A whole fish with its belly filled with stuffing, closed with stitches or toothpicks, and cooked in a pot over low heat with tomato paste, water, oil and spices that turn into a sauce. Gluten-free version: Gluten-free breadcrumbs.
Heat the olive oil in a wide pan over medium heat.
⚙ Pan-fryingStoveFrying pan
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Add the onion and fry 5–8 minutes, stirring now and then, until the onion is soft and translucent and starts to turn golden at the edges. If it browns too fast, lower the heat.
⚙ Adding to the hot fat and fryingStove
💡Add by cooking time: what needs long (onion, carrot, meat) goes in first, and what burns fast (garlic, dry spices) goes in last, only until fragrant.
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Transfer to a bowl, add the gluten-free breadcrumbs and eggs and mix until combined.
Bowl
To assemble
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Fill the fish with the mixture and sew up the belly with string.
Kitchen twine
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Place the fish in a pot, add the water and cook over low heat for 40 minutes.
StovePot
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Serve hot.
316calories
27 gprotein
12 gcarbs
16 gfat
● protein 36%● carbs 16%● fat 48%
Per serving (260 g), of 4 servings
For the Fish Stuffing · To assemble ·
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⚖ About the ingredients
Onion: measured in pieces: one ≈ 117 g · 40 kcal per 100 g · More about Onion →
Olive oil: measured in tbsp in this recipe: 1 tbsp = 14 g · 884 kcal per 100 g · More about Olive oil →
Breadcrumbs: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 108 g · 370 kcal per 100 g · More about Breadcrumbs →
Eggs: measured in pieces: one ≈ 50 g · 143 kcal per 100 g · More about Eggs →
Carp: measured in pieces: one ≈ 500 g · 127 kcal per 100 g · More about Carp →
Water: measured in cup in this recipe: 1 cup = 240 g · 0 kcal per 100 g · More about Water →
🔧 Tools needed (4) · 🍳 2 cooking vessels
Stove· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Portable hot plate (one weaker burner) · Camping gas stove (One burner, outdoors) · Electric pressure cooker (multicooker) (One pot, no real shallow frying)
Frying pan· Also works: Wok (None)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Pot (High sides, slow evaporation and weak browning)
Pot· Also works: Deep skillet (sauté pan) (less liquid, faster evaporation)· 💡 Workaround, changes the dish: Wok (For quick cooking)
Bowl· Also works: Pot (None)
🧻 Consumables: Kitchen twine
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