Easy Homemade Marinated Silver Carp

Very simple, incredibly tasty and not expensive! Marinated silver carp prepared at home is very different from store-bought. You will be completely confident in the freshness and quality of the fish, and you will also choose the spices and seasonings to your taste.
cook time: 27h
Elijah Stroud
Easy Homemade Marinated Silver Carp

Nutrition Facts (per serving)

76
Calories
4g
Fat
2g
Carbs
7g
Protein

Ingredients (4 portions)

Basic:

Salt 1 tbsp
Sugar 1 tbsp
Water 0.7 l
Bay leaf 3 pc
Table vinegar (9%) 2 tbsp
Vegetable oil 3 tbsp
Peppercorns 8 pc
Carnation 2 pc
Allspice 3 pc
Silver carp 500 g

Recipe instructions

Step 1

Step 1
How to pickle silver carp at home? Prepare your food. Silver carp is a tasty fatty fish; its belly is considered the best part, suitable for preparing many dishes, including pickling. Select a set of spices according to your taste and availability. When buying fish in a store, choose large carcasses; they have fewer small bones and more fat. To ensure the fish is fresh, pay attention to its external qualities.

Step 2

Step 2
When pressing on a fresh fish carcass, the dent will quickly straighten out, the eyes should be free of cloudiness, and the scales should be smooth. Wash the fish, clean it, gut it, cut off the tail, fins and head. Rinse the carcass well again and let the water drain. Cut the fish flesh into pieces no more than 1.5-2 centimeters thick. Place it in a deep container.

Step 3

Step 3
Prepare the marinade. How to make a marinade? The easiest, fastest, most reliable and delicious way to marinate silver carp is the hot method. Pour filtered water into an enamel pan, add bay leaf, peppercorns, allspice, cloves, and place over medium heat. When the water boils, add sugar and salt, stir until they dissolve. Pour in table vinegar and vegetable oil. Let the marinade boil and turn off the heat.

Step 4

Step 4
Pour the boiling marinade over the fish in a bowl and place it under pressure so that the fish is better soaked. Leave the fish in the marinade at room temperature until completely cooled. For pressure, I use an inverted plate on which I place a jar of water.

Step 5

Step 5
Peel the onions and cut them into halves of rings.

Step 6

Step 6
When the fish has cooled, transfer it to a glass jar, alternating with onions. Fill the contents of the jar with the marinade in which the fish was marinated, close the jar with a lid and put it in the refrigerator overnight.

Step 7

Step 7
In the morning you can take a sample of marinated fish. You can store this appetizer in the marinade for up to a week in the refrigerator. Serve it to the table as an independent dish with strong alcoholic drinks, bread and herbs, or with a side dish in the form of mashed potatoes or cereals for lunch or dinner. Bon appetit!

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