How long to cook cod until done: culinary secrets

It so happens that fried and baked fish are more popular than boiled fish. Although poisonous fish fillets retain the maximum amount of all useful microelements, minerals, and vitamins. But, in terms of taste, this fish is inferior to the first option. In addition, boiled fish is considered a dietary dish with a minimum amount of calories. Different types of seafood have different cooking times. Cod meat is very tasty and popular. How long to cook cod?

Methods for preparing cod

The most common method of preparing cod is boiling. They cook cod for soup, serve boiled fish with a side dish, and use it as a filling for pies. The fish is also baked in the oven, or over an open fire using a grill. Serve with baked vegetables and immediately stuff the fish, leaving it in a marinade of spices and lemon juice. Smoking is no less suitable for processing cod, despite the fact that the labor-intensive method is used quite often, as the result is amazing.

Salting and drying are well-known ways to make fish edible and keep the product fresh for a long time. In the case of cod, similar recipes are no less relevant; liver and caviar are considered especially tasty when salted, and in canned form they are stored for months and practically do not lose their beneficial properties and taste.

The closest method to cooking, but less popular, is stewing. After stewing, the cod becomes very tender and retains its flavor as much as possible. In order not to lose nutrients during heat treatment, you need to know how long to cook cod in water or steam, or stew with vegetables.

Interesting facts about fish

What are the benefits of cod?

Cod liver contains fat, a source of omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids; in addition, vitamins A and D are obtained from it. Cod liver serves as a raw material for the production of canned food.

How to properly and tasty cook cod for a child

Cod can be given to children from 10 months of age. In order to cook cod for a child, you need to boil it with vegetables and mash it.

You can also boil the fish in milk and serve it to the child with butter. For the first time, cod in soup is suitable so that the taste of cod is not very unexpected for children.

How to choose the right quality cod

You can only buy fresh cod in port cities, but not in Moscow. Between chilled and frozen cod, choose chilled cod - it tastes better. Fresh cod has smooth, small cells. It is better to choose vacuum-processed cod fillets: then you can be sure that you will buy boneless and skinless fillets. It is better to place frozen cod 8-9 hours before cooking from the freezer to the refrigerator.

Steaming

To steam cod, use a steamer as a simple and effective device that makes it easy to prepare tasty and healthy dishes. How long to cook cod fillet and how to do it correctly?

You can prepare the product for cooking in a double boiler in the same way as for cooking in a pan; careful cleaning of the fish and rinsing in cold water should be mandatory. All unnecessary parts of the fish must be removed (fins, entrails, tail, head). The following is the cooking process:

• For a double boiler, unlike cooking in a saucepan, spices must be added directly to the fish meat. Sprinkle the pieces with salt, pepper, and dill and rub them a little into the fillet.
• Another feature of cooking in a double boiler is the uniform distribution of food in the container. It is not advisable to allow fish and vegetables to pile up on top of each other, as steam will have difficulty passing through them.
• After all the manipulations with the fish, you can fill the container with water, pouring enough to cover the contents of the steamer with liquid.
• Turn on the steamer for 20 minutes and wait until the dish is ready.

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It is advisable to serve immediately, before the dish loses its qualities, nutritional properties and beneficial microelements.

Boiling cod for fish stock

For the broth, housewives take meatier and fattier fish, this is the only way to get the rich taste of cod in the broth. How many minutes should you cook the cod in this case? Is there a difference between boiling for stock and cooking fillets?

Next, for the broth, take cleaned fish, washed and cut into medium pieces. You need to add a few more ingredients to the broth: onions and parsley root, as well as bay leaf to taste. Cook it all for 30-40 minutes and no more.

This will make the broth rich and rich.

You can and should add the head and tail to the broth, this will make it fattier and richer!

How to cook cod in cucumber brine

Ingredients

• Cod – 500 grams
• Greens - 1 bunch
• Carrots - 1 piece
• Cucumber pickle – 200 grams
• Tomato sauce - 200 grams
• Packet of spices (10 grams)

Cod recipe

Boil water with spices, add cucumber pickle, place the chopped cod in a row and cook for 15 minutes. Remove the boiled fish from the broth, place skin side up on a plate, pour over tomato sauce or olive oil. Serve with boiled potatoes and lemon. You can decorate the dish with boiled shrimp.

