Mackerel baked whole in the oven with carrots in foil

2 servings
45 min

How do you bake mackerel in the oven stuffed whole with onions and carrots in foil? Prepare all the ingredients. If you bought frozen mackerel, it needs to be defrosted naturally. Leave it at room temperature for 1. 5-2 hours. The secret to making mackerel in the oven is that it is not worth defrosting the fish completely, you can start cooking it when it remains a little more frozen, so it will be easier to cut the fish.

Remove insides, fins and tail. If you want to leave your head with 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. In no case should you defrost mackerel in the microwave.

Grind allspice black peppercorns in any way convenient for you. I'll do it with baking paper and a kitchen hammer. Mix pepper and salt. Pepper and salt the mackerel outside and inside.

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

Cut the onion in small pieces, you can cut a quarter with rings. Pour 2 tbsp into the heated frying pan. vegetable oil. Add onions, cook until transparent, literally a couple of minutes. Add the carrots and cook until both ingredients are soft.

Stuffing mackerel with onions and carrots. Wrap the fish in foil with your belly up. Bake in the preheated oven for about 30-35 minutes at 180 degrees. 5-10 minutes before the end of cooking, the foil should be deployed so that an appetising crust forms on the surface of the fish.