Fried crucian carp in a frying pan in flour

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to fry carp in a frying pan? Prepare the necessary products. The fresher the fish, the better, but frozen is also suitable. Defrost it in advance if necessary. To rid the carp of its inherent smell of mud, sprinkle it with lemon juice, lightly pepper or add spices - during processing.

2. Step 2:

   

   To begin with, clean the crucian from the scales and gut it. You will be lucky if there is caviar inside the fish. It is very tasty to fry it both separately and in the form of pancakes, adding an egg. In short, if there is caviar, pull it out and set aside for another recipe.

3. Step 3:

   

   A large carp must be cut into pieces with a sharp knife, spread out along the spine - so the pieces are better fried and browned. Leave small fish whole, the main thing is that they fit in a frying pan when frying (but I advise you to cut them into pieces anyway).

4. Step 4:

   

   This is how sliced portioned pieces of carp look to me.

5. Step 5:

   

   Sprinkle them with lemon juice.

7. Step 6:

   

   Season the fish with salt and pepper.

8. Step 7:

   

   And pan the crucian in flour. To do this, simply roll the fish in flour on a separate flat plate.

9. Step 8:

   

   Fry the pieces of carp in a frying pan in preheated oil over medium heat on one side until browned. Do not move away from the stove and make sure that your fish does not burn.

10. Step 9:

    

    Then turn the fish over and fry on the other side, putting pieces of onion in the gaps. If the crucian is even larger than mine, you can hold it under the lid, but then turn it upside down again so that the surface that is limp under the lid dries and becomes crispy again.