Fish such as cod contains very little fat, therefore, it is rightfully considered a dietary product. And since there is little fat, accordingly, according to some chefs, frying is not the best method of cooking cod. But knowing certain recipes, you can prepare fried cod of the highest quality with tender meat and very juicy. In our article we will present only a small part of the recipes for frying cod.

And speaking of cooking secrets, it is worth noting that you should not keep the fish on the fire for a long time (watch this), this leads to its dryness. For example, for pieces four centimeters thick, ten minutes of heat treatment is enough. But don’t rush to put the dish on the table right away, let it finish with the lid closed (3-5 minutes is enough). Since the fish has an original smell, it is better to soak it in kefir before cooking; you can also use vinegar or cucumber brine.

Fried cod with breadcrumbs

Consider a recipe for cooking cod with breadcrumbs. For this recipe you need to purchase the following products:

• Breadcrumbs 4 tbsp.
• Cod 600 g
• Vegetable oil 3 tbsp.
• Black pepper (ground), salt taste
• Onions 1 pc.
• Egg 1 pc.

Let's start cooking:

1. Take the cod, wash it thoroughly and dry it.
2. Across the ridge, fish into small pieces.
3. Now beat the chicken egg thoroughly.
4. Next, mix the crackers together with pepper and salt, you can also add dried herbs.
5. We clean the onion and rinse with water. Then cut into rings.
6. Place pieces of cod in the egg and soak them thoroughly in it.
7. After this, mix the cod with a mixture made from breadcrumbs and various seasonings.
8. Pour oil into a frying pan and fry the cod pieces until crusty.

When finished, carefully place the fish on a plate, cover it with onions and can be eaten.

Breading fried cod with cheese

To prepare this dish, you need the following ingredients:

• Cod fillet 500 g
• Cheese (not too hard) 50 g
• Vegetable oil 2 tbsp.
• Egg 1 pc.
• Flour 50 g
• Black pepper (ground) and salt taste

Let's start cooking:

1. Cut the cod fillet into small pieces.
2. Sprinkle it with pepper and salt. Then we leave it to marinate in this form (not for too long).
3. We take a grater with a fine mesh and grate our cheese on it.
4. Beat the egg a little and mix with grated cheese.
5. Place the frying pan on the fire and pour oil into it.
6. Cod pieces are breaded in 50 grams of flour, followed by the addition of a mixture obtained from eggs and cheese.
7. Fry everything until a golden brown crust forms.

This cod goes great with mashed potatoes or rice; you can also serve fried fish with vegetables.

Simple frying of cod

To prepare delicious fried cod you will need a small amount of ingredients:

• Cod fillet 1 pc. (800 g)
• Onions 1 pc.
• Vegetable oil 50 ml
• Wheat flour 3 tbsp
• Pepper and salt to taste

Next, let's look at the entire cooking technology:

1. If you purchased the cod frozen, then let it defrost.
2. After this, we clean and carefully cut into small pieces.
3. Pour flour into the desired container, add pepper and add salt.
4. Take the oil and pour it into the bottom of the frying pan, turn on the stove.
5. Each piece of cod should be dipped into the breading mass, and then carefully placed in a hot frying pan.
6. Now fry for about five minutes, with the lid open.
7. We cut the onion into rings and after turning over each piece of cod, sprinkle this onion on them.
8. Cover the frying pan and bring the dish to full readiness over medium heat (slower if possible), for 8 minutes.

Place the cod on plates and serve with boiled potatoes; you can add a vegetable salad.

Fish in batter

For the dish you will need:

• Cod fillet 1 kg
• Egg 4 pcs.
• Wheat flour 1 tbsp.
• Vegetable oil 2 tbsp.
• Beer 200 ml
• Pepper and salt to taste

Consider the cooking procedure:

1. Purchased fish must be defrosted.
2. Now cut the cod into pieces.
3. Prepare the batter:
   – Beat all the eggs well, pour beer into it, add salt and add flour (don’t forget to stir constantly).
4. Take a frying pan and pour some oil into it.
5. Dip the cod pieces thoroughly in the prepared batter.
6. Fry them in a frying pan.
7. Fry until golden brown (try to fry on both sides, constantly turn over).
8. After the cooking procedure, the fish should be placed on napkins (to remove fat).

