Hi all! Today the topic of the article will be salting herring in a quick way. We all love this fish very, very much. And it's not just about her wonderful taste. Salted herring can also be used in various salads. For example, traditionally for the New Year - Herring under a fur coat.
Fish salted at home is much tastier. In addition, we can salt it the way we want: either by cutting it, or whole carcasses. By the way, about carcasses. Before salting fish, you need to choose it correctly.
It is best to salt medium-sized fish.
If you purchased frozen herring, you should defrost it before salting. And it's best to do this in the refrigerator.
Before salting, it is not necessary to gut the fish; you can only remove the gills.
Only regular salt, not iodized, is suitable.
Herring should be stored in the refrigerator.
Below are several fairly simple recipes for quickly salting herring. Choose and prepare delicious salted herring for the holidays and just for variety.
To quickly pickle herring in 2 hours, you need to prepare a fairly aggressive brine. For 1 liter of water - 3-4 tablespoons of salt, 1 tablespoon of sugar, sweet peas - 10 peas, and 2 bay leaves. You can also add a mixture of peppers for spiciness. But most importantly, the fish itself must be filleted and cut into small pieces. Otherwise, the fish will not have time to salt quickly. The smaller the pieces, the faster the salting. The herring, cut into small pieces, is salted literally in 2-5 hours, and it can already be served by cutting the onion into thin rings and pouring with a tablespoon of vegetable oil. The result will be finger-licking good!
Salting herring according to this recipe will take a little over an hour. However, the result will be delicious lightly salted herring.
For salting we need:
- Herring – 2 pcs.
- Salt - 2 tbsp. l.
- Sugar - 1 tsp.
- Water - 0.5 l
- Dill, Bay leaf
The salting process is so simple that it can be described quite quickly.
We clean the fish, remove the head, tail, and fins. Prepare the brine - dissolve salt and sugar in water. Pour brine over the herring, add dill and bay leaf and leave for an hour. We take out the herring, put it on a plate, add the onion cut into rings and pour a little vegetable oil on it.
That's it, the fish is ready, you can start the meal.
Herring pieces with onions
Another recipe for quick salting of herring. All the components can be taken, in principle, as much as you see fit. The brine is tested for salinity one way or another.
For pickling we take:
- Herring – 1 pc.
- Onion – 2 pcs.
- Salt – 1 tbsp. l.
- Bay leaf, black pepper and a glass of warm water.
When salting fish, it is necessary to take into account that fish kept in brine for up to two hours is lightly salted. If you need to get a saltier product, then you also need to keep it longer.
At the first stage, peel the onion and cut it into rings.
Sprinkle spices on top, again put onion rings, again pieces of fish. We finish everything with onions.
Now fill it with water and close the lid. Leave for two hours. After this time, the herring is ready.
Dry pickled herring
This is also a fairly quick salting method. It is unusual in that here we use a little vodka.
Required ingredients:
- Herring – 2 pcs.
- Salt - 3 tbsp. l.
- Vodka – 1 tsp.
We take the fish, clean it, remove the skin and cut it into pieces. Can be freed from bones. We put all this in a bag. After this, add salt and pour vodka. We tie the bag and leave it on the table for four hours. Shake the bag every half hour. After 4 hours, remove the fish from the bags and rinse with water in a colander. After that, put it on a plate and serve. Don't forget to decorate with onion rings.
Salting herring without brine
This is another method of so-called dry salting.
In order to prepare herring in this way, we will need:
- herring – 2 pcs.
- salt – 1.5 tsp.
- sugar – 1 tsp.
- ground black pepper – 1.5 tsp.
- cling film and paper napkins.
First of all, wash the fish and remove the gills. Now dry the fish with paper towels.
Now mix 1.5 teaspoons of salt and ground pepper, then add a teaspoon of sugar. Rub the entire herring well with this mixture. After that, we roll it up in cling film and put it in the refrigerator. After two days you can try.
