Correctly and harmoniously combining products is not an easy task. Quite often, housewives have problems with a combination of fish, in particular pink salmon. Experts advise choosing such a side dish so that it can successfully shade the taste of fish products and at the same time it is not too heavy for the stomach. What is the best way to serve pink salmon can be found in the article.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
Pink salmon is a healthy, nutritious and very tasty fish, representative of the Salmonids. It tastes great in fried, stewed, boiled or baked form. In fact, properly cooked pink salmon is a full-fledged dish.
However, to complement the taste and emphasize it allows various side dishes, among which are considered the most harmonious:
- boiled potatoes or potato stews;
- some types of cereals, in particular rice and buckwheat;
- Vegetables - green peas, carrots, sweet peppers, cabbage, beets.
Important! One of the most unsuccessful is the combination of pink salmon with pasta.
To get a tasty and healthy dish, it is important not only to combine products together correctly, but also to choose high-quality, fresh ingredients:
- when choosing pink salmon, you need to pay attention to the carcass - it should be elastic, flat, uniform in color, eyes - they should be shiny, without turbidity, smell - the fish should have a characteristic fishy odor without impurities of ammonia and rottenness;
- for potato stew it is recommended to select varieties of a universal type, which are characterized by moderate density, slight mealy and medium water content. Such potatoes are slightly boiled and in the process of cooking stew practically does not lose its shape;
- for side dishes, experienced chefs advise choosing steamed long-grain rice varietiesretaining up to 80% of all vitamins and minerals. Such rice has a golden color; during cooking it does not stick together.
Salmon Recipes
Even the most banal dish made from pink salmon can acquire an unusual and exclusive taste thanks to a properly selected side dish. Baked, fried or stewed vegetables, boiled cereals, as well as salads from fresh vegetables, are perfect for fish. The simplest and at the same time the most successful side dish recipes that are best served with pink salmon are presented later in the article.
Potato stew
800 ml40 minutes
carrot
1 PC. medium sized
bulb
1 PC. medium sized
canned peas
½ cans
vegetable oil
2-3 tbsp. l for frying
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Peel the potatoes, cut into small squares. Peel the onion and carrots. Grind onion raw materials into small squares, carrots - in small slices.
Sweet pepper free from the insides, cut into cubes.
In a bowl with a thick bottom, heat the oil, fry the onion raw materials until golden brown.
Send carrots to the onion and sauté until tender.
Add potatoes to the onion-carrot mixture. Salt and pepper vegetables, mix.
Pour the vegetable mass with tomato juice and a small amount of water. Leave the ingredients to simmer for about 5-8 minutes.
Put pepper and peas in a bowl, then laurel and chopped greens.
Boil another 2-3 minutes. Let it brew for a few minutes.
Peel the potatoes, cut into small squares. Peel the onion and carrots. Grind onion raw materials into small squares, carrots - in small slices.
Sweet pepper free from the insides, cut into cubes.
In a bowl with a thick bottom, heat the oil, fry the onion raw materials until golden brown.
Send carrots to the onion and sauté until tender.
Add potatoes to the onion-carrot mixture. Salt and pepper vegetables, mix.
Pour the vegetable mass with tomato juice and a small amount of water. Leave the ingredients to simmer for about 5-8 minutes.
Put pepper and peas in a bowl, then laurel and chopped greens.
Boil another 2-3 minutes. Let it brew for a few minutes.Video recipe
Potato stew
With rice
1.5 L45 minutes
bow
2 medium onions
carrot
2 medium sized pieces
sour cream or mayonnaise
2-3 tbsp. l
vegetable oil
2-3 tbsp. l
salt, pepper, seasoning for fish
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Clean the carcass of the fish, free from the entrails, rinse several times with cool water, divide into portions.
Peel the onion, cut into small cubes. Grate the carrots.
In a frying pan in heated oil, fry the onion raw materials until golden, then carrots.
Boil rice in slightly salted water. Grease the glass container for baking with any fat, put in layers: boiled rice, then onion-carrot mixture, on top slices of pink salmon. Salt and pepper.
Grease the upper fish layer with sour cream or mayonnaise sauce.
Grate cheese on a coarse grater, sprinkle with fish and vegetable mass.
Send bake the ingredients in a preheated to + 200 ° C oven for 20 minutes.
Sprinkle the finished dish with herbs.
Clean the carcass of the fish, free from the entrails, rinse several times with cool water, divide into portions.
Peel the onion, cut into small cubes. Grate the carrots.
In a frying pan in heated oil, fry the onion raw materials until golden, then carrots.
Boil rice in slightly salted water. Grease the glass container for baking with any fat, put in layers: boiled rice, then onion-carrot mixture, on top slices of pink salmon. Salt and pepper.
Grease the upper fish layer with sour cream or mayonnaise sauce.
Grate cheese on a coarse grater, sprinkle with fish and vegetable mass.
Send bake the ingredients in a preheated to + 200 ° C oven for 20 minutes.
Sprinkle the finished dish with herbs.Video recipe
With rice Video recipe: With rice
Important! A great alternative to garnish for pink salmon is baked cabbage — colored or broccoli.
With green peas
250 ml25 minutes
green peas frozen
200 g
carrot
1 medium-sized piece
vegetable oil
200 ml
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Cut the onion and garlic into small cubes.
Grate the carrots with a medium grater.
In a frying pan in heated oil, fry the onions until golden brown, then carrot raw materials.
Add peas to the onion-carrot mixture, add water, simmer under the lid for about 7-10 minutes.
At the end of cooking, bring the side dish to taste with salt and pepper.
Cut the onion and garlic into small cubes.
Grate the carrots with a medium grater.
In a frying pan in heated oil, fry the onions until golden brown, then carrot raw materials.
Add peas to the onion-carrot mixture, add water, simmer under the lid for about 7-10 minutes.
At the end of cooking, bring the side dish to taste with salt and pepper.Video recipe
With green peas Video recipe: With green peas
Did you know? The most expensive potato is considered a variety grown on the French island of Noirmoutier. The cost of one kilogram of vegetable starts from 500 euros.
Pink salmon is one of the most affordable, tasty and healthy representatives of red fish. Before preparing it, experts advise you to think about the side dish in advance, because their symbiosis affects the final taste of the dish. If you have doubts about the choice of suitable products, then you need to remember that there are universal supplements, for example, boiled rice or potatoes.