Surely every housewife had to treat her to homemade cod liver salads. But this is far from the only option for a delicious dish that can be made from such fish. Its fillet is often used for delicious treats. How to cook cod tasty and quickly in different ways is described below.

Ingredients: half a kilo of fish carcass, 1 pc. bell peppers, onions and carrots, salt, a pinch of spicy herbs.

1. The fillet is cut into medium pieces. Each of them is rubbed with a mixture of salt and spicy herbs.
2. All finely chopped vegetables stated in the recipe are lightly fried in a frying pan.
3. The fish pieces are laid out on a large piece of oiled foil and sprinkled with fried vegetables on top. The cover is wrapped tightly.

Fish stewed in sour cream

Ingredients: half a kilo of fish fillet, 230 g of carrots and onions, table salt, 70 g of butter, 1 tbsp. fish broth and the same amount of medium-fat sour cream.

1. Vegetables are cut quite coarsely. Onions - in rings, carrots - in strips. These components are immediately sent to the bottom of the cookware for stewing.
2. Place fillet pieces rubbed with salt on top.
3. The products are filled with a mixture of sour cream and broth. Instead of the latter, you can use regular salted water.
4. Pieces of butter are placed on top of the fish.

The dish is stewed for a little less than half an hour until the vegetables soften and the cod is cooked.

Chinese style with soy sauce

Ingredients: 920 g cod fillet, large onion, 4-5 garlic cloves, 60 ml soy sauce, 40 ml vodka, a handful of rice flour, a mixture of peppers, a pinch of coriander.

1. The onion is peeled, washed, cut into large pieces and the first one goes into the blender bowl. All the stated seasonings, halves of garlic cloves, vodka and soy sauce are also added there.
2. All ingredients are crushed to a puree-like consistency. At this stage, salt is added to the mass if necessary.
3. The fish fillet is cut into small pieces, placed in the resulting sauce, and covered with a lid or cling film. The cod should marinate for at least an hour.
4. Prepared fish slices are rolled in rice flour and fried in hot oil until golden brown.

Typically the frying process takes 6-7 minutes on each side of the slice. The fish is served hot with any side dish.

Pan-fried cod pieces

Ingredients: 830 g fish, half a liter of fat milk, 170 g wheat flour, large egg, table salt, 1 tbsp. l. lemon juice, freshly ground black pepper.

1. The cod is cleaned of all excess (entrails, fins). The head is cut off from the carcass. Next, the fish is washed well with cold water.
2. The prepared carcass is cut into portions and poured with salted milk. In this form, she goes into the cool for the whole night.
3. The next morning the milk is poured down the sink. The fish slices are dried with paper towels, sprinkled with lemon juice, salted, peppered and left to marinate for half an hour.
4. Break a raw egg into a separate bowl. Add a little salt and beat until smooth.
5. When the fish is marinated, its pieces are first rolled in flour and then immersed in a beaten egg. After this, the cod is sent to a frying pan with hot oil. It is cooked until golden brown and delicious.

Fried cod in a frying pan also goes well with any side dish.

Cod fillet with vegetable marinade

Ingredients: a kilo of fish fillet, a large yellow bell pepper, a medium carrot, an onion, half a cup of canned tomatoes, salt, seasonings.

1. For the marinade, all vegetables are washed and chopped. You can simply grate onions and carrots on a coarse grater and place them in a frying pan.
2. They are accompanied by mashed canned tomatoes without skin and small cubes of pepper.
3. The mass is salted, flavored with seasonings and stewed on medium heat for 8-9 minutes.
4. The fish fillet is cut into small pieces and seasoned with salt.
5. Place half of the vegetable marinade on the bottom of a heat-resistant dish. Pieces of fillet are distributed on top.
6. Next, spread out the remaining vegetable mixture.
7. Cook the fish for 20-25 minutes in a well-heated oven.

The treat is served to the table with fresh herbs.