Bon appetit!
And for dessert, a video on salting fish
Today in the issue you will find the best selection of salted herring recipes. Like many of you, I give preference to homemade pickling methods, because I think this is a delicious snack not only for holidays, but also on everyday days.
Moreover, herring is rich in nutrients and vitamins, and doctors recommend including it in your diet. Most often, it is consumed salted. And even such a simple dish as herring with potatoes is liked not only by Russian people, but also by people from other countries.
In addition, you can prepare various salads from it, for example, “Herring under a fur coat,” which we will definitely write about in one of the following articles.
Today, you can find a large amount of salted herring in stores, but if you prepare it yourself, it will be even tastier. It has been prepared since ancient times, so many recipes have accumulated, the best of which we will consider in our article. But before you start salting, it is important to know how to properly clean it of bones and skin.
So. Let's begin our masterpiece...
How to cut and quickly peel herring from bones and skin. Watch the video:
To prepare a delicious dish of salted herring, you need to know how to properly cut it and remove bones and skin. Each housewife uses her own secret. If you don’t yet know how to properly cut a herring, then watch the video instructions below:
Lightly salted herring. A very tasty recipe for lightly salted herring
If you don’t have time to salt herring, you can prepare lightly salted fish, which requires no more than a day to marinate. But if you leave it in brine for a couple of days, it will become more flavorful.
Ingredients:
- 1-2 pieces of fresh frozen herring.
- 3 tbsp table salt.
- 1 liter of water.
- 8 pcs black peppercorns.
- 4 tbsp sugar.
- 3 bay leaves.
- 3 pieces of cloves.
Preparation process: First of all, you need to prepare the brine. Pour water into an enamel bowl, add salt, sugar, pepper, bay leaf and cloves. Heat on the stove until boiling. Then remove from heat and cool.
While the brine is cooling, you should prepare the herring. She needs to cut off her head, remove all internal organs, wash thoroughly under running water, and then dry with napkins. Milk and caviar can also be salted.
Cut the herring into several pieces. The smaller the pieces, the faster the fish will marinate. But to prepare lightly salted herring, you should cut it into large pieces or in half. Place the pieces in a jar, add spices. For one fish, it is enough to prepare a jar with a volume of 700 ml.
At the next stage, pour the marinade over the fish, close the container and store in the refrigerator. After a day, you can prepare various dishes from herring.
Before eating, the fish must be cleaned of skin and bones, and then cut into several small pieces.
Most often, lightly salted herring is served with potatoes, baked or boiled. Also add onion, cut into rings. Season with vegetable oil.
Enjoy your meal!
My mouth was already watering.
Herring with vinegar and onion in oil. Salt the fish in pieces
Even inexperienced cooks can handle this recipe.
To get rid of fishy smell from kitchen utensils, it is recommended to use lemon.
To marinate fish you will need the following ingredients:
- 2-3 pieces of fresh frozen herring.
- 2 pieces of onions.
- 1 glass of water.
- 1 tsp table salt.
- 5 tbsp vinegar.
- ½ tsp sugar.
- Coriander and peppercorns.
Step-by-step preparation:
While the brine is being prepared, the herring needs to be thawed. Pour the required amount of water into an enamel container, add salt, sugar and vinegar.
Place the pan on the fire. The main thing is that the liquid does not have time to boil. As soon as the salt and sugar dissolve in the water, the container must be removed from the stove.
When the fish is completely defrosted, it must be cut, bones removed, and then cut into small pieces.
The last ingredient for preparing the marinade is onion. It must be cut into small half rings.
Place several layers in a glass jar, in the following order: fish, chopped onion, coriander, pepper.
The jar of herring should be stored in a dark place at room temperature. To add new flavor notes, you can add a small amount of vegetable oil to the brine.
Instant herring in 2 hours. In quick pieces (Salting time is only 5-30 minutes)
There is a simple recipe for pickling herring, which can be consumed within a couple of hours. The marinating time only takes a few minutes.
