Salmon dishes. Salmon fillet

Irina Kamshilina

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The salmon saturated with useful microelements and fatty acids becomes excellent option for serving it for dinner and lunch. Fish baked in the oven turns out juicy and appetizing, exudes an attractive aroma, and has a delicate texture. It is useful to know the secrets of its preparation in order to make a flawless dish.

How to bake salmon in the oven

It will be useful for novice cooks to learn how to cook salmon in the oven. Only an oven or microwave oven can ensure high-quality cooking of fish - frying kills its taste and useful material and if you use foil or a sleeve, then all the juices and flavors will be sealed inside. Oven baked salmon presupposes a careful selection of ingredients: the main thing is to buy fresh, chilled or fresh frozen fish of proper quality.

Fresh fillet does not have a pronounced fishy aroma; it has an elastic elastic texture. The right fish will be bright orange, not necessarily red or pale pink. You can identify a stale product if you notice a gray film on the surface of the fish eyes, or if a dent is left when you press it with your finger. Pay attention to the characteristic unpleasant odor or too dry scales.

Here are a few useful tips for cooking delicious fish:

• It will turn out delicious if you marinate the fish in soy sauce or dry white wine.
• Baked red fish can be dietary if made without oil and seasoned with lemon juice and rosemary.
• After aging in the oven, it is worth leaving the fish inside for a few minutes to sweat.

How much to bake

Having selected all the necessary ingredients for cooking delicious fish, you need to figure out how much to bake the salmon. The cooking time will depend on the portion size - the whole carcass is baked for about 35-40 minutes at 180 degrees. If salmon steaks are used in the oven, then they are baked faster - only 25 minutes at 160 degrees. You can bake fish on a baking sheet, using a sleeve, foil, a special shape or pots.

Oven salmon recipe

It is useful to find such a recipe for baked salmon, which, in addition to step by step instructions would also include a photo from a video. Then it will be easier for the hostess to cook the fish for the first time so that it turns out to be appetizing and tasty. Recipes for salmon in the oven are different: you can bake it whole or in slices, with lemon or soy sauce, alone or with a garnish of vegetables and potatoes. Provencal herbs, basil, parsley, cream and mushrooms go well with red fish.

Steak

The most simple preparation the salmon steak in the oven is different, which you just need to marinate in a light sauce. You will get an appetizing seasoned fish with a slight sourness due to the use of lemon and with aroma spicy herbs... It is better to choose fresh steaks for cooking. If they are not there, you can buy chilled fish and cut it in portions yourself.

Ingredients:

• steaks - 0.75 kg;
• provencal herbs - 50 g;
• lemon - 1 pc.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the steaks, dry, rub with spices and salt, pour over with lemon.
2. Marinate for 17 minutes, wrap each piece in foil separately.
3. Arrange on a baking sheet. Bake at 180 degrees for half an hour.
4. 5 minutes before being ready, open the foil, sprinkle with lemon, let it brown.

In foil

Salmon baked in foil, seasoned with lemon-yogurt sauce with the addition of a large number greenery. This fish attracts gourmets with its creamy aroma. It is good to serve it hot directly in foil, garnished with tomatoes and lettuce (as in the photo). So you can do it light dinner or lunch.

Ingredients:

• salmon - 1 kg;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• natural yogurt without additives - 50 ml;
• parsley with dill - a bunch;
• lettuce leaves - 6 pcs.;
• tomatoes - 2 pcs.

Cooking method:

1. Peel the fish from the scales, cut into 2 cm thick slices, season with salt and pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice, brush with yogurt. Marinate for half an hour.
2. Wrap in foil, bake at 180 degrees for 25 minutes.
3. Serve on lettuce leaves with tomato slices.

In a creamy sauce

Salmon looks extraordinarily attractive with a creamy sauce in the oven. Its delicate soft taste goes well with the light pungency of meat due to the addition of Dijon mustard. The fish turns out to be very juicy, appetizing, exudes an attractive aroma. It is good to serve it on the festive table, decorating with herbs and boiled vegetables(as pictured). It goes well with mashed potatoes and brown rice.

