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Carp in sour cream baked in the oven in pieces

Oven-Baked Carp Pieces in Sour Cream

Baked in a fragrant sauce! Carp baked in sour cream is every bit as good as everyone's favorite pan-fried version. The juicy sauce makes this dish absolutely finger-licking good! Just be careful: carp has a lot of small bones.

Natalia Tsybulskaya

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Carp in sour cream baked in the oven in pieces

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Carp

800

Sour cream

200

Onion

Flour

Vegetable oil

Dill

Bay leaf

Salt

Ground coriander

Dry spices

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 40 % 10 g

Fats 40 % 10 g

Carbohydrates 20 % 5 g

146 kcal

GI: 60 / 0 / 40

Cooking method

Step 1:

How do you bake carp pieces in sour cream? Gather all your ingredients. It's best to buy live carp so you can be sure of its freshness. If you're buying chilled fish, check the gills, which should be pink or red, and the eyes, which shouldn't be cloudy.
Step 2:

Gut and clean the fish. If you like, remove the head, tail, and fins. A small carp can be left whole, while a large one can be cut into pieces.
Step 3:

Roll the carp pieces in flour on all sides.
Step 4:

Heat the vegetable oil in a skillet, add the carp, and fry it over medium heat on all sides until golden brown.
Step 5:

While the carp fries, peel the onions and cut them into thin half-rings.
Step 6:

Add salt and pepper to the onions, stir, and let them sit.
Step 7:

Stir all the spices and the crushed bay leaf into the sour cream.
Step 8:

Spread a little onion over the bottom of a heat-proof baking dish.
Step 9:

Then add the fried carp.
Step 10:

Tuck the remaining onion in among the pieces.
Step 11:

Pour the sour cream over the fish. Bake in an oven preheated to 350°F (180°C) for about 30 minutes.
Step 12:

Sprinkle the finished dish with chopped dill and serve right away with any side dish or vegetables. Enjoy!

Keep in mind that every oven is different, so the temperature and cooking time may vary from what's given here. Get to know how your own oven behaves to help any baked dish turn out well.
Turn the oven on 10 to 20 minutes before you start cooking so it has time to reach the right temperature.
Never fully thaw fish you're going to cut up! It's best to set it on the bottom shelf of the refrigerator and let it come to just slightly thawed. That way everything from cutting steaks or large pieces to filleting will go smoothly. Fully thawed fish risks turning into a shapeless mush when you cut it.