grated carrot in the next layer. This layer is also smeared with mayonnaise.
5. Place a baking tray with fish in the oven and bake the fish for the first ten minutes at 200C. Then twist the temperature to 180C and bake for another 20 minutes. Serve the fish with a side dish of rice or potatoes.
Recipe 3. Cod with onions and cauliflower
Ingredients
kg cod fillet;
200 grams of hard cheese;
cauliflower head;
vegetable oil;
half a pound of onion;
egg;
300 g carrots;
150 ml of milk;
50 g of tomato paste.
Method of preparation
1. Preheat the oven to 190C. Coarsely peeled carrots. Peel and chop the onion. Fry the vegetables in the heated vegetable oil until light golden brown. Put the vegetable fry to the bottom of the refractory mold with high sides.
2. Wash and dry the cod fillet. Cut the fish into small oblong slices and lay a thick layer on the roasted vegetables. Pepper, salt and send in a preheated oven for a quarter of an hour. 3. Disassemble the cauliflower into florets, put in a colander and rinse. Then boil the vegetable for ten minutes. Drain the broth, slightly cool the cabbage and chop finely.
4. In a separate bowl, combine the milk with the egg. Pepper slightly, salt and add the tomato paste. Whisk everything until smooth.
5. Remove the fish from the oven. Top with a layer of cauliflower and evenly pour the whole egg-milk mixture. Dust all the cheese chips.
6. Place the fish in the oven for another half hour. When a golden crust forms on top, the cod is ready. Serve fish as a separate dish.
Recipe 4. Cod in the oven with vegetables and sauce
Ingredients
700 g of cod;
ground black pepper;
two onions;
salt;
two large carrots;
5 g sugar;
30 grams of flour;
200 ml of cream;
dill greens;
sunflower oil;
200 ml of tomato juice.
Method of preparation
1. Peel the bulbs, wash and chop into quarters.
2. Wash peeled carrots and grate them for Korean salads.
3. Thaw cod, peel and cut off tail, head and fins. Cut the carcass into steaks two centimeters thick.
4. Pepper, salt and salt the fish in flour. Fry the steaks in hot oil of sunflower until the breading is browned.
5. Paste the shredded onion in the oil where the teska was fried and put it on the plate. Now put carrots in a frying pan and fry too.
6. Put in a deep mold, greased, cod steaks. Spread the fried vegetables over the fish and flatten with a spoon.
7. Combine tomato juice with cream, add sugar, black pepper and salt. Stir well. Pour the cod sauce with vegetables.
8. Preheat oven to 200C. Put in a form with fish and bake for half an hour. Remove the cod with vegetables from the oven and sprinkle with finely chopped dill. Fish can be served with any side dish or salad of fresh vegetables.
Recipe 5. Cod with onions and carrots in foil
Ingredients
400 g of cod;
on a pinch of black and white pepper;
carrot;
salt;
bulb;
30 ml of lemon juice;
bunch of parsley. Method of preparation
1. Carcass my cod, cut off the head, tail and cut fins. Separate the fillet from the ridge.
2. Clean the onion, rinse and chop with quarter rings.
3. My cleaned carrot and three large.
4. Turn on the oven. Spread cod fillets on foil. We lay on it finely chopped onions and grated carrots.
5. Peppers put in a mortar and grind. Chop the parsley.
6. Sprinkle the fish with fresh herbs, pepper, salt and sprinkle with lemon juice.
7. Tightly connect the edges of the foil and stack the package on a baking sheet. Bake the fish in an oven preheated to 180 ° C for half an hour.
8. Put the ready cod on the dish and cut it in portions. As a side dish, you can serve baked or boiled vegetables.
Recipe 6. Baked cod with carrots
Ingredients
cod - half a kilo;
olive oil;
onions - 150 g;
black pepper;
carrots - 150 g;
salt;
cream of 20% - 100 ml .;
two eggs.
Method of preparation
1. Clean the onion and finely chop it. Peeled carrots cut into small pieces.
2. Fry the onion in olive oil until transparent. Add the carrot, stir and fry for ten minutes until soft. At the end we fry pepper and salt.
3. Cream mix with eggs and a pinch of salt. Beat the fill until smooth with a whisk.
4. My cod fillet, dry with napkins and cut into large portions. We lay out the fish in a refractory form in a single layer. Lightly salt and pepper the fish.
5. On top of the fish lay roasted vegetables and pour the cream-egg mixture. Send the fish to the oven, preheated to 180C and bake for half an hour. We take out the form with the prepared dish, lay it on a serving dish or on plates. Serve fish with any side dish or fresh vegetables.
Recipe 7. Cod steak in the oven
Ingredients
four cod steaks;
20 g potato chips;
two onions;
parsley;
pinch of turmeric;
100 grams of cheese;
100 ml of white wine;
40 ml of olive oil;
5 g of liquid honey;
half a lemon;
spices for fish;
pepper;
table salt.
Method of preparation
1. Thaw cod steaks, wash and dry a little. Each rub with a mixture of salt, pepper and spices for fish. Drizzle the fish with lemon juice. 2. Peel the onion and cut it into half rings.
3. Cut the lemon into circles, and then cut each into four pieces.
4. Fry chopped onion in olive oil until soft. Add to it sliced lemon and honey. Pour in the wine and season with all the turmeric and pepper. Stir and simmer on low heat.
5. Put cod steaks in a buttered deep form. Top with lemon and onion and flatten with a spoon. Send the form to the oven for ten minutes. Bake fish at 180C.
6. Crush the potato chips. Coarsely grate cheese. Stir in cheese and chips. Remove the steaks from the oven and sprinkle the dish with a mixture of cheese and chips. Bake for the same amount of time. Serve with parsley sprigs. As a garnish, boiled potatoes or rice are best served.
Cod in the oven - tips and tricks
- Serve the fish hot, the cooled baked teska loses its unique taste.
- Bake cod in cream or sour cream, then you will get fish with a delicate creamy taste.
- Lemon juice will help you to get rid of the unpleasant smell of fish.
- To make the cod juicy, boil it until half cooked before baking.
- Use for baking a sleeve or foil, in this case the cod will always turn out tender and juicy.
- Cod is cooked fairly quickly, so do not overdo it in the oven so that the fish do not turn out dry.
- Remove the form from the finished cod from the oven and cover with a lid. Leave it for ten minutes. So the fish will be juicier.
