Pollock in the oven with onions and carrots

Step-by-step cooking

1. Step 1:

   

   How to make pollock in the oven with onions and carrots? Prepare the necessary ingredients for cooking pollock in the oven with carrots and onions. If the fish is frozen, it must first be thawed at room temperature or in the refrigerator. Defrosting at low temperatures will be more correct, as it avoids a pronounced temperature contrast, as a result of which the fish retains its nutritional properties to the maximum.

2. Step 2:

   

   Cut off all the fins of the pollock with scissors. Rinse the fish thoroughly under cold water, washing off small scales from the skin. Remove the black film from the abdomen so that the fish does not taste bitter. Dry the fish, cut it with a sharp knife into portions of the desired size.

3. Step 3:

   

   Put the fish in a convenient container, add salt, add seasonings, mix. I used basil. You can take any spices and seasonings as desired. Leave the fish for 20 minutes to soak in the seasonings.

4. Step 4:

   

   Pre-peel and wash the onion. Cut the onion into thin quarters (that is, cut each onion ring into 4 parts). You can cut the onion into cubes or half rings. Choose the shape and size of the slicing as desired.

5. Step 5:

   

   Pre-washed carrots in running water with a brush, peel, grate on a coarse grater.

6. Step 6:

   

   In a frying pan with the addition of vegetable oil, fry the onion over medium heat for 3 minutes. At the same time, stir occasionally so that the onion is fried evenly and does not burn.

7. Step 7:

   

   Add carrots to the onion, mix. Fry the vegetables while stirring for another 5 minutes.

9. Step 8:

   

   Add tomato paste and paprika to the vegetables. They will give the vegetables a pleasant color and additional taste. Pour in boiling water. Why boiling water? In order not to slow down the process of stewing vegetables. Add a little salt and mix everything together.

10. Step 9:

    

    Simmer the vegetables over low heat with the lid closed until partially cooked. Vegetables should not be completely soft. They will reach full readiness when baking with fish.

11. Step 10:

    

    Put about 1/3 of the prepared vegetables evenly into the baking dish.

12. Step 11:

    

    Place the pollock pieces on top.

13. Step 12:

    

    Cover the fish with the remaining vegetables. It is desirable that the top layer of vegetables covers the pieces of fish as much as possible. Vegetables with tomato paste when baking will soften and soak the fish, make it more fragrant. Also, thanks to the vegetable cap, the fish will not dry out in the oven and will be juicy. You can additionally cover the mold from above with foil.

14. Step 13:

    

    Bake pollock with vegetables in a preheated 180C oven for 25-30 minutes. The baking time may vary depending on the characteristics of the oven and the material of the mold that is used.

15. Step 14:

    

    Serve pollock with vegetables hot with any side dish or as an independent dish. Bon appetit!