In mustard cream sauce

Ingredients: 2 fish carcasses (total weight - about 1.5 kg), a bunch of fresh dill, flour for breading, fish seasoning mixture, 2 tbsp. l. mustard beans, 170 ml low-fat cream, salt.

1. Fish carcasses are removed from fins and tails. Next, they are washed well and dried with napkins. The cod is cut into pieces, which are salted and rubbed with seasoning. Then they are fried in hot oil until golden brown.
2. For the sauce, mix the remaining ingredients. The dill is first finely chopped.
3. The fried fish is placed on a baking sheet and poured with sauce.

The dish is prepared for 20-25 minutes at medium temperature.

How to cook cod steaks?

Ingredients: 4 fish steaks, white onion, 90 ml dry white wine, 80 g cheese, salt, 1 tsp. honey, 30 g potato chips, lemon. How to deliciously cook cod steaks is described below.

1. The fish is washed, lightly dried, salted and sprinkled with the juice of half a citrus fruit. Then it is left for half an hour - let it marinate.
2. The second half of the fruit is cut into thin slices and fried along with the onion. Honey is poured into the frying pan and wine is poured. The mass is salted and simmered over low heat for 12-14 minutes.
3. The marinated steaks are laid out in a heat-resistant form, and the lemon roast is distributed on top.
4. The dish is baked for 15 minutes at 190 degrees.
5. The steaks are then sprinkled with a mixture of finely grated cheese and crumbled chips.

Baking continues for another 17-20 minutes.

Delicious fish cutlets

Ingredients: 830 g fish fillet, 90 g white bread, 80 ml milk, egg, half an onion, 4 tbsp. l. breadcrumbs, salt, spices.

1. The crustless loaf is filled with milk.
2. Fish fillet along with onions is turned into minced meat using a meat grinder or blender. The squeezed loaf is laid out in the mass and a raw egg is added.
3. The minced meat is salted and flavored with spices.

Small cutlets are formed from it, rolled in breadcrumbs and fried in well-heated oil.

Casserole with cod and potatoes

Ingredients: half a kilo of fish fillet, 130 g of hard cheese, 2 onions, half a kilo of potatoes, salt, a mixture of peppers, refined oil.

1. The fillet is cut into small pieces and poured with a mixture of oil, salt and pepper. In this form, the cod should stand for about half an hour.
2. The potatoes are boiled in their skins, after which they are peeled, cut into circles and laid out in a mold. The vegetable is sprinkled with a small amount of salt.
3. Prepared fish pieces are distributed on top, and then onion half rings fried until golden brown.

Among the many fish recipes, cod dishes are very popular among housewives, which is not surprising: this inexpensive and tasty sea fish is easy to clean, does not necessarily require the presence of exotic ingredients in the recipe - and at the same time it is fried quite quickly in an ordinary frying pan. To ensure that the cod fillet does not dry out during cooking and at the same time is sufficiently fried, it is only important to have salt, spices and vegetable oil on hand - and to know the basic rules for preparing the dish.

Fish cutting procedure:

• rinse the cod in cool water;
  
• scrape the scales from the carcass with a knife, then rinse the fish again;
  
• cut off the tail, head and fins;
  
• make a shallow cut with a knife along the abdomen, starting from the side of the head;
  
• carefully remove the insides and rinse the carcass from the inside, freeing it from the bitter black film;
  
• blot the carcasses with a napkin and cut into portions approximately 1.5-2 cm thick;
  
• if you are going to fry small cod, just cut the carcass into two parts and fry the fish, placing it on a side.
  

Fried cod student style
To cook fish according to this recipe in one pan you will need:

• fresh cod - 0.5 kg;
  
• vegetable oil - 100 ml;
  
• salt and ground black pepper - to taste.
  

1. Salt and pepper the fillet, add a tablespoon of vegetable oil, mix carefully and leave to marinate for 20 minutes.
   
2. Pour oil into a frying pan and heat it to a boil.
   
3. Add the pieces and reduce the heat to medium. Fry for 3-4 minutes.
   
4. Turn the cod pieces over with a wooden spatula and cook for the same amount of time.
   
5. Carefully pour a little (about 50 ml) hot water into the pan, cover with a lid and leave to simmer over low heat for 5 minutes.
   

