Microwave takes one of the key places in the kitchens of many housewives. Due to its lightness and convenience in use, it not only warms the already prepared food, but also prepares full, delicious dishes. One of the dishes that you can cook in a microwave is the fish, but to make it successful, you need to remember some rules.
Preparation of fish in a microwave oven
- before cooking, the fish should be thawed, but make sure that it does not heat up, and after defrosting it remains cold;
- Defrosting fish in a microwave, you need to cover it with a paper towel and turn it once;
- before cooking fish in a microwave it is not necessary to salt it, otherwise it will become stiff;
- when cooking fish in a microwave, always choose dishes with a lid with a hole for steam, or completely cover it with sauce;
- Consider that after the end of the cooking time, the fish must stand to reach full availability;
- You can cook in the microwave and packed fish. To do this, you need to lay out a bag of fish on the dish and make a few holes in it, through which the steam will exit;
- the readiness of the fish cooked in the microwave is tested as well as with the usual methods of preparation - flakes should not be transparent, and the meat must be delaminated;
- It is necessary to prepare fish in foil in a microwave oven very carefully, using only a special foil for the oven and carefully reading the instructions to your microwave oven.
We want to offer you a few interesting recipes for cooking fish in a microwave oven.
Fish in the microwave recipe
Ingredients:
- fish fillet - 350 g;
- sour cream - 100 g;
- hard cheese - 30 g;
- flour - 15 g;
- vegetable oil - 30 ml;
- onion - 100 g;
- salt and pepper to taste;
- dill.
Preparation
Before baking the fish in a microwave, we cut the onions with rings, and the cheese is rubbed on the grater. Cut the fillets in small pieces and put them in a bowl, pre-greased with sunflower oil. We spread the onions from above. Then we prepare sauce, mixing sour cream with water in a proportion of 1: 1, adding flour, vegetable oil and salt, and we pour the fish.
Put it all in the oven and cook fish in the microwave with an average power of 10-15 minutes. Then sprinkle the dish with cheese and return it back to the microwave for 2-3 minutes. Before serving, sprinkle the prepared dish with dill.
Red fish in the microwave
Fans of red fish will appreciate how easy and quick it can be cooked in a microwave oven, and the fish itself will turn out to be very tender and juicy.
Ingredients:
- red fish (salmon, trout) - 400 g;
- spices for fish;
- wine, soy sauce or any other marinade - 2 tbsp. spoons.
Preparation
Fish the whole piece in a microwave dish, grease with spices and add liquid. After that, cover with a lid and, having put in the oven capacity 800, cook 4 minutes. Then leave another few minutes and serve to the table with any side dish.
Fish in the microwave grill
For those who prefer grilled dishes and has in their arsenal a microwave with a grill function, there is also a simple and easy fish recipe.
Ingredients:
- fish fillets - 2 pieces;
- mayonnaise - 150 g;
- seasoning for grilling;
- spices;
- lemon seasoning for fish.
Preparation
Mix mayonnaise with seasonings and marinate fish in it, leaving for about 1 hour. Then put the fish on a high grate in the oven, putting the dishes under it, where the juice will flow. Cook 3 minutes at 100% power level.
After that, cook another 10 minutes on one side in Combi-1 mode, and another 5 minutes on the other hand in grill mode.