Mackerel most often appears on our table in salted or smoked form. But you can cook this fatty fish in other ways. The following are the best recipes for mackerel baked in the oven.

Oven mackerel baked in foil in the oven

Ingredients: a carcass of fish for about a pound, a handful of cherry tomatoes, soft cheese, salt, pepper.

  1. To begin with, the fish washes under running cold water, is cleaned, gets rid of the head, fins and viscera. Then it is rubbed with salt and freshly ground pepper.
  2. To prepare the filling, you need to wash and cut cherry tomatoes into thin half rings. Their amount in the recipe can be adjusted to your liking.
  3. Soft cheese is laid out inside the prepared fish carcass. It can also be salted if necessary. Tomato circles are distributed right on top of the cheese.
  4. Stuffed fish is wrapped in foil. It is better to use 2 layers of coating at once.

It is cooked in a well-heated oven for 40-45 minutes. It is tasty to combine the resulting fish with boiled potatoes or white crumbly rice.

Sleeve baking option

Ingredients: 2 large fish, 3 onions, a pinch of seasonings, bay leaf, salt, a pinch of caraway seeds.

  1. Fish carcasses are thoroughly washed and cleaned. They get rid of fins, rubbed with salt and selected seasonings.
  2. Bulbs are cut into thin half rings, sprinkled with caraway seeds.
  3. Shredded vegetables are poured into a baking sleeve. Prepared fish carcasses are laid out on onions. Be sure to make a couple of punctures on the sleeve with a toothpick to release steam.
  4. The dish is cooked for 35 minutes in a well-heated oven.

To get a golden crust on a fish, the sleeve must be cut and opened approximately 10-15 minutes before the treat is fully prepared.

Potato recipe

Ingredients: 2-3 medium-sized fish, a kilo of quickly boiled potatoes, 2 onions, rock salt, a mixture of ground colored peppers.

  1. The first step is to process the mackerel. For this, fish carcasses are washed, fins are cut off from them, heads and tails are removed. It remains to carefully gut the fish, rinse from the inside and dry slightly.
  2. Across each carcass, deep vertical cuts are made with a sharp knife. The lines are located nearby - 3-4 cm from each other. After that, the mackerel is rubbed with salt and pepper.
  3. The potato is peeled, washed well, and then cut into slices. You can grind it in circles or in another way to your liking.
  4. The onion is cleaned, washed and cut with thin half rings. Parts of the vegetable are inserted into the cuts obtained on the fish.
  5. The baking sheet is greased with any fat. On it, first of all, salted potatoes with onions are laid out. The products are also pepper to taste.
  6. On top of the vegetable cushion is a fish.

Mackerel with potatoes will be baked in the oven at 200-210 degrees until golden brown. Served hot to the table with any sauces.

With lemon and herbs

Ingredients: a half-kilo fish carcass, a bunch of various fresh herbs, 1/3 of fresh lemon, salt, pepper.

  1. The fish is washed, cleaned, gets rid of the head and viscera.
  2. For the filling, finely chopped salted greens, pepper and thin slices of citrus are combined. These components are laid out inside the mackerel.
  3. The fish is wrapped in foil. It is better to use 2 layers of coating at once.

A mackerel is cooked, baked in foil, in an oven warmed up to 190 degrees.

Bake in sour cream with vegetables

Ingredients: large fish carcass, bunch of green onions, carrots, 4 potatoes, 2 meaty tomatoes, 4 tbsp. tablespoons of fat sour cream, fine salt, aromatic herbs.

  1. To start, the fish is washed, cleaned, gutted and disposed of from the head. Next, it must be carefully cut into portioned pieces. If the mackerel is completely thawed, then it can fall apart when sliced. Especially if you take not the sharpest knife. Therefore, it is necessary to begin to grind the carcass before it is completely thawed.
  2. The potato is peeled, washed and cut with very thin plates. Wide pieces will bake too long. In order for excess starch to leave the potato wedges, they must be placed in a bowl of ice water for 10-12 minutes, and then thrown into a colander.
  3. Peeled carrots are also cut in circles.
  4. First, pieces of fish are rubbed with salt, aromatic herbs and lightly fried in any fat until golden brown.
  5. Potatoes are cooked in salt water for 5-7 minutes.
  6. In the remaining fat in a pan, tomatoes are chopped into small pieces, as well as carrots.
  7. It remains in the form to lay out slices of fish in layers, all vegetables in turn, chopped greens and pour sour cream on the products. If there is little fluid in the tank, you can add a little hot water.
  8. The form is covered with a “lid” of foil.