• fresh cod - 0.5 kg;
  
• vegetable oil - 100 ml;
  
• flour - 1 glass;
  
• egg - 2 pcs.;
  
• lemon - 1 pc.;
  
• fresh parsley 1 bunch;
  
• salt - to taste.
  

1. Salt the cod pieces outside and inside. Leave the fish to salt for 10 minutes.
   
2. Pour the flour into a bowl and carefully roll the portioned pieces in it.
   
3. Beat the eggs with a little salt.
   
4. Heat the oil in a frying pan. Now place the cod pieces in it, first dipping them into the egg mixture.
   
5. Fry uncovered for 4-5 minutes until a thick, delicious golden brown crust forms, then turn the fish over and fry on the other side.
   
6. Place the finished pieces on a plate, pour over lemon juice and sprinkle with finely chopped parsley.
   

• fresh cod - 0.5 kg;
  
• vegetable oil - 100 ml;
  
• onions - 3 pcs;
  
• tomatoes - 2 pcs;
  
• bell pepper - 2 pcs;
  
• parsley - 1 bunch;
  
• sour cream or heavy cream - 150 ml;
  
• salt - to taste.
  

1. Peel the onion and cut it into rings.
   
2. Heat the oil in a frying pan and fry the onion in it over medium heat for 3 minutes until golden brown.
   
3. Place the tomatoes cut into slices in an even layer over the entire surface of the onion and lightly salt. Fry for 5 minutes.
   
4. Place the salted portions on top of the vegetables. Cover the pan with a lid and cook for 3-4 minutes, then turn the fish over and fry on the other side for another 3 minutes.
   
5. Cut the bell pepper into strips and mix with finely chopped herbs and cream, adding salt to taste.
   
6. Pour cream over the fish. Cover the pan with a lid and simmer the cod with vegetables over low heat for 10 minutes.
   

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This type of fish does not belong to the red species, however, this does not at all prevent it from remaining a popular and valuable food product.

Before we look at recipes for frying cod in a frying pan, we note that this fish is tasty, healthy and low in calories (100 g of fresh product contains only 76 kcal). You can prepare exquisite fish with tender white meat in a variety of ways: with spices, in sauce, with vegetables, but the result will always be the same - delicious.

How to fry cod in a frying pan in flour

Ingredients

• Cod (fillet) - 900 g + -
• - 50 ml + -
• - 3-4 pcs. + -
• - to taste + -
• - 2 glasses (volume 250 ml)+ -

How to fry cod fillets in flour in pieces

This recipe for frying cod in pieces in a frying pan can be called classic. The technology does not require a complex set of ingredients and does not involve spending a lot of time; on the contrary, tender cod is fried almost instantly.

There are very few bones in the fish, but they are all quite small; if you take this small flaw into account right away, then it will definitely not cause you any trouble during the frying process and after it.

1. We wash the fish fillet and cut it into neat portioned pieces.
2. Beat the eggs into one bowl and sift the flour into another.
3. Salt the eggs and beat with a fork.
4. Season the fillet pieces thoroughly and then roll them in flour on all sides.
5. Pour vegetable oil into a frying pan and heat it over medium heat.
6. While the pan is heating up, dip the cod in batter (beaten eggs).
7. Fry the breaded fish until cooked on both sides. The fire should be no more than medium. In general, frying will take 5-10 minutes, the exact time will depend on the size of the pieces.
8. Place the fried cod fillet (before serving it on a plate) on a paper napkin so that the fish “gives up” its fat obtained during frying.

You can serve fried cod fillet with cream sauce (or any other sauce), sour cream, herbs, vegetables (fresh or stewed) or potatoes. Any side dish for fish will be appropriate, because cod is not very high in calories, and you and your guests are unlikely to get enough of one fillet.

