What you will not find now in stores - meat, chicken, fresh fish and other products. Each of us is not alone in our love of fresh salmon or trout, however, the price of this gastronomic addiction sometimes flies a pretty penny, which can not be said about canned fish, which still remain available to any hungry citizen.
Canned fish are considered a kind of trash, although they still remained not only tasty, but also correct - they have almost no soy and other chemicals, opening the can - you can immediately see all the contents - no mishmash, every piece in sight.
This is especially true of old recipes, according to which in the old days sardines, herring, salmon, salmon and other canned food were carried out. Yes, take the same bulls or sprats - before they could feed the family, if you add them as a component in some dishes.
Recipe 1: Canned Fish Soup
This is the recipe for soup we’ll consider today - one can of fish is enough to make dinner for the whole family. In addition, the soup is obtained with such a pleasant aroma, fish and spices do their job. For its preparation, you can use any canned food, except sprats, a particularly good result is obtained from ordinary saury or ivashi in oil, canned pink salmon is great for this.
Ingredients
A can of canned food is taken for one and a half to two liters of water, usually they weigh 250 grams, potatoes (4-5 pieces), onions, bay leaves, herbs, dill, pearl barley or rice (optional).
Cooking method
Put finely chopped onions in boiling water, close the pan with a lid and set the minimum heat. Those who do not think of any soup without a sweet carrot flavor can put grated carrots together with onions - in raw or in advance spassed form.
Rinse the diced potatoes with cold water, bring to a boil again and reduce the heat. To make the soup thicker add a little boiled cereal (50 g), if you do not want to complicate the cooking process by preparing the cereal, put it first with onion.
Divide the fish in a tin can into small pieces, choose bones and ridges. Put the fish, add bay leaf, salt and cook for 1 minute. Leave the soup to infuse for at least 5 minutes.
Such a hearty appetizing hot soup will be very pleasant to eat with finely chopped appetizing herbs.
Recipe 2: Canned Fish Pie
This great pie made from yeast dough and hearty salmon topping with egg will appeal to the whole family. Super easy to prepare dish! Moreover, it can be eaten in cold form, so it is even tastier.
Ingredients
Dough: milk (1 cup), eggs (2 pcs), sugar (1 tbsp. Spoon), salt (1 teaspoon), yeast, margarine (50 grams, preferably creamy), yolk. Flour - as much as needed until the desired consistency of the test.
Filling: canned salmon in oil - 2 jars, eggs - 4 pcs, onions, carrots - 1 pc each, vegetable oil for frying vegetables.
Cooking method
In milk warmed up to 35 - 40 degrees, pour sugar and salt, stir. Add yeast and a little flour, stir again, cover with a napkin and leave warm for 15 minutes. Now let's take a margarine - slowly melt it on a low fire, add a little beaten eggs to it. We mix the resulting egg-oil mixture with dough and gradually add the flour sifted through a sieve. The dough should not be very cool. The main thing is to knead it so that it does not stick to your hands. Cover the dough with a napkin. Do not forget to knead it a couple of times so that it fits evenly.
For the filling, boil the eggs and rub them on a coarse grater. Fry finely chopped onion and shabby carrots in oil, in canned food, separate from the butter and knead a little, while removing large bones, but do not mix with other ingredients. Divide the dough into two uneven parts and roll out the larger one and place it in a mold greased with small. On the dough layer, lay out the filling in layers - eggs, fish, passivation. Cover with a second layer of dough and pinch the edges. In order for the cake to be magnificent, he needs to "come up", leave it for 20 minutes in a warm place. In order to prevent the pie from breaking apart, the dough must be chopped in the corners so that the steam can escape easily.
Put a pie in a preheated oven and bake until golden brown at 200 degrees. About 10-15 minutes before the end, grease its surface with yolk. Not even the biggest fish lovers are guaranteed to enjoy this pie; most importantly, it is very satisfying and nutritious, it perfectly removes hunger.
Recipe 3: Canned Fish Cutlets
At a time when funds are limited, and salaries are still far away, canned fish cutlets can be an excellent budget dish. If there are no stocks in the refrigerator, you can buy a jar of any canned fish and, in addition, the necessary vegetables in any store at a completely inexpensive price. The biggest delay here is to boil the vegetables, but the cutlets themselves in this case will be ready very quickly.
Ingredients
Canned fish in oil (1 can).
Vegetables: potatoes (3 pcs.), Carrots (1 pc.),
Eggs (2 pcs.), Semolina (2 tbsp. Tablespoons), salt, pepper.
Cooking method
First, boil potatoes and carrots, rub them on a coarse grater. On a plate we spread canned food - saury, herring, salmon, pink salmon or another, mix with eggs and semolina. Salt and pepper to taste, add a mixture of vegetables. It will take quite a bit of time to form small cutlets from the minced meat and fry them in vegetable oil, since we have all the ingredients ready. This dish can be called "hungry husband on the doorstep", serve him meatballs with a lot of sour cream, and he will be very pleased!
Canned fish dishes - useful tips from experienced chefs
- Canned fish dishes are easy to prepare. You can diversify their taste with a certain zest: add a little butter to the minced fish, which, when heated, breaks the concentrated smell of canned fish and gives the dish a creamy taste.
- In order for your fish day to be more eventful, prepare sandwiches with canned fish for fish soup. To do this, mash some canned fish with the addition of oil and squeezed garlic and put on the fried slices of brown bread. Garnish with sprigs of parsley and slices of cucumber or tomato - your fish lunch menu will be fully completed
