How to clean a pike before cooking

Fish - a food product rich in vitamins, is often used in the diet menu. There is a variety of species, and cooking methods even more. Many lovers prefer pike, whose meat is rich in protein and has excellent taste. Regular eating enhances human immunity, the body becomes resistant to various infections, pike meat has antiseptic substances.

Training

In order for the dish to be quickly and simply cooked, it is important to properly prepare the pike. The processing is as follows.

• Get rid of the smell of tina.
• Remove the bones.

Butchering the carcass is a dirty occupation and few of the housewives do it willingly. But the desire to get a tasty and healthy dish will make you sacrifice a manicure. Knowing how to properly cut it, everything will end quickly. We will need:

• Convenient knife.
• Board for cutting.
• Running water.
• Paper towels.
• A bowl or other suitable container.

Classic cut fresh pike

How to get rid of mucus

To get rid of mucus, the pike should be washed under a tap, then lowered into a container of water and left there for 30 minutes. After that, rinse again and proceed to cutting.

How to remove the scales

Pour boiling water over the fish and the scale will be removed more easily. It is best to use a knife with a thick blade for cleaning. It is necessary to carry out a movement against the growth of scales.

How to gut

With the help of a thin sharp knife, an incision is made in the abdomen, the insides are taken out. The tail and all the fins are cut using scissors. The finished carcass is washed under a stream of cold water. Next cooking from pike. If this fish cakesthen separate the fillet. Fried or baked fish requires prior bone removal.

Milling

1 cm from the gills an incision is made inland to the ridge, without cutting it. An incision is also made along the back. Using a knife, starting from the head, carefully cut the fillet on one side. Then turn the carcass over and do the same manipulation on the other side. Remove the film from the inside and remove the ribs.

Features of cutting frozen pike

To easily deal with a frozen pike, you must have a sharp knife, cutting board and tongs. The step-by-step cleaning step looks like this.

• Rinse the pike in running water.
• Trim all fins and tail.
• Make a shallow incision around the entire head.
• An incision is also made along the entire abdomen and back.
• Grasp the edge of the skin from the side of the skin with tongs and gently pull it off.
• After that, cut off the head.
• The fish is cut into pieces, 5 cm in size - it is easier to separate the fillet from the ridge and small bones.

Preparation for cooking

The basis of preparation is the proper cutting, cleaning from bones, scales, skins. Pike is prepared in various ways, which we consider below.

Frying

To fry a pike, it is necessary to cut the carcass into pieces about 5 cm in size. In a separate plate, mix flour and salt with pepper, in another - break a couple of eggs. You can slightly salt them. Heat a pan with a little oil. Each piece:

1. Roll on all sides in flour.
2. Soak completely in the egg mixture.
3. Send to the pan and fry on both sides until golden brown.

Ear

To cook pike ear, you need to throw potatoes, a whole onion and salt to taste in boiling water. When it is ready, the turn comes fish and cereals (you can use rice, pearl barley, millet groats). At the end, you can add bay leaf, fresh dill.

Fish cakes

Grind the pike fillet, add the egg, spices, onions, a couple of tbsp. tablespoons of flour, mix. The dough should turn out like a pancake. Fry in a small amount of oil.

Roasting

One of the cooking options is baking in the oven. Cooking time about 30 minutes. Foil can be used as desired. The fish will turn out juicy, tasty and healthy.

• Pike - 1 carcass.
• Hard cheese - 100 gr.
• Spices to taste, salt.
• Mayonnaise or vegetable oil.
• Fresh tomato - 1-2 pieces (depending on size).

1. Cut the prepared carcass into 3 cm pieces. Put in a bowl.
2. Pour salt, spices, oil (or mayonnaise) and mix. Leave on for 30 minutes, let it marinate.
3. Put the finished pieces on a baking sheet or foil.
4. On top of each piece lay a circle of tomato, lightly grease with mayonnaise and sprinkle with grated cheese.
5. Put in the oven until fully cooked.

Useful Tips

• The remaining ridge with a small amount of fish meat (after milling) can be used to make fish soup.
• When cutting pike, you need to be careful, because she has sharp teeth.
• When buying, you should pay attention to the gills, smell, eyes (should not be cloudy), elasticity.

Pike is a great option for cooking tasty and healthy food at home. If you follow all the recommendations, cutting will not take much time. Enjoy your meal!