How to fry cod in a frying pan: recipe with garlic and spices

Our step-by-step recipe will tell you how to fry cod fillet in a frying pan correctly and for how long. This recipe differs from the previous one in that we will cook tender fish with aromatic garlic and fragrant piquant spices. The taste of such a dish will be amazing, you won’t even have to invite your family and guests to the table, they will come running to the spicy fishy aroma.

Ingredients

• Cod – 1 pc.;
• Garlic – 2 cloves;
• Milk – 400 ml;
• Zira (cumin) – 1 pinch;
• Black peppercorns – 4 pcs.;
• Vegetable oil – 50 g;
• Salt – 1 tsp;
• Flour (sifted) – ½ cup;
• Nutmeg – ½ tsp;
• Butter – 50 g.

How to deliciously fry cod with garlic sauce

Gut a fish carcass

1. We cut off the fins and tail from it, clean off the scales, remove the remaining entrails, wash the fish (outside and inside), and dry it with a paper towel.

Soak cleaned fish in milk

1. We cut the cod carcass crosswise into small pieces (1.5 cm thick) and fill them with milk for 1.5-2 hours.

Prepare a mixture of spices and flour for breading

1. In a dry frying pan, heat the salt, nutmeg, ground pepper and cumin for several minutes. When frying, constantly stir everything, then grind the fried spices in a mortar and mix them with flour.

Bread and fry fish pieces in a frying pan

1. Bread the fish parts in the resulting mixture of flour and spices, then fry the cod in hot oil over medium heat for about 10 minutes.

Preparing garlic sauce for serving fried cod

1. Melt the butter, add chopped garlic to it, simmer the ingredients over medium heat for 5 minutes.
2. Before serving, pour garlic sauce over the delicious fried fish, then place 1-2 fish pieces on a plate (depending on their size), place a spoon or two of the prepared side dish next to it, as well as a slice of lemon.

This is how simple and at the same time piquant a delicious cod fish dish will look. If you want to diversify its taste even more, then initially cook the cod with onions, mushrooms, tomatoes, cheese or potatoes. The taste of the snack will be even more interesting and unusual. With this cooking method, you won’t even need a side dish.

Of course, it is advisable to use fresh carcass or pieces of fish. But if it so happens that there is no fresh cod, but only fresh frozen cod, then try to defrost it correctly.

There are no difficulties in this matter; you just need to put the carcass at room temperature and wait until it thaws on its own. You cannot defrost delicate fish in a quick way (in the microwave or using boiling water). This rule applies not only to cod, but to all types of fish.

To get rid of the pungent fishy aroma that is unpleasant to you, sprinkle the carcass with lemon juice, or better yet, soak it briefly in low-fat kefir or cucumber brine. If you are not an ardent opponent of vinegar, you can marinate the fish in a weak vinegar solution. For lovers of fatty foods, there is a separate marinating option - in mayonnaise.

Choosing the right utensils is an important element of successful cooking. Since the frying pan must be well heated to fry fish, the best choice would be to use a cast iron frying pan (it heats up as quickly and thoroughly as possible), or, in extreme cases, a Teflon frying pan.

To prevent the fish from becoming dry after frying, cook it with sour cream, sauce, vegetables or in batter. It is also important that the pieces are small in size (about 2 cm thick), this will allow them to better retain moisture and not “dry out” when frying.

It is necessary to cook cod fillet in a large amount of oil (it is even recommended to combine vegetable and butter at the same time).

As soon as you drop the pieces into a well-heated frying pan with oil, the fish will immediately be covered with an appetizing crust, which will allow it not to become dry, and will also allow it to maintain an attractive shape and not “fall apart” until the very end of cooking.

After frying, be sure to place the fish on paper napkins; we don’t need excess fat.

Our step-by-step recipes for frying cod in a frying pan will help you prepare a wonderful dish for a regular dinner or holiday table. If you properly prepare and marinate the fish, it will fry in a matter of minutes.

So you can safely classify a fish appetizer as an express cuisine, because you can make it right before the guests arrive. They will appreciate the aroma of a freshly prepared dish and taste it straight from the heat.

