Garnish for fish - 7 recipes

Choosing the right side dish for fish is not as easy as it seems at first glance. You need to know a lot of nuances so that the selected dish emphasizes the taste of seafood, does not drown it and is easily absorbed in such a tandem.

Classic fried fish side dish

Potatoes have long been considered a universal product that is suitable for many dishes and snacks. Fish is no exception, since the taste of potatoes is in good harmony with it.

At the same time, fried potatoes are cooked for fried fish, and boiled potatoes are cooked for boiled fish. But depending on personal taste preferences, you can depart from this rule.

Many people serve boiled potatoes to fried fish, and that's fine.

The side dish recipe is simple. The list of essential ingredients is very short:

• potatoes - 6 pcs.;
• Provencal herbs - to taste;
• salt pepper;
• breadcrumbs - 3 tbsp. l .;
• olive oil - 4 tbsp. l

Cooking:

1. Cut the potatoes into small pieces.
2. Add spices, salt, crackers, pour oil. Mix.
3. Put on a baking sheet covered with baking paper. Bake until golden brown.

Cooking mashed potatoes will not be difficult even for beginners. Ingredients:

• potatoes - 500 g;
• egg - 1 pc.;
• milk - 0.5 tbsp .;
• salt - 1 tsp;
• dried dill.

Cooking:

1. Boil chopped potatoes in pieces in salted water. It will take from ¼ to ½ hour. If the potato is easily pierced with a knife, then it is ready.
2. Mash mashed potatoes.
3. Boil milk and pour in small portions into the pan. At the end, beat the egg and mix well. Sprinkle with dried dill.

A delicious side dish is ready.

Cooking from vegetables

Professional chefs often prepare a vegetable side dish for fish, because it is not only tasty, but also healthy.At the same time, vegetables can be cooked in any form: pickled, fresh, boiled, stewed, fried or baked.

The most common vegetable side dishes:

• green salads;
• eggplant;
• Tomatoes
• onion;
• green pea;
• cucumbers
• beans;
• broccoli;
• spinach and celery;
• carrot.

However, the choice should take into account the degree of fat content of the fish. For fatty varieties (mackerel, salmon, sardine) it is better to serve light salads of greens and fresh vegetables, and for dry (hake, pike perch, cod) - steamed vegetable side dishes or mashed potatoes.

For example, a simple and tasty side dish can be made from carrots. Ingredients:

• carrots - 800 g;
• butter - ½ pack;
• sugar - 4 tbsp. l .;
• ground black pepper;
• greenery.

Cooking:

1. Put the peeled root vegetables in a pot with hot water and cook for 8 - 9 minutes.
2. Drain the broth.
3. Melt the butter in a pan, add the carrots and simmer for 5 - 6 minutes. Add sugar and cook as much.

Before serving, it would be good to sprinkle carrots with pepper and chopped herbs.

Rice recipe

Crumbly boiled rice garnished with fish is a classic of the genre.

Ingredients:

• long-grain rice - 150 g;
• a pair of sour apples;
• small onion;
• butter for frying;
• salt to taste.

Cooking:

1. Rinse the rice several times until the water becomes clear.
2. Pour washed cereal with 300 ml of water and bring to a boil. Then reduce heat to a minimum and cook until cooked by closing the lid. Stir the contents of the pan while cooking.
3. At the end, add salt, mix and let the rice “rest” under the closed lid.
4. Cut apples into large slices of small thickness, onions - into cubes.
5. Melt and heat the oil. Fry fruit, put on a plate and cut into cubes.
6. Fry the onions in the same oil.

Combine onions and apples with rice and serve. Instead of frying, you can simply bake apples on the grill.

Garnish with fish in the oven

Garnish for baked fish should be light and neutral. The best choice is a low-calorie fresh vegetable salad with spicy dressing. Alternatively, mashed potatoes with peas can also be served.

Salad Ingredients:

• greens (arugula, frize) - a large bunch;
• cherry tomatoes - 200 g;
• olives - 30 g;
• olive oil - 1 tbsp. l .;
• lemon juice - 1 tsp;
• salt and white pepper.

Cooking:

1. Cut tomatoes and olives in half. Combine with greens.
2. Stir oil and lemon juice. Season the salad.
3. Add salt and pepper.

In just 5 minutes you can cook a healthy and equally tasty side dish for fish in the oven. You just need to put fish and vegetables in a baking dish and pour them with a suitable sauce.

What to serve with pollock

Pollock turns out to be tasty if cooked on a vegetable pillow.

Ingredients:

• pollock - 800 g;
• beans - 300 g;
• sweet pepper - 1 pc.;
• large onion;
• tomato - 1 pc.;
• lettuce - 4 pcs.;
• greenery;
• salt, spices;
• vegetable oil;
• flour;
• lemon juice.

Cooking:

1. Prepare the fish and sprinkle the pieces of the carcass with lemon juice. Salt and refrigerate for 1 hour.
2. Roll the fish in flour and fry. Put on a baking sheet and bake for 20 minutes.
3. Boil the beans.
4. Dice the onion, pepper into strips, tomato into slices.
5. Fry onion and pepper, add beans and tomatoes and simmer for 10 minutes.
6. Salt, add spices, chop greens and sprinkle with a side dish.

Put lettuce on a plate, on top - stewed vegetables and pieces of fish. Serve hot.

Addition to red fish

Garnish for red fish is not so easy to choose, because it in itself has a very rich taste. Therefore, it is best to cook pickled vegetables for it or just cut fresh tomatoes or cucumbers into slices.

Well emphasizes the taste of red fish, green peas, olives, soaked lingonberries, garlic or creamy sauce.

The right side dish for stewed fish

Vegetable salad is good for stewed fish.

Ingredients:

• cucumber - 2 pcs.;
• tomato - 2 pcs.;
• carrots - 2 pcs.;
• apples - 2 pcs.;
• lettuce - 4 - 5 pcs.;
• sour cream - 100 ml;
• lemon - 0.25 pcs.;
• salt and sugar.

Cooking:

1. Cut cucumbers, carrots and apples into thin strips, tomatoes into slices.
2. Lettuce leaves tear into pieces.
3. Stir all the ingredients, setting aside a few slices of tomatoes for decoration.
4. Season the salad with sour cream and lemon juice, add salt and sugar.

Slices of tomatoes decorate the salad on top.

Table: combination of garnish with fish

Conventionally, all side dishes can be divided into simple and complex. Simple side dishes consist of one or two ingredients, such as stewed broccoli or green peas. Complex ones include three or more components, and therefore require more time for cooking and have a richer taste (vegetable stew, rice with vegetables).

Fish species	Go well together	Universal side dish	Do not fit
Fatty Fish	Salads Fatty varieties of fish from fresh vegetables, sour fruits and berries, baked vegetables	Crumbly rice	Pasta, cereals (except rice)
Low Fat Fish	Potatoes with butter or fat sauce, beets, stewed vegetables, vegetable purees, in some cases buckwheat is allowed

The main rule: the spices used must be the same in all dishes, otherwise the harmony of taste will be broken. Ready fish can be decorated with figuratively carved vegetables - so the dish will become truly festive.

Ingredients for complex side dishes need to be cut carefully, trying to ensure that all the pieces are the same size.

It is best to cut vegetables into small cubes, with a side of 5 mm. They cook quickly and do not spill into porridge. If the slices of vegetables are different in size, they will cook unevenly: some will be raw, while others will simply boil.

Fish is not a full-fledged dish, but a delicacy that needs a decent decoration with a side dish. Learn to choose it correctly and your family will definitely appreciate your culinary abilities.