Garnish for fish

If simply boiling rice for fish is boring, but for something more interesting your imagination has run out, we suggest taking a look at this collection of recipes. We prepare various types of side dishes for fish - vegetable, cereal, mixed, fried, baked and others.

Rice side dish for fried fish

This side dish goes well with any fried fish. Essentially it is aromatic rice with spices. It turns out not just tasty, but also very satisfying. The ideal addition is fresh vegetables and herbs.

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   How to prepare a delicious side dish for fish? Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
2. 
   Place chopped garlic cloves in hot oil, fry a little, add bay leaves, coriander, allspice, ginger and curry. Fry the spices for a couple of minutes while stirring.
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   Sprinkle dry rice over the spices.
4. 
   Salt the rice to taste and stir.Keep the rice and spices on the stove for a couple of minutes so that the cereal absorbs all the flavors. Pour in 200 milliliters of water.
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   Cover with a lid and cook over medium heat until the rice has absorbed all the liquid. Then open the lid and add another 200 milliliters of water.
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   Stir the rice and taste to see if it needs more salt. Close the lid and cook over low heat until done. Chop the greens and leeks. When the rice has absorbed all the liquid again and is ready, open the lid and sprinkle it with herbs and onions.
7. 
   Cover the rice with a lid and let it brew for five to seven minutes.
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   Serve the rice hot with the fried fish.

Vegetable side dish for baked fish in the oven

Vegetables and fish are always a great combination. We suggest cutting vegetables and baking them in the oven. To make the dish richer in taste and more aromatic, bake fish on top of the vegetables.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• White fish fillet – 4 pcs.
• Cherry tomatoes – 6 pcs.
• Sweet bell pepper – 2 pcs.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Pine nuts – 50 gr.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Fresh basil - to taste.
• Olive oil - to taste.
• Parsley - to taste.
• Lemon – 0.5 pcs.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Cut the carrots and peeled bell pepper into thin slices.

Step 2. Cut the tomatoes into slices, and finely chop the garlic and basil with a knife.

Step 3. Place the chopped vegetables in a glass or ceramic form, sprinkle with salt to taste, pour in olive oil and add pine nuts. Place the vegetables in the preheated oven and bake for fifteen minutes.

Step 4. Place the fish fillet, previously salted and sprinkled with pepper, on top of the vegetables baked until half cooked.Return the pan to the oven and bake for another twenty minutes.

Step 5. Remove the finished fish and vegetables from the oven. Place on serving plates, sprinkle with chopped parsley and pour over lemon juice. Serve hot.

A simple and tasty side dish for red fish

The ideal side dish should not only highlight the taste of red fish, but also add juiciness to it. Vegetables perform this role perfectly. Let's cook them on the stove with butter - tender and very tasty.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Carrots – 2 pcs.
• Leek – 1 pc. large size.
• Onions – 14 pcs.
• Lemon – 1 pc.
• Salt – 1 tsp.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• White pepper - to taste.
• Coarse salt - to taste.
• Hot red pepper - to taste.
• Butter – 50 gr.
• Vegetable oil – 2-4 tbsp.
• Water – 1 tbsp.
• Dill - to taste.
• Parsley - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the carrots, rinse and cut into thin slices.

Step 2. Cut the leeks into thin slices, and the onions into translucent half rings.

Step 3. Heat the vegetable oil in a deep frying pan and add the white part of the onion and chopped carrots into it. Fry without a lid while stirring until soft.

Step 4. Using a knife, remove the zest from the lemon and cut it into thin strips. Squeeze the juice into a separate container. Add lemon zest to the vegetables in the pan, add the green part of the onion, lemon juice, water, salt, sugar and pepper. Stir, add butter. Cook until done with the lid open to allow the liquid to evaporate.

Step 5. Place the prepared vegetables on serving plates and place the fish on top. Sprinkle with chopped herbs. Serve hot.

Step-by-step recipe for preparing a side dish for pollock fish

A side dish that would add both satiety and juiciness is desirable for pollock. Mix rice with fried carrots and onions - simple, affordable and tasty. This side dish goes well with any fish. Add spices as desired.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 2.