Cod is considered a dietary fish because it has a low fat content. This is why many are sure that frying is not the best way to cook fish. However, if you know some secrets, the fried cod will turn out juicy and tender. Today we will not only tell you a few tricks for creating such a dish, but also tell you a couple of recipes.

One of the reasons that fried cod turns out dry is that it is over-exposed to heat. That's why make sure that it does not remain on the fire for too long(for fish, cut into pieces 3-4 centimeters thick, only 10 minutes of heat treatment is enough). However, after cooking, it is not recommended to serve it immediately; cover the frying pan in which the fish was fried with a lid and let the cod cook for a little while. It’s a good idea to marinate the fish before frying. For those who do not like the specific fishy smell inherent in cod, we advise you to soak it in a weak vinegar solution, kefir or cucumber brine before cooking.

Cod fillet fried in a pan

You will need:
cod fillet – 0.5 kilograms,
tomatoes - 3 pieces,
Pesto sauce - 3 tablespoons,
flour - 3 tablespoons,
lemon juice - 2 tablespoons,
olive oil – 2 tablespoons,
fresh parsley - a few sprigs,
salt - to taste.

Cooking method
1. Wash the fish. Let's dry it. Cut into portions.
2. Salt and season with pepper. Leave to marinate for a few minutes.
3. Bread the fish in flour.
4. Heat olive oil in a frying pan.
5. Fry the fish on both sides until golden brown.
6. Wash the tomatoes. Cut into circles.
7. Fry the tomatoes over high heat.
8. Salt the fried tomatoes.
9. Place the fried cod in a frying pan.
10. Lay out the tomatoes.
11. Add sauce.
12. Sprinkle with lemon juice.
13. Simmer for a couple of minutes.
14. Serve the fried-stewed cod along with fresh vegetables, first sprinkling it with finely chopped parsley. Bon appetit!

Cod fried in breadcrumbs

Cod – 600 grams,
onion – 1 piece,
chicken egg – 1 piece,
breadcrumbs - 4 tablespoons,
vegetable oil – 3 tablespoons,
salt - to taste,
ground black pepper - to taste.

Cooking method
1. Wash the fish. Let's dry it. Cut into portions across the spine.
2. Beat the egg.
3. Mix salt, pepper and breadcrumbs, if desired, you can add a mixture of dried herbs.
4. Peel the onion. Mine. Cut into rings.
5. Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan.
6. Dip each piece of fish in the egg, and then bread it with a mixture of seasonings and crackers.
7. Fry the fish in boiling oil until golden brown.
8. Place the fish on a serving plate and sprinkle with onions. Let's take a sample!

Cod fried in cheese breading

You will need:
cod fillet – 500 grams,
flour – 50 grams,
semi-hard cheese – 50 grams,
chicken egg – 1 piece,
ground black pepper - to taste,
salt - to taste,

Cooking method
1. Divide the fish fillet into portions.
2. Salt and pepper. Let it marinate for a while.
3. Grate the cheese on a fine grater.
4. Mix lightly beaten egg with cheese.
5. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
6. Bread the fish in flour, and then in the cheese-egg mixture and fry until golden brown.
7. An excellent addition to fried cod would be mashed potatoes, boiled rice or fresh vegetables. Eat for your health!

Cod fried with onions

You will need:
cod – 1 kilogram,
onions – 2 pieces,
salt - to taste,
flour - for breading,
vegetable oil - for frying.

Cooking method
1. Cut the fish into small portions. Salt.
2. Peel the onion. Mine. We cut it finely.
3. Heat vegetable oil in a frying pan.
4. Sauté the onion.
5. Place cod breaded in flour on the onion.
6. Fry the fish on both sides until golden brown. Ready!

As you can see, frying cod is not that difficult. The main thing is to be patient and know some tricks. Just a little effort and your dinner, where the main dish will be fried fish, will turn out tasty and aromatic.

Cod is an inexpensive, low-fat and very tasty fish that is suitable for preparing various dishes. Fried cod may turn out a little dry. To avoid this, you should not subject it to prolonged heat treatment. Cod can be fried with spices, tomatoes, herbs or in cheese sauce with champignons.