Ingredients:
- 4 pieces of chopped herring.
- 1 tbsp sugar.
- 1 tsp salt.
- 300 ml filtered water.
- 2 lavrushki.
- 2 cloves of garlic.
- 1 tsp table vinegar.
Cooking process
Rinse the fish thoroughly under running water and cut into small pieces, 1.5 cm in size. Place them in a container, add broken lava leaves, sprinkle with salt, sugar, add chopped garlic.
Place a container of water on the stove and bring to a boil. Then cool it and add vinegar with fish. Place the pan in a warm place.
After about 2 hours, pieces of marinated fish can be served with vegetables.
Bon appetit!
How to salt herring at home in brine? Delicious recipe quickly and easily
If you don’t have time to cook fish, you can quickly make lightly salted herring.
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of herring.
- 1 piece of onion.
- 1 tbsp vegetable oil.
- 1 tbsp salt.
- 0.5 liters of water.
Cooking process
Rinse the carcasses thoroughly under running water. Remove the fins, tail and head with scissors. Then cut it into pieces and remove all the internal organs. Also rinse the pieces and dry them with paper napkins.
To prepare the brine, you need to bring water to a boil, then add salt to it until it completely dissolves.
Place the fish in a glass jar and compact the pieces well. Then add onion half rings. Add the cooled brine and pour vegetable oil on top. Close the jar tightly and leave it in a dark place for a day. After this, it is recommended to place the fish in the refrigerator for another day.
It is recommended to consume herring immediately, since this pickling does not last long.
Spicy salted herring. How to pickle deliciously?
Not all people prefer to buy herring in packages. Therefore, you can prepare it yourself. As a result, the fish will have a pleasant aroma. And most importantly, it will be the way you want it - not over-salted, as is usually the case when buying, or, even worse, very spicy or sour. When purchasing, it’s rare to find delicious, spicy-salted herring. And below is exactly the recipe that deserves attention.
Ingredients:
- 2-3 carcasses of fresh frozen herring.
- 2 tbsp granulated sugar.
- 200 grams of table salt.
- 1 liter of filtered water.
- A few peas of allspice.
- A pinch of black pepper.
- 2-3 pieces of cardamom.
- 2-3 bay leaves.
- A small amount of cloves.
- Lemon acid.
Step-by-step cooking process:
There is nothing complicated about preparing spicy fish. It is necessary to defrost the herring, rinse it thoroughly under running water, dry it, and cut off the head.
The next step is to prepare the marinade. To do this, you need to add all the spices to the water. Place the pan on the stove and bring the water to a boil. Then add a small amount of citric acid. The marinade must be cooled.
Pour the prepared herring with the cooled marinade. Cover the container with a lid and leave for a couple of days in a dark place at room temperature.
Please note that this is not a very quick way to salt fish. Because here it is implied that you need to keep it in brine for 48 hours. But the whole secret of the light and tasty spice will be precisely that it turns out lightly salted (lightly salted, as many say...), and at the same time gives off the spices of allspice, cloves and bay leaves.
This is exactly the recipe when the herring turns out fragrant and spicy. We recommend!
Recipe for whole herring in brine. How to salt whole herring in brine?
In this proposed recipe method, the whole carcass can be salted. Let's consider one of these options.
Ingredients:
- 3 pieces of fresh frozen herring.
- 1 tbsp salt.
- 1 tsp granulated sugar.
- 900 ml water.
- 4 pcs bay leaves.
- 5 black peppercorns.
Cooking process:
First of all, you need to choose quality fish. Then start preparing the brine. To do this, you need to bring water to a boil in a saucepan, add spices, and then be sure to cool it, otherwise the fish will turn out not salted, but boiled.
The next step is to start preparing the herring. It needs to be defrosted slowly. Rinse thoroughly in water and add 1 tbsp vinegar. After this, cut off the tail and fins. Trim the head from below to remove the gills. If there is game and milk, they need to be washed and placed in the belly of the carcass.