Ingredients:

• cream - 1 liter;
• salmon fillet - 1kg;
• Dijon mustard - 30 ml;
• dill - a bunch;
• dill, basil, parsley, tarragon - a bunch;
• lemon -1 pc .;
• egg - 3 pcs.

Cooking method:

1. Cut the fillet into strips 5 cm wide, rub with salt, pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice.
2. Place on the bottom of a baking dish.
3. Mix egg yolks with cream, add chopped herbs, lemon zest, mustard. Stir, pour over the fish.
4. Bake for 23 minutes at 200 degrees.

In foil with lemon

The classic version is salmon with lemon, which is baked wrapped in foil. So the dish retains all its juiciness and softness, it turns out to be very appetizing and healthy. In addition to lemon, only fresh basil is required, which means saving preparation time delicious treats... You can replace the foil with a sheet of parchment if you like.

Ingredients:

• salmon fillet - 4 pcs.;
• lemon - 2 pcs.;
• fresh basil - a bunch;
• olive oil - 30 ml.

Cooking method:

1. Preheat oven to 200 degrees, cook 4 pieces of foil 35 centimeters wide.
2. Cut the lemon into rings.
3. Lubricate the foil with olive oil, put the fillets on it, skin side down, salt and pepper, garnish with basil and lemon.
4. Wrap each piece, bake for a third of an hour.
5. Serve with steamed vegetables, rice, couscous.

With potato

A hearty and nutritious dish is salmon with potatoes in the oven. This high-calorie dish is well suited for a quick satiety or serving on a festive table. It will turn out especially tasty and tender if you take fresh fish and young potatoes - then the dish will be distinguished by its softness, friability, subtle overflows of taste and aroma. If desired, add grated cheese to the recipe to sprinkle on the salmon when serving.

Ingredients:

• potatoes - 550 g;
• red onion - 1 pc.;
• butter - 30 g;
• cherry tomatoes - 200 g;
• salmon fillet - 4 pcs.

Cooking method:

1. Preheat oven to 220 degrees. Wash the potatoes, peel, cut into quarters. Chop the onion into half rings.
2. Put butter, vegetables on the bottom of the mold, bake for 35 minutes.
3. Take out the mold, add the whole cherry tomatoes, put the salmon, greased with seasonings.
4. Bake for another 13 minutes.

With vegetables

A dietary option for preparing both the main course and the side dish is baked salmon with vegetables. The use of a mixture of hot spices - garlic, pepper, oregano and coriander gives piquancy and unusual taste to the taste. By adding colorful vegetables the dish looks especially attractive. It is good to serve it on a festive or everyday table.

Ingredients:

• salmon steaks - 1 kg;
• olive oil - 50 ml;
• fresh thyme - 3 sprigs;
• fresh oregano leaves - 20 g;
• sea ​​salt - 5 g;
• ground black pepper - 5 g;
• garlic - 3 cloves;
• fresh parsley - a bunch;
• ground coriander - 1 g;
• lemon - 1 pc.;
• red bell pepper - 2 pcs.;
• white onion - 1 pc.;
• cherry tomatoes - 8 pcs.;
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• sour cream - 40 ml.

Cooking method:

1. To make a marinade: mix olive oil, lemon juice, season with pepper and salt, add coriander, crushed garlic and oregano. Finish off with thyme leaves and chopped parsley.
2. Coat the steaks with the sauce, rubbing in thoroughly. Marinate for half an hour.
3. Cut the paprika into slices, carrots into rings, chop the onion, cut the tomatoes in half.
4. Put foil on the bottom of the form, add peppers, carrots, onions, put salmon, grease everything with sour cream, put tomatoes.
5. Bake at 200 degrees for 10 minutes, reduce to 180, bake for another third of an hour, lower the temperature to 160 degrees and leave for another quarter of an hour.

