Quick and Spicy Pickled Herring

Spicy, simple, fast, very tasty! Pickled herring according to this recipe will be ready in 12 hours, and the marinade does not need to be cooked — all the ingredients for it are simply mixed. The herring turns out to be spicy, aromatic, rich and will serve as an excellent appetizer.
cook time: 12h
Gavin Tanner
Quick and Spicy Pickled Herring

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

225
Calories
20g
Fat
1g
Carbs
12g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt 1 tsp
Sugar 0.5 tsp
Table vinegar (9%) 100 ml
Vegetable oil 100 ml
Herring 2 pc
Grainy mustard 2 tbsp

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to pickle herring? Prepare your food. Herring is suitable both fresh and lightly salted. If you took lightly salted, then do not add salt to the marinade. Pre-defrost fresh herring by transferring it from the freezer to the bottom shelf of the refrigerator — this will make the process more delicate. Any mustard will do, but grainy herring also turns out beautiful. I used olive oil, but you can use any oil, with or without scent.

Step 2

Step 2
Wash and dry the defrosted fish. Cut off the head, cut the belly, remove the entrails. Cut the carcass along the ridge to the spine, remove the fin. Turn over onto its side. Using a sharp knife, cut the meat from the spinal bone. Turn the carcass over and remove the backbone. If possible, remove small bones. Wash and dry the finished fillet.

Step 3

Step 3
Cut the fillet into portions.

Step 4

Step 4
Prepare the marinade. Place mustard, sugar and salt in a deep bowl. Stir. Pour in vegetable oil in small portions, actively stirring the mixture — if you pour in all the oil at once, the marinade will separate. Then add 9% vinegar. Stir until smooth.

Step 5

Step 5
Place the chopped herring in a jar or container of a suitable size. Glass or plastic are best, but it is better not to use metal utensils — they can oxidize. Along with the herring, you can pickle onions; to do this, cut them into rings or half rings and place them in a jar with the fish. I added onions to the already prepared herring.

Step 6

Step 6
Pour the marinade over the fish and press down so that all the pieces are completely covered. Close the jar (or container) with a lid and put it in the refrigerator for 12 hours. From time to time, take it out and shake it gently so that the marinade evenly covers the herring.

Step 7

Step 7
Serve the finished herring to the table as an appetizer or as an addition to other dishes, for example, boiled potatoes. Bon appetit!

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