Rinse the herring again in running water, then dry with paper napkins. Then pour in cold brine and keep at room temperature for 6 hours, then place in the refrigerator for the same time.
Ready salted herring can be served.
It is important to note that home-cooked fish can be stored for no longer than 1 week, otherwise the taste will change greatly for the worse.
How to pickle fresh herring at home in a quick way (in just 2 hours)
You can cook fish very quickly. This will take no more than two hours. A great recipe for when you're expecting guests to prepare an appetizer. Or you yourself decided to eat fresh, home-salted fish.
Take into account this method, which takes only 2 hours:
Ingredients:
- 4 pieces of herring.
- 1 tsp sugar.
- 4 tsp salt.
- 4 pcs bay leaves.
- 5 pcs cloves.
- 6 peas of allspice.
- 1 onion.
- 50 ml vegetable oil.
- 1 liter of water.
Cooking method:
Clean the carcasses, cut off the head and remove the entrails. After this, rinse the fish thoroughly under running water, then cut into small pieces, which are laid out in a container.
The next step is to prepare the brine. To do this, pour boiling water into a glass jar, add all the necessary spices, as well as sugar and salt. Infuse the marinade for 5 minutes until the salt and sugar are completely dissolved in the water. Then add cold water.
Pour the prepared brine over the herring pieces. The pieces should marinate for about 2 hours.
NOTE! The photo below, using the homemade method, shows quite large pieces. But still, it is recommended to make them small, like in store-bought jars, where the herring comes with mayonnaise or in vinegar brine. A photo of the store-bought version is shown below... This recommendation is so that you can be sure that all the herring will have time to be completely saturated with brine. Because if you make the pieces very large, then it may not have time to salt in a short time. And in fact, it may take from 5 hours to a day for each piece to be salted.
After this, drain the brine, add onion rings and a little vegetable oil. The fish can be eaten immediately or after a few hours until it is completely soaked.
Salt the herring in brine with oil
Another delicious recipe for salted herring. To prepare it you will need the following products:
- 2 pieces of fresh frozen herring.
- 0.5 tbsp granulated sugar.
- 2.5 tbsp table salt.
- 1.5 tbsp vegetable oil
- 1l water
Cooking process:
- Rinse the fish carcasses thoroughly under running water, remove all internal organs, cut off the fins and tail.
- Divide the herring into pieces and then place it in a glass jar.
- To prepare the brine, you need to bring water to a boil, add sugar and salt, they should completely dissolve. Then bring everything to a boil again.
- The prepared brine must be cooled, then add a small amount of vegetable oil to it.
- The solution is poured into a jar of fish.
- Place the container in the refrigerator for about 3 days.
- Before serving, it is recommended to sprinkle the pieces with a small amount of vinegar and add fresh onions.
Thanks to this method of preparation, the fish turns out very tasty and healthy, since it has absorbed the necessary substances.
Salting method with mustard
One option for preparing brine for herring is to use mustard. This allows you to achieve a spicy taste.
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of fresh frozen herring.
- 1 liter of water.
- 2 tbsp mustard.
- 3 tbsp granulated sugar.
- 5 tbsp table salt.
- 1 glass of vegetable oil.
- 1 onion.
- Peppercorns and bay leaf.
Cooking method:
Slowly defrost the carcasses, cut them up, and rinse thoroughly under running water.
At the next stage, the prepared fish carcasses must be coated with mustard and then placed in an enamel container.
After this you need to prepare the marinade. To do this, you need to bring water to a boil in a saucepan, then add the necessary spices, sugar and salt. Remove from the stove and cool the brine.
Pour cold marinade over the fish with mustard and put it in a dark place for a couple of hours, after which place the container in the refrigerator for 2 days.
After two days, you need to get the pickled herring, clean it, cut off the fins, tail, head, and remove the bones. Cut the carcass into pieces.