In soy sauce

Salmon in soy sauce in the oven has a rich taste, because this component gives the fish a special elegance and piquancy. The taste takes on a slight pungency, which is enhanced by the addition of garlic. The highlight of the marinade is lemon juice, the citrus flavor of which will be a separate bright chord of the dish. It is better to serve the dish hot.

Ingredients:

• salmon fillet - 4 pcs.;
• soy sauce - a third of a glass;
• water - a third of a glass;
• sugar - 30 g;
• olive oil - 20 ml;
• garlic - 2 cloves;
• lemon - 1 pc.

Cooking method:

1. To make a marinade: Combine soy sauce, water, sugar, lemon juice and minced garlic. Marinate the fish for an hour.
2. Put fillets on foil, pour over marinade, bake at 220 degrees for 17 minutes.
3. Serve with rice or bulgur sprinkled with marinade.

In sour cream sauce

Salmon has an incredible taste in sour cream sauce in an easy-to-cook oven. Simple refueling based on cheese and sour cream gives the steaks a tender and pleasant taste, mouth-watering flavor that makes you want to eat them faster. The dish looks good on the festive table, but can be included in the everyday menu. It can be garnished with herbs when serving, pour over the remaining sauce.

Ingredients:

• salmon steaks - 500 grams;
• sour cream 20% fat - half a glass;
• lemon juice - 25 ml;
• hard cheese - 50 g;
• parsley, dill, basil - a bunch;
• sunflower oil- 30 ml.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the fish, rub with salt and ground black pepper. Fry for a few seconds in a pan until golden brown.
2. To make a sauce: rub the cheese coarsely, chop the herbs, mix them with sour cream, rosemary, dried basil.
3. Put the steaks on an oiled baking sheet, sprinkle with lemon juice. Place the sauce on top.
4. Bake at 190 degrees for a third of an hour.
5. Serve solo for a light lunch. For a hearty dinner or lunch, make a side dish: boiled rice or potatoes.

Skewers on skewers

Excellent light snack is considered a salmon kebab in the oven, which can be made in just a few minutes. The secret of making juicy cubes is their correct stringing - you need to pierce the fillet with a skewer so that it does not fall apart during the baking process. It is correct to do this along the ridge. Then the dish will turn out not only delicious, but also very beautiful.

Ingredients:

• salmon fillet - half a kilo;
• lemon - ½ pc.;
• vegetable oil - 25 ml;
• sugar - 1.5 tsp;
• salt - 1 tsp

Cooking method:

1. If the skewers are thin, cut the fillet into cubes with a side of 2 cm, if thick - 4 cm.
2. Marinate fish cubes in a mixture of lemon juice, butter, sugar, salt, leave for half an hour.
3. Preheat the oven to 200 degrees, put a greased wire rack on a baking sheet. Gently place the skewers on it.
4. They will need to be turned over every 5-7 minutes so that the fillets are baked evenly. If you have a grill function it is best to use it.
5. The total cooking time should not exceed 15 minutes.

Up my sleeve

Delicate, soft and crumbly salmon is obtained in the sleeve in the oven. Baked meat literally melts in your mouth, leaving a light aftertaste of pungency and lemon freshness. Use a baking bag if the recipe involves defrosted fish. It will allow her to become more saturated by creating steam and pressure inside. The dish is good to eat hot, but you can try using it as a cold snack.

Ingredients:

• salmon fillet - half a kilo;
• olive oil - 30 ml;
• lemon - 1 pc.

Cooking method:

1. Rinse the fillets, dry, grease with oil, salt, pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice.
2. Pack inside the sleeves, bake at 220 degrees for a third of an hour.
3. Serve with asparagus or cauliflower.

