Boiled pollock

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   Fill the pan with cold filtered water, put the peeled white onion into it. I have small bulbs, so I took two. Put the pan on medium heat.

2. Step 2:

   

   Wash the carrots under running water, rubbing the peel with a brush if it is very dirty. Peel the carrots, it is convenient to do it with a vegetable peeler. Put the carrots in a saucepan. Vegetables are not crushed here because they are needed in the broth only for taste.

3. Step 3:

   

   Wash the greens and cut off the stiff stems. Send them to the pot. Leaves of greenery will be useful in the future for serving. Add sweet peas and a small bay leaf. By the way, few housewives keep hard stalks of fresh greens, simply throwing them away. And very in vain, because they are ideal for flavoring broths!

4. Step 4:

   

   As soon as the broth boils, add salt to taste. This point is important to preserve the appearance of the inner surface of stainless steel pots. Plus, fresh water boils faster.

6. Step 5:

   

   Cook the broth for a couple of minutes after boiling until the water turns yellow. This is a signal to remove the greens and all the seasonings. They won't be needed anymore. Onions and carrots remain in their place, they have not yet given everything they can to the broth.

7. Step 6:

   

   Immediately put the defrosted, washed and chopped pollock fillets into a saucepan. You can also use steaks of this fish. Pollock has a rather mild and neutral taste by itself, and thanks to the flavoring of the broth, the finished dish will turn out to be more interesting than if you just cook pollock in water.

8. Step 7:

   

   Foam may form in the pan during cooking. This is a protein that has curled up from the temperature, and this is absolutely normal. The foam just needs to be removed with a tablespoon or a slotted spoon. Pollock is cooked very quickly. Fifteen minutes after boiling will be quite enough. Boiled onion from broth is usually thrown away. But carrots are quite pleasant to the taste, you can eat them with pleasure.