Pollock meat is rich in various vitamins, minerals and other nutrients. In addition, it is low in calories and tastes good. Fillets of such fish can be used to make many delicious dishes, including cutlets and medallions.
If you need to whip up dinner, the easiest way to fry pollock fillets is in a pan. To do this, wash it, dry it on a plate, rub it with salt, black pepper and other favorite spices. Leave for 5 minutes to soak the meat. Then roll in flour and fry over medium heat until golden brown on both sides. Serve this dish with mashed potatoes, raw, baked or grilled vegetables, or a salad made from greens.
Spices like cardamom, basil, rosemary, lemon balm, fennel, thyme and saffron go well with fish. The last spice requires nothing but salt, as it simply overpowers the aroma and smell of the rest of the spices.
When you want a more sophisticated treat, pollock fillets can be stewed with cream and vegetables. To do this, it must be salted, pepper and fried over high heat until golden brown in a small amount of olive oil. Then transfer to another pan, put chopped onions and carrots on top, you can thin plates of potatoes. Salt everything, sprinkle with spices and pour in hot cream. Put on medium heat and simmer, covered, until vegetables are tender. Sprinkle with herbs at the end.
To prepare a dietary meal, pollock fillets can be baked in the oven in foil. It must be salted, sprinkled with spices, put on a sheet of foil and poured with lemon juice. Then wrap the foil, pinching the edges well, and place in the oven preheated to 180 ° C. You need to cook such a dish no more than 25 minutes. It will turn out delicious and low in calories.
You can mix apple juice with lemon juice in a 1: 1 ratio - then the taste of fish will turn out to be even more interesting.
Delicious pollock fillets are also obtained in the oven on a vegetable bed. To do this, you need to peel and cut the potatoes into thin cubes, put them in a fireproof dish, salt, then put the carrots and onions. Top with the fish fillet, cut into large pieces, salt and pepper it, cover with tomato slices. Grease everything with sour cream and put in a preheated oven for 30-40 minutes.
You can also bake pollock fillets in pita bread. To do this, put the latter in a baking dish, grease with a little olive oil, put fish fillets on top, sprinkle with spices. Then put finely chopped onions, tomatoes and herbs on it. Pour everything over with lemon juice and wrap the edges of the pita bread. Top it also needs to be greased with olive oil. You need to bake such a dish for half an hour at a temperature of 190 ° C, serve hot and directly in pita bread.
Pollock medallions are a very tasty and beautiful dish. To do this, cut the fish fillet lengthwise into strips 2 cm wide, add salt, sprinkle with spices and pour over with lemon juice. After 10 minutes, gently roll into a roll and fasten the edges with a toothpick. Then put the medallions on a baking sheet greased with olive oil and bake in a preheated oven for 15 minutes. In the meantime, beat a couple of eggs, mix them with grated cheese and green onions. Put this filling on the medallions and bake for another 10 minutes. Serve the finished dish with mashed potatoes.