How to deliciously bake salmon in the oven - cooking secrets

So that baking salmon in the oven does not prepare you unpleasant surprises, try to follow the following tips:

1. Baked fish goes well with creamy sauce - you can simply pour in the cream and cook like this, or make a gravy with sour cream and butter.
2. Flour, herbs, chopped garlic, onions, cheese, mushrooms will help to make the sauce thicker and more piquant.
3. Salmon with fried onions goes well: if you have nothing else, you will still end up with an appetizing dish.
4. You can decorate the finished baked salmon with red caviar, pomegranate seeds, boiled carrots, quail eggs and greens.
5. Ideal seasonings for fish are nutmeg, white pepper, coriander, ginger.
6. So that the fish is baked and does not become dry, it is wrapped in foil so that there is a little free space.
7. The most a simple side dish that can be cooked at the same time as fish will be potatoes.
8. Calculate the cooking time as follows: 10 minutes for every 2.5 cm of fillet thickness.
9. When the meat is easy to peel off the bones and skin, the steak is ready.
10. Defrost fish slowly, in the refrigerator.
11. If the fish is baked whole, it is good to put lemon inside its abdomen, onion rings, carrots or other vegetables.

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Salmon in the oven: recipes with photos

How to cook salmon: 10 delicious recipes cooking with a photo from the magazine website

Salmon is considered a real delicacy. Thanks to its tenderness and juiciness, recipes for salmon dishes are surprisingly sophisticated. Once having discovered this variety of fish, every housewife can easily prepare a fragrant fish soup, showy salad, bake salmon or pickle it at home. The bright taste characteristics of the cooked dish with salmon will not leave anyone indifferent. Such dishes will become frequent guests on the festive and everyday table, because they are incredibly tasty and healthy treats for the whole family.

Recipe 1.

Ingredients: 170 g lightly salted salmon, 160 g grapefruit, 110 g spinach, 190 g cucumbers, 90 g cherry tomatoes, 80 g lemon, 34 ml olive oil, 45 g basil, salt, pepper.

My grapefruit, peel. Remove films from each slice, cut into medium-sized pieces. My vegetables, spinach, basil. Cut the cucumbers into quarters lengthwise, and then cut each across into small pieces. Cut the salmon into medium cubes, cut the tomatoes in half. Place all chopped ingredients in a bowl. Wash the lemon, leave one slice for decoration, and squeeze juice from the rest into the salad. We fill with oil, pepper, salt. Tear the basil, add it to the other ingredients, mix gently. Put spinach in portioned plates, and on top - salad with salmon. Decorate with a slice of lemon, basil leaves.

Recipe 2.

Ingredients: 260 g lightly salted salmon, 120 g rice, 1 avocado, 90 g cucumbers, 4 eggs, 70 g carrots, 45 g green onions, 26 g dill, 8 ml lemon juice, 190 g mayonnaise, 6 g sugar, 90 g red onions, 17 ml white wine vinegar, salt.

Pour rice into a bowl, rinse thoroughly until the water is transparent. Pour the rice into a sieve, leave for half an hour so that all the liquid is glass. Then we send the rice into the pan, pour in a glass of water. Cook until it is fully cooked. Put vinegar, sugar in a bowl, add a teaspoon of salt. We mix. Combine this mixture with boiled rice. Boil eggs hard-boiled. We wash the carrots, cook until tender. Grate chilled and peeled eggs and carrots in two different containers. Peel the avocado, remove the pit, cut into small cubes, pour with lemon juice. Rinse greens, cucumber. Peel the onion, finely chop. Chop green onions, dill. Cut the cucumber into small cubes. On a large platter, lay out the layers in the following order, smearing each with mayonnaise: rice - salmon with dill and red onion - cucumber - avocado - eggs with green onions - carrots. The salad can be decorated in the form of a fish, decorated with half rings of onions, which will imitate scales, and herbs.

Recipe 3.

Ingredients: 280 g smoked salmon, 180 g cream cheese, 190 g lemon, 38 g horseradish, 90 g rye bread, 60 g lettuce leaves, ground white pepper.

