Whole mackerel baked in the oven with carrots in foil

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 45 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake mackerel in the oven whole stuffed with onions and carrots in foil? Prepare all ingredients. If you bought frozen mackerel, it must be defrosted naturally. Leave it at room temperature for 1.5-2 hours. The secret of cooking mackerel in the oven is that you don’t need to completely defrost the fish; you can start cooking it when it is still a little frozen, this will make it easier to cut the fish.

2. STEP 2

   

   Remove entrails, fins and tail. If you want to leave the head of the fish, then you need to cut out the gills. Remove dark film. Rinse the mackerel thoroughly under running water and dry with a paper towel. Under no circumstances should you defrost mackerel in the microwave.

3. STEP 3

   

   Grind allspice black peppercorns in any way convenient for you. I will do this using baking paper and a kitchen hammer. Mix pepper and salt. Rub the mackerel inside and out with pepper and salt.

4. STEP 4

   

   Let's do the vegetables. Grate the carrots on a fine grater.

5. STEP 5

   

   Cut the onion into small pieces, maybe quarter into rings. Pour 2 tbsp into a heated frying pan. vegetable oil. Add onion, cook until translucent, just a couple of minutes. Add carrots and cook until both ingredients are soft.

6. STEP 6

   

   Stuff mackerel with onions and carrots. Wrap the fish in foil, belly side up. Bake in a preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes at 180 degrees. 5-10 minutes before the end of cooking, unfold the foil so that an appetizing crust forms on the surface of the fish.