How To Cook Mackerel In Onion Skins: A Recipe In 3 Minutes And Other Options, Photos And Videos

2024 Author: Bailey Albertson | [email protected]. Last modified: 2023-12-17 12:53

Cooking mouth-watering mackerel in onion skins

What do you do after peeling onion and husk? Most often it is thrown away, but experienced housewives know many ways to use this seemingly unnecessary product. For example, using onion skins, you can cook mackerel, which in terms of taste and appearance is in no way inferior to traditional smoked fish.

Content

• 1 What is special about mackerel in onion skins
• 2 Main ingredients

• 3 Cooking recipes

  • 3.1 With tea infuser
  • 3.2 Salted fish in three minutes
  • 3.3 "Smoked" dish
  • 3.4 With liquid smoke
  • 3.5 Home-style mackerel
• 4 Recipe for making mackerel with onion peel (video)

What is the peculiarity of mackerel in onion skins

The coloring pigment, which is part of the onion husk, gives the surface of the fish a golden color

Experts have been saying for a long time that smoked fish, in particular mackerel, is not very useful for our digestion. The reason lies in the way it is prepared: manufacturers, in pursuit of profit, often use liquid smoke - a chemical composition that significantly speeds up the process, which has little to do with smoking. As a result, we get a poor quality product.

Traditional smoking can take a lot of time, which we so often lack. And this is where onion peels come to the rescue. Its distinguishing feature is the coloring pigments that give the fish a golden color. In addition, the taste of the finished dish also changes.

Onion skins give the mackerel a golden color and a pleasant taste

Main ingredients

Cooking mackerel in onion skins at home will only take you 2-3 days. The following ingredients are required:

• freshly frozen mackerel;
• water;
• onion peel;
• salt;
• sugar;
• bay leaf, cloves and coriander - optional;
• strong tea brew.

Sometimes brine is mixed with liquid smoke so that the taste of mackerel is no different from smoked fish.

In addition, you will need:

• cutting board;
• knife;
• a saucepan for making marinade;
• a wide form in which the fish will be salted.

Before cooking, the fish is cleaned of entrails by cutting off the head, fins and tail.

Cooking recipes

After the basic preparations are completed, you can start cooking. Check out the suggested recipes and choose the one that suits you best.

Use fresh or frozen fish for cooking

With tea infuser

This recipe is simple in execution, its basis, in addition to onion peel, is a strong brew of black tea. To cook one fish you need:

• 1.5 liters of water;
• a couple of glasses of onion peel;
• 3.5 tablespoons of salt;
• 1.5 tablespoons of sugar;
• 2 tablespoons black tea infuser.

1. Prepare the brine first. Put a pot of water on the fire, put sugar and tea leaves, salt.

2. Rinse the onion skins thoroughly. Add it to the pot.

   

   For the brine, you will need onion peels, tea leaves, salt and sugar.

3. After the water boils, turn off the heat, cover the pan with a lid and leave to cool. In the meantime, peel and rinse the mackerel.

   

   Boil the brine

4. Strain the brine. There should be no tea leaves and pieces of husk left in it.

5. Place the fish in a salting dish, cover with brine and leave for 3 days. Turn the mackerel every morning.

   

   Place the fish in a mold and cover with cooled brine

6. After the specified time has elapsed, remove the mackerel from the mold and rinse under running water. Brush with vegetable oil, wrap in parchment, or cut and serve. Such fish can be stored for three days.

Salted fish in three minutes

This method is very fast, you don't have to wait several days. Salted mackerel according to this recipe turns out to be tasty, tender, with a beautiful golden hue. To cook one fish you will need the following ingredients:

• 1 liter of water;
• 5 tablespoons of salt;
• 2-3 cups of onion skins.

The volume of water may vary. The main thing is to make sure that it completely covers the fish carcass. But if there is not enough liquid, dilute another portion of the brine: 1 glass of water with 1 tablespoon of salt.

Three-minute mackerel is a great way to quickly prepare something delicious for dinner.

Peel and rinse the fish. Put clean husks in a saucepan, sprinkle with salt. Pour water and put on low heat. After the liquid boils, cook for 5 minutes. Immerse the mackerel in a container, boil for another 3 minutes, then remove, wipe off the husk and serve.

"Smoked" dish

The fish cooked according to this recipe is almost the same in color and taste from smoked mackerel. You will need:

• mackerel;
• 1 liter of water;
• 3 tablespoons of salt;
• 2 cups onion skins
• 1.5 tablespoons of sugar;
• 100 ml of strong black tea;
• black peppercorns;
• allspice;
• 1 teaspoon coriander seeds
• Bay leaf.

Turn the mackerel regularly in brine to ensure that it is evenly colored.

1. Prepare the marinade in an enamel saucepan. Boil water, add clean onion peel to it. Boil for 10 minutes and leave to infuse for a quarter of an hour.
2. Strain the broth, add salt, sugar, seasonings, tea leaves. Leave the marinade to cool.
3. Peel the fish, cut off its head, tail and fins, remove the entrails, rinse thoroughly. Put the carcass in a wide form, fill with marinade, put in a cool place (for example, refrigerator) for 3 days. Remember to turn the mackerel from one side to the other from time to time so that it is evenly colored.
4. Place the cooked fish on a paper towel and let it dry for a couple of hours. Then you can chop the mackerel and serve.

With liquid smoke

To prevent guests from distinguishing your mackerel from real smoked, add liquid smoke to the brine. This cooking method is called the cold smoking method

Use Liquid Smoke to Make Cold Smoked Mackerel

You will need:

• mackerel;
• 2 tablespoons of sugar;
• 4.5 tablespoons of salt;
• 1 liter of water;
• a bottle of "liquid smoke";
• 2 cups onion skins

1. Peel the fish, rinse thoroughly.
2. Pour clean onion peel with water, add sugar and salt, bring to a boil.
3. Boil the marinade for 20 minutes, strain and mix with liquid smoke (see the instructions on the bottle for the proportions). Put the carcass in a mold, fill it with brine. Soak for 2 days, turning regularly, then remove, rinse, dry and cut into portions.

Homemade mackerel

This recipe also uses black tea for the marinade, but the preparation process is slightly different. Required Ingredients:

• mackerel;
• 1 liter of water;
• 2 spoons of black tea;
• 2 tablespoons of salt;
• 1 spoon of sugar;
• 2 cups onion skins

Put the washed onion peel, sugar, salt and tea in a saucepan, cover with water, put on medium heat. Bring to a boil and wait for the marinade to cool completely.

Rinse the onion skins thoroughly before cooking

Peel and rinse the mackerel, place it in the mold. Fill with strained boiled husk brine. Leave in a cool place for 2 days to completely marinate the fish. After the time has passed, take out the carcass, wipe it off, dry it, sprinkle with vegetable oil or lemon juice and serve. Such a finished product can be stored for up to 7 days.

Recipe for making mackerel with onion peel (video)

As you can see, you can cook delicious and healthy fish yourself for your family and friends. We hope that among these recipes there is one that will become your most beloved and special one. Tell us in the comments your secrets of making mackerel. Bon Appetit!