Hake is a marine fish that is distributed almost throughout the globe. In the kitchen of most peoples of the world there are recipes for making hake. Dishes from this fish are very fond of the Spaniards, Germans, Bulgarians and Chileans. They combine hake with vegetables, cereals and other seafood. It is an excellent dietary product due to its low fat content and high content of protein, vitamins and trace elements.

Grilled pan hake

In order for the hake fried in a pan to be tasty and juicy, you need to observe several basic rules:

  • After defrosting, you need to completely dry the fish. This can be done with simple napkins.
  • Before frying, a few drops of lemon juice need to be squeezed onto a piece of fish, smudged over the carcass and allowed to stand for - minutes.
  • Do not fry fish in unrefined oil, otherwise you may lose the original taste of the product.

Ingredients:

  • Headless gutted hake - 1 carcass
  • Sea salt - 10 grams
  • Seasoning for fish 2 tsp
  • Extra virgin olive oil - 50 ml

 

Hake needs to be cut into steaks. In a separate container, mix half the vegetable oil, salt and spices and spread the fish with marinade. Next, let her stand for 10-15 minutes. The last stage of the workpiece is sent to a pre-heated pan and fried for 4 minutes on each side over medium heat.

Pan-fried hake in batter

This is the easiest, but very tasty and beautiful option for cooking. This dish will be very popular with children because of its simple and delicate taste.

Ingredients:

  • Hake fillet - 500 grams
  • 2 eggs
  • 20 grams of flour
  • Seasoning for fish
  • Sunflower oil for frying.

 

The fillet must be washed, cut into portions and dried. In the container, beat the eggs and add a pinch of salt to them. In another bowl, the flour is mixed with spices.The last step is to take a piece of fish, dip it in flour, and then in the egg, and send it to the pan. Fry fillets of 5 crumpled on each side over low heat. After the fillet is turned on its other side, it is better to cover the pan with a lid.

Oven baked foil on a vegetable pillow

Cooking hake in foil allows you to save your juice to the fish and make the dish even more juicy and healthy, and vegetables will increase the digestibility of the dish and add beauty to it. This option for cooking hake can be used for the festive table.

Ingredients:

  • Hake steaks - 6 pieces
  • Seasoning for fish
  • Olive oil 50 ml
  • ½ lemon juice
  • Bell pepper - 1 piece
  • Celery - 1 stick
  • Red onion - 1 small onion
  • Carrots - ½ medium carrot.
  • Butter - 50 grams
  • Salt - 1 tsp

 

Steaks should be filled with marinade from a mixture of oil, seasoning and lemon juice and left until the second part of the dish is being prepared. All vegetables must be peeled, washed and cut into short strips. Then, butter and vegetables are sent to the pan and passaged until the vegetables are average ready, that is, until they become semi-soft.

The foil is cut into segments measuring 25 cm * 15 cm and folded in half in width. A steak is placed in the middle of a piece of foil, and a tablespoon with a slide of vegetable mixture is placed on it. Further, the foil is wrinkled up leaving a small hole. It should be something like a boat. Six resulting boats need to be put on a baking sheet and sent to the oven for 25 minutes at 2000C.

Stewed hake in sour cream in a slow cooker

A slow cooker is one of the most beautiful inventions of our time. She markedly made life easier for girls and women. So the process of making a hake in sour cream with a multicooker becomes much simpler and faster.

 

Ingredients:

  • Carrots - 1 piece
  • Onion - 1 piece
  • Butter - 50 grams
  • Hake fillet - 300 grams
  • Sour cream - 300 grams
  • Salt, pepper, other spices to taste

Hake fillet must be cut into small pieces, with an average size of 1.5 * 3cm. The onion is peeled and chopped in half rings. The peeled carrots are passed through a coarse grater. In the heated bowl of the multicooker in the "Frying" mode with the lid open, the carrots and onions are fried in butter until the onions turn golden. The next step is to add vegetables, sour cream and spices to the vegetables. The lid of the multicooker must be closed and set the mode "Extinguishing" for 25 minutes. After this time, the dish will be ready.

 

Hake stewed in sour cream goes well with boiled rice. And, due to the gentle treatment, it can be a great option for a children's or diet menu.

Fish under a vegetable marinade

The recipe for making a hake under a marinade differs from other recipes in that this dish can be served as a main dish hot, and can be served cold as an appetizer.

Ingredients:

  • Hake fillet - 900 grams
  • Carrots - 3 pieces
  • Onion - 3 pieces
  • Tomato paste - 100 ml
  • Cooking Oil - 50 ml
  • Flour for breading - ½ cup
  • Vinegar (apple or grape) - 1 tablespoon
  • Salt, sugar, black pepper, allspice, cloves and bay leaf.

 

Hake fillet should be cut into portioned slices, roll in flour and fry until half cooked in a pan with warmed sunflower oil. Carrots must be peeled and passed through a coarse grater, onions - peeled and cut into half rings. Then the vegetables are sent to the pan, where they are fried for a couple of minutes until the onion has a golden hue. The next step is to add tomato paste, ½ cup of water or fish stock and spices (except vinegar) to the vegetables. The workpiece is stewed under the lid for 5 minutes.

At the end of time, vinegar is added to the workpiece and everything mixes well. Hake fried in a pan is laid out in a saucepan, and marinade is evenly distributed on top of it. A practically prepared dish is stewed for 10 minutes over low heat. After this time, the hake can be served.

The second option is to leave the dish overnight in the refrigerator and serve the next day as a cold appetizer. In any case, the hake under the marinade will be incomparable.

Fish cakes

Children will definitely like this dish, and adults will appreciate the ease and speed of preparation.

Ingredients:

  • Hake fillet - 500 grams
  • Onions - 1 piece
  • Egg - 2 pieces
  • Flour ½ cup
  • Semolina for breading
  • Spices to taste

Hake fillet is placed in a blender, where it is chopped into very small pieces. Chopped fillet should be transferred to another deep container. Next, onions are chopped in a blender, which is then sent to the fish. There eggs are broken, flour is poured out, and spices are added. The resulting stuffing should be mixed. The workpiece is ready. Now you can start the formation of cutlets. The resulting cutlets are rolled in flour and sent to the pan. Hake cutlets are fried in a pan for 5 minutes on each side over medium heat under a closed lid.

Boiled diet hake

Do not think that this dish is healthy, but not tasty. If you strictly adhere to the recipe, then the whole family will enjoy the boiled diet hake.

Ingredients:

  • Hake carcass - 800 grams
  • Carrots - 1 piece
  • Onions - 1 large onion
  • Salt, black pepper and allspice, bay leaf.

First of all, the hake is cleaned of the entrails and fins, the head is removed. The second step is to pour about a liter of water into the pan. In water you need to put carrots and an onion cut in half. The pan is set on fire; after boiling vegetables are boiled for 10 minutes. After this time, seasonings and hake are added to the vegetables. After boiling, the fish is cooked for 15 minutes. When the time is up, the fish can be taken out and served.

Boiled green vegetables such as broccoli, Brussels sprouts and green peas will be an excellent side dish for boiled hake.

Bon Appetit!