We clean the salmon from the skin, cut it into thin layers. Put cheese in a bowl, squeeze juice from half of a large lemon to it. Add horseradish, pepper. Mix thoroughly. We place the layers of smoked salmon on parchment paper, spread each piece of fish with a cheese mixture. Roll the salmon from the narrow end to the wide end. Wrap in parchment, cool for half an hour. Then we cut each roll across into portioned pieces, 5 cm long. Cut the bread into squares, after removing the crust. Put lettuce leaves, slices of bread on the dish, on which we place salmon rolls. Cut the remaining lemon into slices, decorate the finished snack with them.

Recipe 4.

Ingredients: 320 g fresh salmon, 480 ml cream 15% fat, 480 g potatoes, 285 g tomatoes, 90 g onions, 120 g carrots, 34 g vegetable oil, 55 g parsley, salt, a mixture of white, black, red pepper ...

We clean the vegetables, wash. Finely chop the onion. Rub the carrots. Cut the potatoes into cubes, 3x3 cm in size. Wash the salmon, clean it from inedible parts. Prepared fish fillet cut into small pieces... Rinse the parsley, chop. Place the tomatoes in a bowl, pour boiling water over them. Then remove the skin, cut into small cubes. Fry the onions in hot oil for 6-7 minutes, add the carrots. Leave, stirring, for 7 minutes. Add chopped tomatoes. We fry for another 8 minutes. We transfer the fried vegetables to a saucepan, fill with 1.1 liters of water. After boiling, add the potatoes, cook for 7 minutes. Add the salmon. Let it boil, add salt, pour in the cream. Pour in parsley, a mixture of peppers. Cook for 7-10 minutes.

Recipe 5.

Ingredients: 1 kg salmon (head, tail), 360 g potatoes, 1 onion, 90 g rice, 3 bay leaves, 100 g brandy, 2 carrots, 35 g dill, 35 g parsley, 6 peppercorns, salt.

Thoroughly wash the salmon, cleanse the gills, remove the eyes. Rinse, fill with water. We boil. We peel onions, carrots. Put a bay leaf, onion, one whole carrot, pepper to the salmon. Cook for about half an hour. We take out the boiled salmon, remove the bones, all other inedible parts. Rinse the greens. We clean the potatoes, wash them. Cut into cubes. Chop the second carrot and greens with a knife. We wash the rice. Fish broth we filter. We boil. Add potatoes, carrots, rice. Cook for 15 minutes. Pour in brandy, put salmon fillet, removed from the head and tail. Bring to a boil. Turn off the fire. Let stand for half an hour. Pour the fish soup into bowls, sprinkling with chopped herbs before serving.

Recipe 6.

Ingredients: 1 kg of salmon in the form of steaks, 170 g of Edam cheese, 120 g of lemon, 400 g of tomatoes, 45 g of mayonnaise, 70 g of dill, 16 ml of olive oil, salt, foil.

We wash salmon, tomatoes, greens. Let this ingredient dry. Rub the salmon steaks with salt. Squeeze juice from the lemon onto the fish. Cut the tomatoes into circles. We clean the dill from the hard sticks at its base. Rub the cheese. From foil folded in half, we form portioned forms for each steak so that it completely covers the fish. Lubricate the foil with oil. Put pieces of salmon in the molds. Place the dill on top, divided into twigs. Then we form a layer of tomatoes. Distribute an equal amount of grated cheese on top of each of the salmon steaks. We apply mayonnaise, leveling it with a fork over the cheese layer. We cover the fish with foil, tightly connecting its edges. We bake for half an hour at 185 degrees. 8 minutes before the end of baking, open the foil to brown the dish.

Recipe 7. Grilled salmon in spices

Ingredients: 2 large salmon steaks, 46 ml of soy sauce, 2 cloves of garlic, 48 g of French mustard beans, 20 g of honey, a mixture of white and black pepper, 90 ml of olive oil, lettuce, fresh vegetables.

