Whole pike perch in the oven

Step-by-step preparation

Cooking time: 50 mins

1. STEP 1

   

   How to bake a whole pike perch in the oven? Prepare your food. It is better if the pike perch is fresh and small in size, then it will turn out juicier and tastier. But the dish will also work with frozen fish, then defrost it first. You can use spices according to your taste, but I would advise not to overuse them, so as not to overwhelm the delicate taste of white fish. Thyme can be used either fresh or dried.

2. STEP 2

   

   Gut the fish, remove the gills, fins and tail. You can cut off the head or leave it, it's at your discretion. I prefer to serve baked fish with the head on, so I left it. Peel the onion and cut into half rings, the lemon into slices.

3. STEP 3

   

   Make transverse cuts on the carcass, salt and pepper the fish, sprinkle with lemon juice and oil. Place onion and lemon half rings into the belly.

4. STEP 4

   

   Take a large piece of parchment. Pour oil onto the parchment and spread it a little in the place where the fish will lie. Place the pike perch on the parchment and wrap it in an envelope, curling the edges tightly. Instead of parchment, foil and a baking sleeve will also work.

5. STEP 5

   

   Bake the fish in the oven at 180 degrees for half an hour. Then open the paper, add the thyme, and drizzle the oil over the fish again. Bake for another 10 minutes uncovered so that the pike perch browns.

6. STEP 6

   

   The pike perch in the oven is completely ready! Serve it hot. Bon appetit!

Comments on the recipe

Zhanat

27.12.2023

4.8

A good option for cooking fish. I will offer one more recipe. Pike perch stewed in tomato with vegetables.

Natalia M

27.12.2023

5

I planned to bake fish for dinner. There was the freshest zander available, literally just swimming in the river. Look into his eyes and everything will become clear)) To make dinner delicious, I started looking for a recipe on my favorite website and found a great option. I decided to bake the whole pike perch in the oven with onions and lemon. I like this combination. The first thing I do is cut off the top sharp fin of the pike perch, I’ve already pricked my fingers with it many times, so now I’m removing this mohawk. From the spices I also took thyme, thyme and pepper. Only lemon pepper, I think it goes well with fish. Well, I didn’t regret the fresh lemon, I pushed it into the abdomen, into the gills and sprinkled it on top. And the onions made an excellent “pillow”. I baked it as in the recipe, wrapped in parchment, then without it for about 10 minutes. It turned out to be an excellent, most tender fish. Very tasty! The aroma of lemon is amazing, it doesn’t taste sour) I recommend everyone to cook this diet fish!

Dmitry Lapkovsky

27.12.2023

4.8

Simple and good recipe.