Catfish kebab

Tender, juicy, spicy, the most delicious! Shish kebab from catfish turns out to be very soft and fragrant. The marinade is prepared in a matter of minutes from the most affordable products. The recipe will definitely come in handy during the barbecue season to diversify the meat menu.

Natalia Tsybulskaya

The author of the recipe

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Composition / ingredients

Servings:

Catfish

700

Olive oil

Soy sauce

Lemon juice

Translation table of volumetric measures

Nutrients and energy value of the composition of the recipe

By weight of the composition:

Proteins 52 % 15 g

Fats 38 % 11 g

Carbohydrates 10 % 3 g

164 kcal

GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 3 hours

Step 1:
How to make a shish kebab from catfish? Prepare the products. Boneless catfish fillet is best suited, if you have a whole fish, then cut it into fillets yourself. Olive oil can be replaced with any vegetable oil.
Step 2:
Wash the fish, dry it, remove the existing bones if necessary. Cut into medium pieces. Too large ones will start to burn, and small ones will turn out to be dry.
Step 3:
Prepare the marinade. How to make marinade? Rinse the lemon with hot water — this way it will best give its juice. For the same purpose, roll it several times with pressure on the table. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon, trying not to get the bones into it. Mix lemon juice with soy sauce and olive oil until smooth. The marinade is ready. If you wish, you can add to the marinade any herbs to taste, spices, as well as onions or garlic.
Step 4:
Pour the fish pieces with the prepared marinade and leave for 1-3 hours. There is a sufficient amount of salt in soy sauce, so we will not salt the shish kebab.
Step 5:
While the shish kebab is marinating, light the firewood in the grill and bring it to the state of coals. I recommend using high-quality firewood for cooking on the grill, preferably birch.
Step 6:
Put the pieces of fish on the skewers and put them to roast on the grill. You can also use the grill for frying on the grill and cook a barbecue on it. Choose from what you have in stock.
Step 7:
Catfish is a fish that cooks very quickly. Fry for 2-3 minutes on one side, and then turn the skewers with the other side. In total, the preparation will take about 20-25 minutes.
Step 8:
Serve ready-made catfish kebab with fresh herbs and seasonal vegetables. Enjoy your meal!

Catfish is not very popular, but it is extremely tasty and healthy. It contains more Omega 3 fatty acids than other fish. The fish is not as oily as salmon or mackerel, for example, but nevertheless it turns out not at all dry, but very juicy.
I also want to note that this marinade is quite versatile and is quite suitable for other types of fish.

For this recipe, it is better to take not frozen, but fresh fish, otherwise the finished fish risks getting dry.

How to properly cut a whole fish into fillets? Remove the tail, head and fins. Cut the carcass along the spine to the spine. Turn it on its side. With a sharp knife, cut the meat from the backbone bone. Turn the carcass over and cut the fillet from the other side. Clean the inside by removing the black film, as it is bitter and will spoil the taste. Rinse and be sure to dry well.

When adding soy sauce to a dish, it is worth considering that it has a rather salty taste. Reduce the total amount of salt, otherwise you risk over-salting.