Secrets of boiling cod

• You can cook cod whole (but always gutted!), and check readiness by how the meat comes away from the bones.
• You need to cook fish for a child for at least 20 minutes, even if the pieces are small.
• It is recommended to put cod in cold water when cooking because this way the fish will be much softer when cooked.
• To make the broth and the fish itself more vibrant and tasty, add carrots, onions, lemon juice, tomato paste, and cucumber pickle.
• When cooking, you can add a little vegetable oil (preferably olive oil).
• Be sure to reduce the heat after the water boils; the product should be cooked over low heat.
• It is not necessary to cover the pan during cooking; this is not of fundamental importance.
• It is better to remove the finished fish from the broth immediately after turning off the heat.

Find out the secret of delicious soup

Secret 1

Adding eggshells will create a clear broth. Before adding vegetables, it must be strained.

Secret 2

Over-salted soup can be easily saved with sugar. Place a piece of refined sugar on a spoon and lower it into the broth until the sugar begins to melt.

Secret 3

Boiled greens look ugly and have no value, so add parsley, dill or basil before serving.

Secret 4

For thickness, it is often recommended to use flour, but it should first be fried in a dry frying pan, otherwise lumps will form.

The red ear is wonderful!

Cod fillet will make an unusually tasty fish soup. And it is called red because of the addition of tomato paste. By the way, this component can be replaced with fresh tomato puree. The cooking time is short. The potatoes will take the longest to cook.

On a note! You can add celery stalks, parsley roots, dill sprigs, and rosemary for flavor. The fish soup will turn out much more satisfying if you add millet or rice groats to it.

Ingredients:

• fresh frozen cod fillet – 500-600 g;
• tomato paste - one or two tablespoons. spoons;
• butter – 70-80 g;
• onion - one head;
• potatoes – 300-400 g;
• seasonings;
• freshly squeezed lemon juice - one or two tablespoons. spoons;
• carrots - one root vegetable;
• garlic - three cloves;
• salt, seasonings.

Preparation:

1. While the cod fillets are thawing naturally, prepare the vegetables.
2. Peel the onion and chop it into quarters of rings.

   

3. Next up are carrots. Peel the root crop, wash and dry. Cut into circles or halves of circles.

   

4. We wash and dry the peeled potato tubers. Shred the potatoes into small pieces.

   

5. Clean the chilled cod fillets if necessary. If you are using the whole carcass, it must be cut and gutted.
6. Chop the cleaned fillet into medium-sized cubes. In this form, the cod will be ready in boiling water in just a quarter of an hour.

   

7. In the pan in which we will cook the fish soup, melt the butter.
8. Place carrots and onions, add potatoes.
9. Mix the vegetable ingredients and fry over moderate heat for 10 minutes. The onions and carrots should become soft.

   

10. Meanwhile, peel the garlic cloves and finely chop them with a knife. You can use a press for grinding.

    

11. Add chopped garlic to the pan with the vegetables. Add the cod fillet and mix everything carefully.
12. Salt, sprinkle with ground allspice and other favorite herbs and spices.

    

13. Fill the contents of the pan with filtered water. Over moderate heat, bring the liquid to a boil and set aside for exactly a quarter of an hour.
14. After the allotted time has passed, check the readiness of the potatoes.

    

15. Introduce tomato paste and freshly squeezed lemon juice into the ear. Boil for a couple more minutes and set aside from the stove.
16. Before serving, the fish soup can be topped with a spoonful of sour cream and a slice of lemon.

Calorie content of dishes with boiled cod

The calorie content of dishes is of particular interest to girls who are watching their figure. Fortunately, to prevent beautiful shapes from “swimming,” you don’t have to deny yourself delicious food. Using the calorie table, you can find out which delicacies are definitely not harmful. Vitamins B12 and PP will take care of blood circulation and the digestive system. No less useful A and D are found in cod liver.

The table shows that lovers of healthy and low-calorie nutrition should stick to the “cook” method of fish. Supplementing such a dietary dish with vegetables and a light side dish will be the ideal solution for a full lunch or dinner.

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Benefits and harms

Cod is a very healthy sea fish. Some even call it a real gift of fate for a person. How many useful and necessary amino acids it contains for the human body is simply impossible to count.

Cod improves metabolism in the body as it contains biotin. It is this substance that helps fight excess weight and tidy up your figure.

It is noteworthy that such a small fish contains almost the entire periodic table. You can find absolutely all B vitamins in it:

• vitamin B6, which strengthens the nervous system;
• vitamin B12, which is responsible for blood clotting and regulates hematopoietic processes.

Cod is also a direct source of fluoride, iodine, vitamin PP (in other words, niacin), selenium, as well as many other substances that are necessary for the normal functioning of the human body.

If you lack calcium, then cod will also help with this issue. After all, it contains 40 percent more calcium than even dried apricots or raisins.