Mackerel is cooked, baked in the oven with vegetables, about half an hour at high temperature.

With rosemary

Ingredients: 2 medium fish carcasses, lemon, 4-6 sprigs of rosemary, 1 teaspoon of salt, a pinch of ground black pepper, 3 pinches of ground nutmeg. How to properly and how much to bake mackerel according to this recipe is described in detail below.

  1. First, the fish washes well and gets rid of the head. Its guts should be gutted, and the fins carefully cut with scissors.
  2. Lemon is cut in half, and then chopped into thin slices.
  3. The salt and spices stated in the recipe are mixed. They rub the carcasses both inside and out.
  4. Citrus slices are added to the mackerel’s tummy. Well-washed branches of rosemary are sent there in advance.Disassemble them into needles is not required, you can use the whole.
  5. The fish is transferred to a baking sheet covered with oiled foil.

Baked treats for about half an hour at 200-210 degrees in the oven.

With capers and herbs

Ingredients: 4 medium carcasses, 4 stalks of petiole celery, 60 g of capers with liquid, a bunch of dill, 4 tbsp. tablespoons of olive oil, zest and juice of a whole lemon, a mixture of spices to taste, salt.

  1. The fish carcasses are thawed in advance, then cleaned, washed and dried.
  2. For the filling, finely chopped greens and petiole celery, crushed capers together with the liquid, comprising citrus fruits, salt, olive oil, seasonings are mixed. If capers were not at hand, you can replace them with ordinary pickled cucumbers. True, the final taste of the dish from this will change.
  3. Each fish is smeared on all sides with the resulting mixture. Most of it goes inside the carcasses.
  4. Then the mackerels are wrapped in foil and sent to the oven.

Baked treats for 20-25 minutes.

With mushrooms and cheese

Ingredients: 2 mackerel, 2 pre-cooked eggs, half a bunch of fresh herbs, salt, 130 g of hard cheese, 1 tbsp. spoon of olive oil, lemon juice, a sprig of rosemary, 8-9 fresh champignons, 1 tbsp. a spoonful of sour cream, aromatic herbs.

  1. A head is cut off from each carcass, the entrails are taken out of them.
  2. The fish is placed on the tummy and is pressed by the palm along the ridge. So, before the hostess, the fillet will be without any difficulty.
  3. Mackerel is watered with lemon juice. Then the carcasses are salted, sprinkled with herbs and greased with oil.
  4. Mushrooms are cut into thin slices. The greens are chopped finely.
  5. Fish preparations are smeared with sour cream, sprinkled with herbs. Grated cheese and mushrooms are laid out on them.
  6. The last carcasses are divided into thin circles of boiled eggs.
  7. The fish are placed on the foil next to each other. Nearby is a sprig of rosemary. The foil is wrapped.

It is cooked in the oven at an average temperature of 35-45 minutes.

Oven-baked mackerel stuffed with vegetables

Ingredients: 3 large mackerels, 1 sweet Bulgarian pepper, onion, a glass of defrosted green beans, a mixture of spices, salt, carrot, a little lemon juice.

  1. All vegetables are chopped at random. It is best to grate the carrots on a medium grater, cut the onion into half rings, and the pepper into thin cubes.
  2. The prepared ingredients are poured into a pan, and string beans are added to them. In a small amount of oil, the components are fried for 7-8 minutes. Salt and spices are immediately added to the container.
  3. While preparing the vegetables, you need to gut the fish, rid it of bones, head and ridge. Each carcass is salted and sprinkled with lemon juice.
  4. Fish preparations are stuffed with a vegetable mixture and fixed with toothpicks. Top you need to grease the mackerel with a small amount of vegetable oil.

Carcasses tightly wrapped in foil will be baked in a well-heated oven for about half an hour.

Sliced ​​in mustard sauce

Ingredients: 2 fish carcasses, onion, 3 tbsp. tablespoons of mayonnaise and the same amount of soy sauce, 2 tbsp. tablespoons of mustard, salt.

  1. The fish is gutted, washed and cut in portions.
  2. Onions are chopped into thin half rings.
  3. For the sauce, all remaining ingredients from the recipe are mixed. It is important to remember that soy sauce is already salty. Additional salt may not be required.
  4. Pieces of mackerel are sprinkled with onion rings and filled with ready-made sauce.
  5. All components are well mixed and sent to a baking dish. The tank must first be lubricated with a small amount of oil.

Mackerel is prepared in mustard sauce for about half an hour in the oven at 170 degrees. The resulting treat is served with fresh herbs. It perfectly complements any side dish.

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