Delicious and hearty dishes of cod

Cod is one of the popular fish species. It is famous not only for its taste qualities of layered white meat, but relatively low in calories. In this case, the codfish has useful nutritional properties, rich in amino acids, vitamins and trace elements. Well, what is not a miracle fish? Read how to prepare this appetizing inhabitant of the seas in our publication. We will talk about how to make a wonderful dish from cod without much effort and wasted in time.

The recipe for fried cod

This method of cooking is the most popular among the others. And it is not surprising - on a frying pan the fish meat is fried very quickly, there are no special technologies when preparing fish for frying. So first let's go from the easiest. So, in order to prepare a cod in a frying pan you will need:

• carcass cod - 500-600 g
• mayonnaise - 100 g
• flour - half a cup
• onions - 2 pcs.
• salt, pepper to taste
• vegetable or olive oil

For sauce:

• fatty sour cream - 200 g
• mayonnaise - 50 g
• vinegar - 1 tbsp. l.
• salt and ground pepper

1. Fish should be cleaned from scales and entrails, thoroughly rinsed in cold water and cut into small uniform pieces.
2. The obtained pieces are completely coated with mayonnaise, salt and pepper.
3. Now our task is to roll the fish in flour.
4. Prepared pieces of fish put in a heated frying pan with butter. It is desirable that the oil was not much, since this fish absorbs fat very much. Fry on a moderate fire after the appearance of a golden crust.
5. In the meantime, we begin to cut the onion. You can chop it finely or cut it in rings - whatever you want.
6. At the moment when the cod became a golden hue, we spread the onions. At this time, close the lid and let the onion steamed for about 10 minutes.

Finished pieces are laid out on a large dish and proceed to prepare the sauce (it is done quickly enough).

1. In the right amount of sour cream, add 50 grams of mayonnaise and mix thoroughly until smooth.
2. Now it's time to add the vinegar and mix again.
3. In the end, salt and pepper to your liking.

Sauce water the fish and serve it on the table. As a side dish, you can boil potatoes or rice. Secrets of how to cook cod to make it juicy A few know that there are some tricks that help to achieve juicy and soft cod meat. The main ones are described below:

1. Before cooking try to cod a bit of promarinovat. For marinade, kefir, milk, mayonnaise are perfect. So you will achieve more tender and juicy meat.
2. Cooking should be on moderate fire. If the burner burns full, then chances are high that the fish meat will dry out.
3. Roast cod under the lid closed. In this case, of course, there will not be much crispy crust, but the meat promises to be soft. This tip also applies to recipes in the oven. We cook either in rolled foil or under a lid.

As you can already see - the recipe is simple and does not require you to culinary talents. But, in spite of this, this recipe of cod preparation will be perceived on "hurray" by your relatives. This dish can be made in the daily menu, and in the festive, as the main dish. Bon Appetit!