Fish is an indispensable product for the human body in terms of its nutritional value. Unsaturated fatty acids Omega-3 and Omega-6, iodine, calcium, phosphorus, potassium, vitamins A and D are those substances without which normal well-being and proper physical development are impossible. Children often don’t like to eat fish: some because of the bones, some because of the appearance, and some are put off by the specific smell. Fish casserole is a fish dish that does not look like fish in appearance, it has an appetizing smell, there are no bones in it and it is not difficult to prepare.
Fish soufflé
In the oven or slow cooker it is very easy to prepare a fluffy potato casserole with fish that can brighten up any family Sunday lunch.
What ingredients will you need?
For this budget option for a hearty and tasty dish, you will need the following set of ingredients:
- 600 g of ready-made mashed potatoes;
- 250 g of any fish fillet;
- 1-2 onions;
- 30 g butter or ghee;
- 3 raw chicken eggs;
- 100 ml cream or milk;
- 1 tbsp. l. flour or semolina;
- 0.5 tsp. sea salt;
- 0.5 tsp. mixtures of different types of ground pepper.
Step-by-step cooking process
First you need to prepare all the components of the casserole:
- Peeled onions should be chopped into small cubes and sautéed in butter until lightly caramelized.
- After this, you need to place the fish fillet cut into small pieces into the multicooker bowl, fry along with the onion for about 3-5 minutes, add salt and pepper.
- Then you need to pour milk into the fish and simmer, covering it with a lid, for about 10-12 minutes.
- Next, transfer the stewed fish into a separate bowl, cool and puree with an immersion blender until smooth.
- Beat raw chicken eggs into the mashed potatoes one at a time to create a light, airy mass.
- Now you can start assembling the casserole. To do this, carefully grease a suitable-sized mold or multicooker bowl with butter or ghee, and then sprinkle with flour or semolina.
- Place an even rimmed layer of most of the mashed potatoes on the bottom of the pan, then place the fish mixture in it, and carefully smooth the remaining potatoes on top.
Place the dish with fish and potato soufflé in an oven preheated to 180 degrees or in the baking mode in a multicooker.
What can I add?
You can place the mashed potatoes in a piping bag and then pipe it beautifully through a star patterned tip.
Serving rules, decoration
The casserole needs to be cooled, then carefully transferred from the pan to a flat plate and served. You can decorate the dish with cherry tomato slices and leafy green salad.
How to cook fish casserole with vegetables in the oven:
1. At the preparatory stage, cut off the crusts from white bread, transfer it to a bowl and fill it with milk. Leave for 15 minutes to absorb the liquid and squeeze. Then the bread will need to be crumbled.
For a more dietary version of the dish, replace the bread with oatmeal and the milk with water.
2. Peel/cut off the top layer of carrots. Cut it into large cubes (or grate it on a special grater). Fry in well-heated vegetable oil for 5-6 minutes, stirring throughout. The fire must be strong enough.
3. When the carrots brown and change their color to golden, add the white part of the leek cut into rings to it. Fry everything together for another 3-4 minutes.
Leeks in this recipe can be replaced with regular onions, cut into thin half rings.
4. Add green beans to the carrots and leeks (no need to defrost them). Season with salt and pepper and fry everything together for another 7-9 minutes. After the specified time, the vegetable component of our casserole is ready. Remove from heat and set aside to allow vegetables to cool to room temperature.
5. Now let's take care of the fish. We fillet it and sort it, removing the bones. Then cut into small pieces (you can instead take it apart by hand or pass it through a meat grinder.
To prepare a casserole, it is best to buy sea fish, which contains a minimum amount of bones. If you bought river fish, I advise you to lightly boil it in water or steam it - this will make it easier to then remove the seeds.
6. Place the chopped cod in a deep bowl. Add crumbled bread, eggs and grated cheese to it. Salt, pepper and mix.
7. Mix the fish and cheese mixture with fried vegetables.
8. Grease a heat-resistant mold with butter and place the resulting workpiece into it. Several forms are suitable for preparing the casserole. You can take a round one (diameter 22-24 cm), rectangular (30x20 cm) or for a cupcake (15x25x10).
9. Having preheated the oven to 180 degrees, put the casserole into it. Cook for about 40-45 minutes.
Fish casserole with vegetables in the oven is ready.
Bon appetit!!!
Sincerely, Marina Mazhaeva.
With egg and milk dressing
Potato casserole with fish in the oven can be prepared according to a variety of recipes with different fillings, resulting in a new, unique taste of a familiar and simple dish each time.
Preparation next.
What ingredients will you need?
For this option for a hearty and healthy lunch or family dinner, you need to select the following ingredients:
The basis | Products | Quantity |
Pollock carcass or fillet of any fish | 800 g | |
Refined oil | 1 tbsp. l. | |
Sea salt | 2 pinches | |
Freshly ground black pepper | 2 pinches | |
Mustard | 0.5 tsp | |
Lemon juice | 1 tbsp. l. | |
Vegetables | Medium sized potato tubers | 8-10 pcs. |
Onion | 1 PC. | |
Fresh tomato | 2 pcs. | |
Garlic | 1-2 cloves | |
Refueling | Milk | 200 ml |
Raw chicken egg | 5-6 pcs. | |
Freshly ground black pepper | 1 pinch | |
Salt | 0.5 tsp. | |
Ground paprika | 0.5 tsp. | |
Additionally | Olives | 10-12 pcs. |
Fresh basil and dill | 1 bunch |
Step-by-step cooking process
First, you need to thoroughly wash and cut up the fish carcass, remove the backbone and large bones, sprinkle the fillet with salt and pepper, then pour in a mixture of refined oil, mustard and lemon juice.