Pour 80 ml of oil into the container. Add soy sauce. We mix. Peel the garlic, squeeze it into the resulting mixture. Pour in white and black pepper, mustard. Add honey, stir thoroughly, whisking lightly. We wash the salmon steaks, place them in a deep bowl. Pour half of the cooked marinade over the fish. Leave for 25 minutes. Grease the grill with the remaining oil. We spread the fish from the marinade. Fry for 7-12 minutes on each side. We take out the finished salmon on a dish, pour the second part of the marinade. Serve with vegetables and lettuce.

Recipe 8.

Ingredients: 480 g salmon fillet, 55 g salt, 14 g sugar, 5 pcs. bay leaf, 6 allspice peas.

We wash the salmon, if possible, removing the remaining bones and skin. We spread the clean fish fillet on paper, let it dry, slightly getting wet. Combine salt and sugar in a separate plate, mix. Rub the fish with the resulting mixture of sugar and salt. Place the salmon in a deep container, evenly distributing bay leaves and peppercorns over its surface. We cover the container with fish with a tight-fitting lid. We send it to the refrigerator. We leave for salting for four days. Cut the finished salmon into thin slices. It is ideal for sandwiches, other appetizers and salads.

Recipe 9.

Ingredients: 420 g salmon fillet, 420 spaghetti, 360 ml low-fat cream, 3 cloves of garlic, 35 g butter, 20 g parsley, 20 g basil, 17 ml olive oil, salt.

Place the spaghetti in boiled, pre-salted water. Cook for about 8 minutes according to the instructions. Then we drain the water. Pouring in to pasta olive oil, mix. We wash the salmon, clean it from the skin. Cut into cubes 15x15 mm in size. Put butter in a saucepan, on which we fry the salmon for about 7 minutes. Then pour the cream over the fish. After boiling, leave on very low heat. We wash the parsley, basil, chop with a knife. Mix herbs with squeezed garlic. We fill the fish with the resulting mixture, salt. Cover the saucepan with a lid and leave for 4 minutes. Add spaghetti to the salmon, turn off the heat after 2-3 minutes.

Recipe 10.

Ingredients: 320 g salmon, 360 g flour, 105 g butter, 70 g lemon zest, 260 ml milk, 55 ml water, 45 g arugula, 45 g green onions, 5 g ground black pepper, 3 eggs, 5 g salt, 110 g Parmesan cheese.

Place 95 g of butter at room temperature in sifted flour. Add lemon zest and black pepper. We knead all the ingredients. Pour in water, knead the dough. Wrap up ready dough in a film, refrigerate it for half an hour. Coat a mold about 24 cm in diameter with the remaining oil. Stir the dough inside, gently level it over the entire surface, forming the sides. We make holes with a fork, bake at 190 degrees for 12 minutes. We wash the salmon, remove the skin. Cut into small pieces. We wash the onion, arugula, let it dry, chop it with a knife. Put the fish in the baked crust. Sprinkle onion and arugula on top. Rub the cheese. We drive eggs into a separate container, pour in milk, salt, add cheese. Beat and pour the fish with herbs mixture. We bake for 35 minutes at 190 degrees.

Salmon is a delicate, delicate fish, so in order to cook it properly, you need to know some culinary subtleties. Such a fish does not like a lot of spices - they will only interrupt its royal taste and aroma. Even for the marinade, it is worth using only ingredients that do not have an overly bright smell: lemon, pepper, honey. Also, do not subject salmon to long-term heat treatment. This fish is prepared quickly, which preserves not only its taste characteristics, but also all the beneficial substances that make up its composition.

Taking advantage of the recommendations for cooking salmon, every housewife will definitely get wonderful dishes that can conquer true gourmets with their taste. Simple recipes with salmon will be a real gift for novice cooks. Even the most common dish, which contains salmon, automatically turns into an amazing aromatic delicacy with an exquisite taste.