Pink salmon stewed with onions and carrots

Delicious pink salmon stewed with onions, carrots and sour cream! Pink salmon stewed with onions and carrots in sour cream is a self-sufficient dish that does not need a side dish. It is prepared very simply and is perfect for a family lunch or dinner!
Natalia TsybulskayaAuthor avatar
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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 48 % 12 g
Fats 40 % 10 g
Carbohydrates 12 % 3 g
145 kcal
GI: 100 / 0 / 0

Step-by-step cooking

Cooking time: 30 min
  1. Step 1:

    Step 1.

    How to make pink salmon stewed with onions and carrots? Prepare all the products. Take the fish, of course, chilled - there are much more useful substances in it. If you only have frozen fish, always defrost it correctly. Immediately after the freezer, place the fish in the refrigerator for 8 hours and only then finally defrost it at room temperature. I use pink salmon fillets on the skin, but it can be fillets without skin, and even pink salmon steaks.

  2. Step 2:

    Step 2.

    Peel the onion. You can easily peel the onion if you soak it in cold water for 20 minutes beforehand. Then cut the onion into cubes.

  3. Step 3:

    Step 3.

    Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan. It can be anything: both inexpensive sunflower, and more elite olive, but it must be refined. Since we will fry in oil, and only in this case it will not burn in a frying pan. Choose refined types of oils. Add the chopped onion and fry it until transparent. It usually takes about 5 minutes over medium heat.

  4. Step 4:

    Step 4.

    Peel and grate the carrots on a medium grater.

  5. Step 5:

    Step 5.

    Add the carrots to the pan and fry together with the onion for about 5 more minutes.

  6. Step 6:

    Step 6.

    Wash the fish well, dry it, then remove the fins and visible bones. If you have a whole pink salmon, then I recommend cutting fillets from it. Cut the fish fillet into medium-sized pieces: do not make them too large - the piece should be of such a size that it could be safely put in your mouth.

  7. Step 7:

    Step 7.

    Put the fish on the onion and carrot and reduce the heat to a minimum. If you have fillets on the skin, spread them skin down.

  8. Step 8:

    Step 8.

    Add a little salt to the fish. By the way, at this stage you can pepper it, or add some of your favorite herbs or seasonings: Provencal herbs, thyme and rosemary, as well as any fresh herbs will be appropriate.

  9. Step 9:

    Step 9.

    Pour sour cream on top of the fish. Its fat content can be any, but I still recommend sour cream with a minimum fat content of 10-15%, so that it can be easily distributed over the surface of the fish. Cover the pan with a lid and cook on low heat for about 20 minutes. During this time, the fish will definitely have time to prepare.

  10. Step 10:

    Step 10.

    Serve the dish immediately hot. Bon appetit!

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.

Any oils are useful only until a certain temperature is reached - the point of smoking, at which the oil begins to burn and toxic substances, including carcinogens, are formed in it. How to determine the roasting temperature and choose the best oil for frying, and which is better not to use at all, read here .

Important! An incorrectly selected frying pan can ruin even the best recipe. All the details on how to choose the perfect frying pan for different dishes read here .

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

  • Sour cream of 30% fat content - 340   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 25% fat content - 284   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream with 20% fat content - 210   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream of 10% fat content - 115   kcal/100g
  • Sour cream - 210   kcal/100g
  • Carrots - 33   kcal/100g
  • Dried carrots - 275   kcal/100g
  • Boiled carrots - 25   kcal/100g
  • Vegetable oil - 873   kcal/100g
  • Salt - 0   kcal/100g
  • Onion - 41   kcal/100g
  • Pink salmon fillet - 133   kcal/100g

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