Ingredients:

• Jasmine rice – 200 gr.
• Carrots – 1 pc.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Water – 2 l.
• Salt - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 25 ml.
• Provençal herbs - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Bring the water in the pan to a boil, add some salt and boil the rice in it for fifteen minutes.

Step 2. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and add grated carrots into it. Fry over low heat.

Step 3. Finely chop the onion with a knife and add to the carrots, fry until transparent. Add boiled rice and stir. Fry for a couple of minutes so that all the flavors mix.

Step 4. Add salt to taste, Provençal herbs, mix, cover with a lid. Cook for five minutes on low heat.

Step 5. Serve pollock with a ready-made hot side dish, accompanied by herbs and fresh vegetables.

How to prepare a side dish of eggplant for fish?

A very tasty combination – fish and eggplant. We cut the latter into circles and fry in batter until crispy. To dilute the fat and add lightness, serve herbs and fresh vegetables with fish and eggplant.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Eggplants – 2-3 pcs.
• Light beer – 330 ml.
• Dry yeast – 1 tsp.
• Flour – 200 gr.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking process:

Step 1. In a bowl, mix the dry ingredients: flour, dry yeast, salt and ground black pepper.

Step 2. Add warm beer, mix with a fork or whisk until completely homogeneous. Leave in a warm place for twenty to thirty minutes for the yeast to activate and begin its work.

Step 3. Wash the eggplants, dry them and cut them into 7-8 mm slices. Sprinkle with salt and leave for twenty minutes to release the bitterness. After this, dry the eggplants with a paper towel to remove any juice.

Step 4. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan. Prick the mugs with a fork, dip the eggplants in the batter and lower them into the boiling oil. Fry the eggplants on both sides until golden brown. After frying, place them on a towel and dry them from excess oil.

5. Serve the fish with hot eggplants.

Zucchini side dish for fish

We suggest cooking fish with this side dish in the oven. First fry the zucchini in a frying pan, and place the vegetables along with the fish in a baking dish. Types of fish with dense white flesh are well suited for this method of cooking: saury, mackerel, lakedra, dorado.

Cooking time: 40 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Fish – 2 pcs.
• Zucchini – 1 pc.
• Tomatoes – 2 pcs.
• Potatoes – 2 pcs.
• Garlic – 2 cloves.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Olive oil – 3 tbsp.
• Lemon – 1/2 pcs.
• Coriander - to taste.
• Allspice - to taste.
• Dry aromatic herbs - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the zucchini, dry it and cut it into circles one and a half to two centimeters thick. Fry the mugs in hot oil in a frying pan on both sides until golden brown. There is no need to bring it to full readiness, just brown it.

Step 2.Spray a baking dish with olive oil, sprinkle with spices and add several thin slices of lemon. Peel the potatoes, cook until tender, cut into circles two centimeters thick.

Step 3. Place zucchini mugs interspersed with potato and tomato mugs around the perimeter of the baking dish. Peel and chop the garlic. Sprinkle vegetables with garlic, salt and spices.

Step 4. On top of the formed side dish of vegetables, place small fish carcasses, peeled and rubbed with spices. Lubricate the top with olive oil.

Step 5. Place the pan in the oven, preheated to 200 degrees, bake for thirty minutes. Remove the finished fish with garnish from the oven and serve hot.

A quick and tasty side dish for battered fish

Fish in batter is always delicious. The fillet turns out juicy, and the batter emphasizes this with its crust and significantly adds satiety. Instead of the usual rice, we suggest taking bulgur as a side dish. For contrast, add green peas. Unusual and delicious!

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 3.

Ingredients:

• Bulgur – 1.2 tbsp.
• Frozen green peas - a handful.
• Butter - to taste.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Each housewife can have her own recipe for fish batter, depending on the available products and taste preferences.

Step 2. After dipping the fish in the batter and placing it in a hot frying pan, try not to disturb it too much and fry it carefully so that the pieces brown evenly and do not lose their shape.

