Pink salmon in soy sauce in the oven

Juicy, fragrant and tender red fish - for the whole family. Pink salmon in soy sauce in the oven is a great way to make initially dry fish soft and juicy. Marinade and baking in foil perfectly cope with this task. Spices can be added to your taste. Serve with your favorite side dish.
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Composition / ingredients

servings:
Translation table of volumetric measures
Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe
By weight of the composition:
Proteins 56 % 14 g
Fats 24 % 6 g
Carbohydrates 20 % 5 g
124 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 1 h 40 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make pink salmon in soy sauce in the oven? Prepare the necessary ingredients for cooking juicy pink salmon steaks. Olive oil can be replaced with any vegetable oil.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    First, the pink salmon needs to be pickled to enrich the fish with additional juice and a special taste. For the marinade, combine soy sauce, lemon juice and olive oil in a small bowl. Add the basil, mix everything well. Spices and aromatic herbs take any to taste, they will help to fully reveal the taste of fish. But do not add a lot of spices and spices, so as not to interrupt the taste of the main product.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    For pickling, take a container suitable in size and width. It is desirable that the steaks lie in one layer, so they will be better marinated. Add salt to the fish, while keeping in mind that soy sauce, which is part of the marinade, will give the dish a certain amount of salinity.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Pour the pink salmon marinade, mix gently so that the marinade is evenly distributed over all the pieces of fish.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Cover the steaks container with a lid and leave to marinate for 0.5-1 hour. The longer the fish is marinated, the tastier it will turn out in the end. During marinating, turn the steaks a couple of times so that they are marinated more evenly on all sides. If the marinating time is significantly increased, then it is better to place the container with steaks in the refrigerator.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Pre-peeled onion cut into thin half rings. If the onion is small, you can cut it into whole rings.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Prepare aluminum foil for baking fish. You can put all the steaks in foil at once, I wrapped 2 steaks each. Put the prepared onions on a sheet of foil of the required size.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Put the pickled pink salmon steaks on top of the onion.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Cover the pink salmon with a second sheet of foil from above, tightly wrapping the edges so that during baking the foil does not open and the juices do not flow out. Tightness is very important here. At the same time, you do not need to press the foil close to the fish. There should be a space between the foil and the steaks so that the fish is steamed.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Place the foil-wrapped steaks on a sheet. Bake in a preheated 180C oven for 25-30 minutes. The fish is cooked quickly, so you need to get it out of the oven in time, without allowing the juice to completely evaporate. The baking time will depend on the specifics of the oven.

  11. Step 11:

    Step 11.

    Remove the fish from the oven. Carefully, so as not to get burned, unfold the edges and remove the top layer of foil. Put the steaks in the oven for another 3-5 minutes so that they are slightly browned.

  12. Step 12:

    Step 12.

    Serve pink salmon in soy sauce hot with a side dish of potatoes or cereals or with fresh vegetables. Bon appetit!

You can buy ready-made salmon steaks. Or get them from a whole fish. Pink salmon must first be cleaned of the insides and scales, cut off the head and tail. Wash the fish thoroughly, dry and cut into steaks about 2 cm thick .

Black pepper, oregano, paprika, saffron, dill, ginger are suitable for baking red fish.

Fish cooked in foil turns out to be more tender and softer compared to boiled or fried. And, in addition, it is more useful, since it is cooked under steam.

Baking in foil does not require additional intervention in the cooking process, which is very convenient for any housewife.

Keep in mind that everyone's ovens are different. The temperature and cooking time may differ from those specified in the recipe. To make any baked dish successful, use useful information in this article !

Caloric content of the products possible in the composition of the dish

  • Fresh basil - 27   kcal/100g
  • Dried basil - 251   kcal/100g
  • Soy sauce - 51   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Lemon juice - 16   kcal/100g
  • Olive oil - 913   kcal/100g
  • Pink salmon steak - 116   kcal/100g

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