Fried carp in a frying pan is a delicious dish, and the ease of preparation and the special taste of this tender and juicy meat, complemented with sour cream, vegetables and spices, make it popular both in the family menu and on the holiday table. There are different options for cooking carp in a frying pan and the recipes will help you choose the dish according to your preference.
How to fry carp pieces in flour in a frying pan
The option of frying carp in pieces in flour breading and in a frying pan is the simplest and most popular. In this recipe, to remove the specific taste, marinate the carp in lemon juice, and the flour will give the carp a crispy crust. The hardest part is cleaning the fish.
- Carp 1 (things)
- Lemon 2 slices
- Cilantro taste
- Pepper mixture taste
- Salt taste
- Flour 50 (grams)
- Vegetable oil for frying
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Fried carp in a frying pan is prepared quickly and easily. Immediately rinse the carp from mucus, remove scales, remove the head with tail and fins, entrails and wash again under running water. Then cut the carcass into pieces. -
Place the carp slices in a separate bowl and sprinkle with lemon juice. -
To your taste, sprinkle the carp pieces with salt and seasonings, stir and leave to marinate for 15 minutes. -
Place flour on a plate. Roll all the pieces of marinated carp well in flour on all sides. -
Heat enough vegetable oil in a frying pan. Fry the carp pieces over medium heat until golden brown on both sides. -
Transfer the carp cooked in a frying pan into pieces in flour onto portioned plates, add fried onions and serve hot. Bon appetit!
Fried carp with onions
Fried carp tastes great with onions and you can add more of this vegetable than indicated in the recipe. The prepared carp is fried in flour breading and then cooked with onions under a covered lid. To keep the carp meat juicy and tender, in this recipe we will leave it for 0.5-1 hour to marinate.
Cooking time: 1 hour 30 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 4.
Ingredients:
- Carp – 1.8-2.0 kg.
- Large onion – 3 pcs.
- Salt - to taste.
- Freshly ground black pepper - to taste.
- Flour – 1 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Prepare carp carcasses for frying: remove scales, gut them and rinse well under running water. Immediately prepare the onions and flour for breading.
Step 2. Then cut the carp into pieces, place in a separate bowl, sprinkle with salt and freshly ground pepper, stir and leave for at least half an hour to marinate.
Step 3. Chop the onion into quarter rings of medium thickness.
Step 4. Heat the vegetable oil well in a frying pan.
Step 5. Pour a glass of flour into a deep plate.
Step 6. Dip the pickled carp pieces well in flour and immediately transfer them to hot oil.
Step 7Fry the carp over medium heat until golden brown on one side. You can fry under a covered lid. Then turn the pieces over and sprinkle them evenly with chopped onion.
Step 8. Fry the carp on the other side, also under a covered lid. Stir the onions periodically so that they fry evenly, especially when there is a lot of it.
Step 9. When the fish is ready, remove the lid and let the carp dry a little so that the crust is crispy. Transfer the cooked carp to plates, place the onions on top and serve the dish with a salad of fresh vegetables. Bon appetit!
Carp in sour cream in a frying pan
Carp in sour cream is most often baked in the oven, but it will delight you with its taste when fried with sour cream in a frying pan. In this recipe we fry small carp whole carcasses, but you can also cut them into pieces. It is better to choose fattier sour cream, which will give the carp a delicate texture.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 2.
Ingredients:
- Carp – 2 pcs.
- Sour cream – 200 gr.
- Salt - to taste.
- Ground black pepper - to taste.
- Flour – 100 gr.
- Vegetable oil for frying – 50 ml.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Immediately prepare a simple set of ingredients for the dish. Rinse the carp, remove the scales with gills and remove the entrails through a longitudinal incision in the abdomen.
Step 2. Rinse the cleaned carp again with cold water and cut the carcasses with transverse cuts. Cut off the tails with fins.
Step 3. Sprinkle the prepared carcasses with salt and pepper outside and inside.
Step 4. Then roll them in flour on all sides.
Step 5. Heat vegetable oil in a deep frying pan, transfer the carcasses into it and fry them until golden brown on one side.
Step 6. Carefully turn the carcasses onto the other side.
Step 7. Pour sour cream over the carcasses evenly and simmer, covered with a lid, over medium heat for 7-8 minutes.
Step 8. Then remove the lid and keep the carp on the fire for another 5 minutes.
Step 9. Transfer the carp cooked in a frying pan in sour cream to a dish and serve hot. Bon appetit!
How to deliciously fry whole carp
Carp is most often fried in pieces, but for a more beautiful presentation of this fish dish, you can also fry it as a whole carcass. Only the insides and fins of the carp are removed. The carcass must be cut, then the small bones can be felt less. In this simple recipe we fry carp breaded in flour.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Cooking time: 15 minutes.
Servings: 1.
Ingredients:
- Carp – 800 gr.
- Salt - to taste.
- Ground black pepper - to taste.
- Flour - for breading.
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
- Greenery - for decoration.
- Lemon juice – 0.5 pcs.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Remove scales from the carp carcass. Remove the entrails through a longitudinal incision in the abdomen. Use scissors to cut off the fins. Then rinse the carcass well under running water and dry with a napkin.
Step 2. Using a sharp knife, make deep cuts on both sides of the carcass every 0.5 cm.
Step 3. Then sprinkle the outside and inside of the carp with salt and black pepper to your taste. Sprinkle the outside of the carp with flour. Heat the vegetable oil in a large frying pan and transfer the prepared carp to it. Fry the fish over medium heat until golden brown on both sides.