Step 3. Wash the bulgur well in running water.

Step 4. Place the bulgur in a saucepan, add enough water to cover the grain by two centimeters. From the moment it boils, cook for twenty-five to thirty minutes.Salt to taste. Add green peas and butter to taste to the prepared hot bulgur. Mix well and let the peas thaw.

Step 5. Serve the battered fish with a hot side dish of bulgur and peas.

Garnish for fish made from carrots and onions

This side dish goes well with any fish. The advantage of this mixture is that it can be prepared in advance and reheated at any time. Both separately and together with fish.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Carrots – 2 pcs.
• Onions – 3-4 pcs.
• Vegetable oil – 3 tbsp.
• Tomato paste – 2 tbsp.
• Salt - to taste.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Ground coriander - to taste.
• Granulated sugar – 1 tsp.
• Water – 0.5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Peel the carrots, rinse, dry and cut into thin strips. Heat the vegetable oil in a deep frying pan and add the chopped carrots.

Step 2. Fry the carrots while stirring. It should become soft and begin to blush noticeably.

Step 3. Peel the onions, wash them, dry them and cut them into thin longitudinal feathers. Add the onions to the carrots, add salt to taste, and mix. Continue to fry until the carrots are completely softened and the onions begin to turn golden.

Step 4. Add granulated sugar, ground coriander, and pepper to taste to the vegetables. Mix tomato paste with half a glass of water, pour into the pan, stir. Bring to a boil, cover with a lid and simmer for ten to fifteen minutes.

Step 5. Serve the finished side dish hot with the fish or let it cool and put it in the refrigerator until ready to use.

Step-by-step recipe for mushroom side dish for fish

Recipe for mushroom lovers. Any available ones will be suitable for the side dish.Be sure to add lemon juice at the end of cooking - it is its citrus notes that perfectly combine the strong “independent” flavors of mushrooms and fish.

Cooking time: 30 min.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Mushrooms – 500 gr.
• Onions – 1 pc.
• Garlic – 3 cloves.
• Parsley - ½ bunch.
• Salt - to taste.
• Lemon – 1/2 pcs.
• Ground black pepper - to taste.
• Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp.
• Water – 0.5 tbsp.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Cut the mushrooms into pieces. If the mushrooms are small, leave them as is.

Step 2. Peel the onions, rinse, dry and cut into small cubes.

Step 3. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan and pour onion into it. Fry until golden brown. Add mushrooms and half a glass of water. Cook until the moisture evaporates. Next, add chopped garlic cloves, salt, and ground black pepper. Cook for a couple more minutes.

Step 4. Wash the parsley, dry it and chop it. Squeeze the juice out of the lemon.

Step 5. Remove the frying pan with mushrooms from the stove, pour lemon juice over the contents and sprinkle with parsley. Mix. Serve the side dish hot with the fish.

PP side dish of broccoli for fish

For those on a diet, broccoli is always a great option. Including in the case of a side dish for fish. Simmer the inflorescences in a frying pan with a small amount of butter. We also add some tomatoes for juiciness. Any fish with such a side dish will only become healthier.

Cooking time: 20 min.

Cooking time: 15 min.

Servings – 4.

Ingredients:

• Broccoli - 1 fork.
• Tomatoes – 1 pc.
• Butter - to taste.
• Garlic – 1 clove.
• Salt - to taste.

Cooking process:

Step 1. Wash the broccoli, dry it, and divide it into small florets. If the inflorescences are large, it is better to cut them into smaller pieces.

Step 2.Wash the tomato, dry it, cut it into slices.

Step 3. Place broccoli florets in a heated frying pan and add butter. Cook the broccoli over low heat for 5-10 minutes.

Step 4. Then add separately fried pieces of fish to the frying pan with the broccoli.Step 5. Place slices of tomatoes and a clove of garlic passed through a press on top. Salt to taste. Cook covered for a few minutes until the broccoli is completely cooked.

Step 6. Place the broccoli and fish on serving plates and serve hot.