Pink salmon is the main ingredient in many dishes that are cooked on the stove and in the oven. To make the pulp of the finished fish juicy and tender, the product can be baked in an air grill. At the same time, other ingredients are used (lemon, vegetables, spices, mayonnaise, lemon juice), which give the finished dish different flavor notes. Features of the preparation of products, as well as a convenient and simple step-by-step recipe for making pink salmon in hot air - further in the article.
Selection and preparation of ingredients
The taste of the finished dish primarily depends on the quality of the starting products, as well as on compliance with the technology of their preparation.
Important! It is recommended to defrost frozen pink salmon in a refrigerator or at room temperature before cooking. If this procedure is carried out in warm water or a microwave, the flesh of the fish will fall apart.
For baking in an air grill, you can take fresh or frozen pink salmon, choosing it according to the following criteria:
- the carcass should be with the head, tail and whole skin;
- in fresh fish, the gills have a saturated pink color;
- scales and eyes should be shiny;
- when using a frozen product, ice should be no more than 5% of the weight of the carcass;
- the fresh product has an elastic flesh and exudes a pleasant fish aroma.
Vegetables, mayonnaise and other products are selected according to the usual criteria - they must be fresh, bought in a trusted place.
Recipe for making pink salmon in an air grill
3-450-60 minutes
vegetable oil
3-4 tbsp. l
ground black pepper
taste
Nutritional value per 100 g:
Rinse vegetables, peel bulbs. Cut the onion into thin half rings, and the tomato into small slices. Grate cheese on a coarse grater.
Rinse fish, remove entrails. Cut off the head, fins and tail.
Cut the carcass across into small steaks 2-3 cm thick.
Put slices in a single layer on a wide and flat plate. It is good to coat them on both sides with a brush dipped in vegetable oil to make the dish more juicy.
Salt and pepper pieces of fish on both sides (to taste). Put them on the air grill grate close to each other. Close the appliance lid, set the temperature to about + 180 ° С. Fry steaks for 15 minutes.
Put onion slices on hot fish slices, placing them as tightly as possible to each other.
Arrange tomato slices on top of onions. Salt a little layer of vegetables.
Put grated cheese on tomatoes. Abundantly coat it with mayonnaise on top, laying out about one spoon for each piece.
Cover the air grill. Cook the fish for another 20–25 minutes until the crust appears on top.
Rinse vegetables, peel bulbs. Cut the onion into thin half rings, and the tomato into small slices. Grate cheese on a coarse grater.
Rinse fish, remove entrails. Cut off the head, fins and tail.
Cut the carcass across into small steaks 2-3 cm thick.
Put slices in a single layer on a wide and flat plate. It is good to coat them on both sides with a brush dipped in vegetable oil to make the dish more juicy.
Salt and pepper pieces of fish on both sides (to taste). Put them on the air grill grate close to each other. Close the appliance lid, set the temperature to about + 180 ° С. Fry steaks for 15 minutes.
Put onion slices on hot fish slices, placing them as tightly as possible to each other.
Arrange tomato slices on top of onions. Salt a little layer of vegetables.
Put grated cheese on tomatoes. Abundantly coat it with mayonnaise on top, laying out about one spoon for each piece.
Cover the air grill. Cook the fish for another 20–25 minutes until the crust appears on top.Video recipe
The recipe for pink salmon in aerogrill
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You can bake pink salmon whole, make steaks out of it, or use only fillet. Performing the indicated sequence of steps step by step, even a novice cook can cook this fish in an air grill at home. And the recommendations presented for choosing the main ingredient will help to acquire a high-quality product, getting a tasty and healthy dish out of it.