Ingredients

Fried cod fillet recipe

Rinse the fillet thoroughly and cut into portions. Take two deep bowls. Pour flour into one of them, and pour eggs into the other. Salt the eggs and stir a little with a fork. Add salt to the fish pieces and roll thoroughly in flour on both sides.

Heat the vegetable oil in a frying pan and place the cod there, previously coated with the egg mixture. You need to fry the fish on both sides - 5 minutes on each side. If the pieces are large, it may take a little longer. The finished donated cod should be placed on paper napkins so that they absorb excess fat, and only then served.

Cod breaded in cheese is very tasty. The cooking recipe is similar, only the fish is coated with an egg-cheese mixture.

Cod recipe with spices

Ingredients

Clean the fish from scales, remove the tail, fins and all the entrails. Wash, dry and cut into portions. Pour milk over the cod and leave in the refrigerator for a couple of hours. Heat salt, pepper and nutmeg in a frying pan. Then grind everything in a mortar and mix with flour.

Bread the fish in flour with spices and fry in hot oil for 10 minutes on both sides. After this, melt the butter and mix it with chopped garlic. Simmer the resulting mixture for about 5–7 minutes over low heat. Before serving the fried cod, pour garlic sauce over it and place a slice of lemon on the plate. An excellent side dish for this dish would be baked or boiled potatoes, mashed potatoes, rice, and vegetable salad.

They say that owners of expensive restaurants sometimes ask candidates for the position of new chef to cook something very simple, like an omelet. And it is no coincidence: the simplest things usually turn out to be the most difficult. For example, fried cod. It would seem that what could be simpler than just frying cod in a frying pan? In theory, nothing, but in practice, it will fall apart for one person, and dry out for another, so people swear by cooking fried cod, it’s better in the oven, in parchment or something else. Meanwhile, properly cooked fried cod is very tasty in itself, and a delicious sauce for it is prepared in the same frying pan without interruption from the process, and the texture of such cod turns out just right: still juicy, but already dense, easily separated into pieces. If you think cod is a so-so fish, give it another chance!

Fried cod

Before I present the actual recipe for fried cod, let me give myself one piece of advice. Don't be afraid to buy whole cod frozen. Firstly, we often sell the same fish under the guise of chilled fish, but it is not clear when it was thawed. Secondly, by defrosting the cod in the refrigerator and cutting the fillets yourself, you will get a higher quality product, because, unfortunately, sometimes fish that cannot be sold whole is sometimes used for fillets. If such a complex operation as filleting fish still scares you, so be it, cook with store-bought fillets for now, but be sure to plan to learn, it’s not as difficult as it seems.

So, dry the cod with paper towels and season with salt. In a non-stick frying pan (if you don’t have one, place a circle cut out of baking paper on the bottom of a regular frying pan), heat the olive oil and fry the finely chopped garlic in it until golden. Add the butter, let it melt, mix with the olive oil, and add the fish. Fry the cod, periodically scooping oil with a spoon and pouring over the fish, over medium heat for about 3-4 minutes, then carefully turn over. If the cod does not stick to the pan, there is no need to injure the fillet with a spatula - just fry further, rocking the pan with smooth movements back and forth, and at the right moment the fish itself will leave the bottom.

Fry the cod on the other side for another 3-4 minutes and carefully transfer it to heated plates. Pour wine into the pan, let it boil, stir with a spatula with the rest of the pan until smooth, then add finely chopped parsley, stir and remove from heat. Pour the fried cod with a thick sauce in which aromatic parsley, garlic, boiled white wine, oil and cod juices are mixed, season with freshly ground black pepper and serve.

Cod is a well-known commercial fish and a very popular culinary product. There are a variety of dishes made from it: it is fried, boiled, dried. Fried cod fillet has a special taste. Recipes in a frying pan - read the article.

Cod gained popularity among people for its relative cheapness (when was that?) and also for its culinary simplicity. Quickly - please! Moreover, there may be options with fried cod fillet. See recipes with photos below.

Features of cooking cod

Cod is a low-fat fish, and therefore may turn out dry when fried. Experienced chefs know how to deal with this problem: the fish must first be marinated before frying.