Carp baked in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 1 hr

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a whole carp in the oven in foil? Prepare the necessary ingredients. Take fresh carp - the fresher the fish, the tastier the dish will be.

2. STEP 2

   

   Clean the carp from scales. He is very large. Cut the belly and gut it. If you are going to cook the fish with the head, remove the gills, otherwise they can give the fish bitterness. Rinse the carcass well under running water and dry with a paper towel.

3. STEP 3

   

   Peel the onions and cut into half rings.

4. STEP 4

   

   Cut a few slices of lemon to juice the fish and stuff it.

5. STEP 5

   

   Rub the fish well with salt and pepper, outside and inside.

6. STEP 6

   

   Place prepared onion, lemon slices, and sprigs of fresh or dried thyme into the belly.

7. STEP 7

   

   Brush the fish with vegetable oil and place on a large sheet of foil. You can learn all the secrets of using foil from a separate article. There is a link at the end of this recipe.

8. STEP 8

   

   Wrap the carp stuffed with aromatic additives in foil in an envelope and place in the oven for about 50 minutes, setting the temperature to 180 degrees. Your baking time and temperature may vary. You can read more about the operating features of ovens in the article about ovens. The link is at the end of the recipe.

9. STEP 9

   

   After the specified time, carefully unfold the foil with tongs, open the fish slightly - it is already ready, you just need to brown it a little.

10. STEP 10

    

    Lubricate the surface of the carp with a thin layer of mayonnaise and place uncovered under the grill for 8-10 minutes. You can make mayonnaise yourself, it will be healthier and tastier. At the end of the recipe you will find a link to homemade mayonnaise recipes.

11. STEP 11

    

    Carp baked in the oven is ready! Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Lyudmila

20.12.2023

4.6

It turns out delicious, thank you! There is also a way to bake carp with onions and without lemon. Good too.

Natalia M

20.12.2023

4.8

My husband loves fish very much, so I cook it quite often. This time I had a couple of carp in my hands. True, I received them already peeled and ripped open, which is very pleasing) All I had to do was marinate and bake. Cooking fish in the oven is a pleasure, the kitchen is clean and you don’t need to spend a lot of time cooking. I didn't have thyme. But there was dried thyme. I also added ready-made spices for fish, dried basil, dill, a little dried rosemary and dried tomatoes. I forgot to leave the lemon for the fish, but for this case I always have lemon juice ready. I marinated the carp with this marinade, stuffed the belly with onion and sweet pepper rings. I also put onions on top for juiciness. The fish bakes perfectly in foil and doesn’t fall apart, I liked this method. The fish turned out delicious, the spices cover up the smell of the fish well (we don’t like it), lemon juice generally goes well with the fish, making it soft, juicy and tasty. Served with vegetable salad. My husband praised me)

Appolinaria Ivanova

20.12.2023

4.7

I rarely cook fish and I’m not very good at it. But I really liked this recipe, I specially went to the market to buy fresh carp. Thank you, it's really delicious.

EkaterinaTra

20.12.2023

4.7

I've been loving fish lately! And I always add ginger when I bake fish in the oven.