Step 4. Transfer the whole fried carp to a dish, decorate with herbs, pour over lemon juice and serve. Bon appetit!
Carp, fried in pieces with a crispy crust
The crispy crust, essentially breading, although an unhealthy attribute of food, is loved by many, and for fried pieces of carp it is simply necessary, since in addition to its special taste, it preserves the juiciness of the fish. In this recipe, as an option, we make the crust for the carp pieces with a mixture of wheat and corn flour in equal proportions. The carp is fried in well-heated oil and not over low heat, otherwise the crust will not work.
Cooking time: 40 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 3.
Ingredients:
- Carp – 3 pcs.
- Wheat flour – 3 tbsp.
- Corn flour – 3 tbsp.
- Salt - to taste.
- Ground black pepper - to taste.
- Lemon – 1/2 pcs.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Vegetable oil – 100 ml.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Prepare carp carcasses for frying. Clean them of scales and entrails. Remove the head with fins and tail. Rinse the fish well with cold water and cut into pieces.
Step 2. Then sprinkle the carp pieces with salt and black pepper and pour in the juice of half a lemon.
Step 3. In a separate bowl, mix two types of flour. Dredge the carp pieces well on all sides in this flour mixture.
Step 4. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan well. Place the breaded carp into it.
Step 5. Fry the carp over medium heat until golden brown on both sides. Towards the end of frying, add a finely chopped onion to the carp.
Step 6. Place the fried carp in pieces with a crispy crust on plates, decorate with lemon and herbs and serve. Bon appetit!
Mirror carp fried in a pan
Mirror carp differs from ordinary carp in its large carcass size, small number of scales and small bones, and the best way to prepare it is to fry it in a frying pan.Tender and pleasant to the taste, this fish will be a delicious dish on the family menu and will decorate the holiday table.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 3.
Ingredients:
- Mirror carp – 1 pc.
- Salt - to taste.
- Ground black pepper - to taste.
- Flour - for breading.
- Vegetable oil – 50 ml.
- Onions – 3-4 pcs.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Clean the mirror carp from scales, remove the head with entrails and fins and rinse well under cold water.
Step 2. Cut the carcass into steaks no more than 2 cm thick, transfer to a separate bowl and sprinkle with salt and black pepper or any fish seasoning.
Step 3. Dredge each carp steak well in flour.
Step 4. Heat vegetable oil in a deep cast-iron frying pan. Transfer the carp steaks to the oil and fry over medium heat until golden brown on one side.
Step 5. Then turn the steaks over to the other side, reduce the heat slightly, cover the pan with a lid and fry the mirror carp until cooked and golden brown on the other side.
Step 6. Finely chop the peeled onions. Transfer the fried carp to a dish and fry the chopped onion in this oil.
Step 7. Add the fried mirror carp in a frying pan with fried onions and serve the dish to the table. Bon appetit!
Carp in batter in a frying pan
An option for fried carp, like many people’s favorite fish dish, is to fry it in batter, which gives the pieces a crispy golden brown crust. The batter is prepared in different ways, and in this recipe we use an egg with flour. It is better to fillet the carp, removing as many small bones as possible and choose larger fish.
Cooking time: 1 hour.
Cooking time: 30 minutes.
Servings: 3.
Ingredients:
- Carp – 1 pc.
- Salt - to taste.
- Mixture of peppers - to taste.
- Egg – 2 pcs.
- Flour – 3 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil - for frying.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Clean the carcass of a large carp from scales and entrails, remove the head with fins, cut into fillets and remove the bones. Then rinse the fillet with cold water, cut into small pieces and salt to your taste.
Step 2. In a bowl with a fork, beat two eggs well, adding salt and a mixture of peppers. Pour wheat flour into another bowl.
Step 3. First roll the prepared carp pieces well in flour on all sides.
Step 4. Then dip in beaten egg.
Step 5. Heat a sufficient amount of vegetable oil in a frying pan. Fry the carp pieces in batter over high heat until crispy brown on both sides. Do not cover the pan with a lid.
Step 6. Transfer the battered carp cooked in a frying pan to a plate, remove excess oil with a napkin and serve the dish. Bon appetit!
Stewed carp with vegetables
Stewed carp with vegetables will be a simple, satisfying and tasty dish for a family lunch or dinner, and when cold it can be an excellent snack. In this recipe, we fry the carp and simmer with onions and carrots in tomato sauce, which will make the taste of the fish more pronounced. For stewing, it is better to choose mirror carp, which is easier to clean and contains fewer small bones.
Cooking time: 50 minutes.
Cooking time: 20 minutes.
Servings: 1.
Ingredients:
- Carp – 400 gr.
- Onion – 1 pc.
- Carrots – 1 pc.
- Tomato paste – 1 tbsp.
- Boiling water – 1 tbsp.
- Salt - to taste.
- Seasoning for fish – 1 tsp.
- Vegetable oil – 1 tbsp.
Cooking process:
Step 1. Clean the carp carcass, rinse and cut into portions no more than 2 cm thick.
Step 2.In a stewing pan, heat a spoonful of vegetable oil well and fry the carp pieces over high heat until half cooked. Transfer the fish from the frying pan to a plate.
Step 3. Peel the onion and carrots, chop them in any way and fry them in the same oil as the carp. Add a spoonful of tomato paste to the vegetables and stir.
Step 4. Pour a glass of boiling water to the vegetables fried with pasta, add salt and fish seasoning, stir and bring the sauce to a boil. Then add the fried carp pieces to the sauce. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the carp over low heat for 15 minutes.
Step 5. Transfer the cooked carp stewed with vegetables to a serving plate and serve hot. Bon appetit!