Further:
- Now you can peel the potato tubers, chop them into thin slices and sprinkle them with a mixture of oil and spices and salt, and then evenly spread half the resulting amount on the bottom of the refractory dish.
- Next, place the pieces of fish fillet on the potatoes, skin side down.
- On top of the fish you need to distribute a finely chopped onion, and then lay out slices or cubes of fresh tomato with chopped garlic.
- The final layer should be distributed with the remaining potato slices.
- Now you should prepare the filling, which will require breaking the eggs into a deep bowl, adding salt and spices, and then thoroughly whisking all the ingredients until smooth, gradually adding milk to the mixture.
- Next, you need to pour the prepared dressing evenly over all layers, and then carefully place the mold in an oven preheated to 190 degrees.
- The dish should be baked for 45 minutes. until the potatoes are completely soft, so that the top of the casserole is covered with an appetizing crispy crust.
- The finished dish must be removed from the oven immediately so that it does not dry out.
What can I add?
You can add grated hard cheese between the layers, and also sprinkle it on the top of the casserole.
Serving rules, decoration
Before serving, it is advisable to cool the casserole a little; you can decorate the surface with olive rings and fresh basil leaves, and place tender sprigs of fresh dill next to it.
Delicious fish casserole with rice
Kitchen utensils: cutting board, baking dish, grater, bowl, saucepan, knife, spoon.
List of ingredients
Rice | 1.5 tbsp. |
Lemon | ½ pcs. |
Fish fillet | 500 g |
Drinking water | 550 (500+50) ml |
Hard cheese | 30-40 g |
Mayonnaise | 3 (2+1) art. l. |
Onion | 1 PC. |
Salt | 1 (0.5+0.5) tsp. |
Ground pepper | taste |
Step-by-step preparation
- We cut the fish: clean, remove the fins and tail, select all the bones and cut into portions about 1.5 cm thick and put them in a bowl. You can use any fish for the casserole: hake, pollock, salmon, pink salmon, etc.
- Now these pieces need to be marinated. To do this, squeeze the juice from half a lemon. You should get 1.5-2 tbsp. l. To avoid accidentally getting lemon seeds, it is better to do this through a small sieve.
- Pour the juice into the bowl with the fish. Add half a teaspoon of salt, a little ground pepper and two tablespoons of mayonnaise. You can use any sour cream instead. You can also add fish spices.
- Stir, cover the bowl with a lid or film and leave to marinate while the rice cooks.
- Wash the cereal well and add 0.5 liters of water. Sprinkle salt. Cook over low heat until the rice becomes soft. This will take about 20 minutes after boiling.
- Let the rice cool, while at this time we peel the onion and cut it into small pieces.
- Grease the baking dish with any oil.
- Place fish pieces on the bottom and onions on top.
- Now place the rice evenly, grease the top with mayonnaise or sour cream and pour in 50 ml of water. If you have milk or cream, you can use it. This will make the rice even more tender.
- Sprinkle grated cheese on top. To prevent the cheese from forming a crust when baking, you can mix it with sour cream or mayonnaise and apply it all together to the rice.
- Bake at 180-190° for 40 minutes.
- Sprinkle the casserole with fresh parsley and serve.
Cooking options
It will also turn out delicious if you make a minced fish casserole in the oven.
- To do this, put half of the rice in the mold and grease it with a spoon of sour cream or mayonnaise.
- Mix the minced meat with salt, spices and chopped onion. You can add juice from half a lemon.
- Distribute the minced meat into the pan, cover with the remaining rice and pour in 1/4 cup of water or milk.
- Mix 1-2 tablespoons of mayonnaise or sour cream with grated cheese.
- Apply this mixture to the rice.
- Bake for 40 minutes at 180°.
Video recipe
A video with a detailed recipe will tell you how to easily feed your family a delicious dinner.
In the recipe I described, you can use buckwheat instead of rice, then you will get a fish casserole like in kindergarten. Or just make a casserole with buckwheat.
With potatoes and trout in the oven
Take the following ingredients:
- two hundred grams of trout;
- four pieces of potatoes;
- one hundred fifty milliliters of milk;
- one onion;
- one chicken egg;
- thirty grams of hard cheese;
- thirty grams of butter;
- one tablespoon of vegetable oil;
- add a little pepper or herbs and salt to taste.
Preparation:
- Place a pan of water on the fire. While it's heating, prepare the potatoes. To do this, peel it and cut it into small slices.
- Salt boiling water and add potatoes. Cook for approximately five minutes. However, the cooking time depends on the type of potato.
- While the potatoes are cooking, peel the onion and cut it into half rings.
- Heat a frying pan and add some oil to it. Send the finished onion there. Fry it until transparent. It is not advisable to overcook the onions, otherwise they will not add flavor to the casserole.
- Remember the potatoes. Using a slotted spoon, carefully remove it to a plate and continue working on the rest of the dish.
- Peel the red fish and remove the bones. Be sure to check that there are no leftovers, because they will only ruin the dish. Cut the finished fillet into thin slices.
- Prepare the filling for the dish. Pour the eggs into a bowl, beat them gently, and add a little salt and pepper. Pour milk into the same bowl and mix the ingredients thoroughly. Grate the hard cheese and add to the dish. Then mix the ingredients again.
- Take a baking dish and grease it with a little butter. First, lay out a layer of potato slices. Season them with pepper if desired.
- Place the pieces of red fish. Pepper and salt them. Place onion on top of the fish layer. Distribute it evenly. Place another layer of potatoes on top and add some herbs.
- Then fill everything evenly with filling. Also scatter the remaining pieces of butter over the surface and place the dish in the oven. After half an hour, remove the casserole.
This dish should be served with vegetables.