Cut onions into half rings.
Place the onion in a glass jar first, then the herring, then the onion again until the container is full. Add a small amount of vegetable oil, close the jar tightly and store in the refrigerator.
Dry salted herring at home. The simplest recipe
If you cook herring in this way, it turns out more aromatic and fatty. Some compare it to dried fish. At the same time, the fish turns out to be quite dense and the pieces do not lose their shape when cutting, as for example in the methods proposed above.
Ingredients:
- 1 piece of herring.
- 1 tsp sugar.
- 1 tbsp salt.
- 2 pcs bay leaves.
- 1 tsp mixture of allspice and black pepper, dried dill, fennel, coriander.
Cooking process:
Thaw the carcass slowly, then rinse well and dry with paper napkins. It is recommended to use whole fish, without gutting. But the head must be cut off.
Place the fish in a bag, add all the spices, sugar and salt. Wipe the herring thoroughly. Wrap the carcass in a bag and put it in the refrigerator for 3 days. It is recommended to turn the herring over periodically.
After three days, the herring should be cleaned, washed, and cut into pieces of the desired size, and can be served.
Herring salted at home in a bag. It turns out a spicy ambassador
Fish can be cooked not only in a container, but also in a bag. The result is a salt with a pleasant aroma.
Ingredients:
- 700 grams of fresh frozen herring.
- 1 liter of water.
- 0.15 g bay leaves.
- 1.05 g coriander.
- 0.2 g nutmeg.
- 90 grams of salt.
- 20 grams of sugar.
- 0.6 g peppercorns.
- 0.6 g cinnamon.
- 0.75 g cloves.
- 0.15 g mint.
- 0.25 g dry chili.
- 1.9 grams of allspice.
Cooking process
Thaw two carcasses without external damage and rinse under running water.
Weigh the required amount of all spices, chop if necessary and add 1 teaspoon of sugar and salt.
Dissolve the remaining salt in a jar of filtered water.
Make an incision on the belly.
Remove all internal organs and films.
For salting, you need to prepare a plastic container with an enclosed plastic bag that can hold two fish.
Place the herring in a bag.
Rub the carcasses thoroughly with the prepared mixture.
At the next stage, the herring needs to be filled with saline solution. Then seal the bag tightly and place it in the refrigerator.
After three days, the fish will be completely ready. All that remains is to cut it into small pieces and serve with boiled potatoes.
A quick method of salting in 5-12 hours
Thanks to the following recipe, salting time takes no more than 10 minutes. And after 12 hours, herring can be eaten together with vegetables.
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of herring.
- 2/3 cup salt.
- 5 pieces of bay leaves.
- 10 black peppercorns.
- 1 tbsp coriander.
- 3 carnation stars.
- 5 pennies of allspice.
- 4 tbsp table vinegar.
If you are intolerant to some components, you do not have to use all the ingredients.
Cooking process
Carcasses must be defrosted naturally, otherwise they will become loose. Therefore, it is not recommended to use microwave or water.
Then the herring needs to be thoroughly washed and the head, tails and fins cut off. Carefully loosen the abdomen and remove all the insides. Then rinse the carcasses again.
Prepare a plastic or enamel container. If necessary, the herring can be cut in half.
Place the fish in a prepared container, place bay leaf, pepper, coriander and salt inside. Fill the container with water so that it covers the herring, then add salt and other spices. Pour in vinegar. After which the container must be closed and placed in the refrigerator for 12 hours.
Dry salting on onions and oil
Another recipe for dry salting herring.
Ingredients:
- 1 piece of fresh frozen herring.
- 1 onion.
- Vegetable oil.
- 1 tbsp sugar.
- 2 tbsp table salt.
Cooking process
- Thaw the fish, rinse thoroughly, and then place in ice water for 1 hour.
- The next step is to gut the carcass and cut off the head. Then rinse again.
- Dry with paper towels.
- Mix sugar and salt and rub the resulting mixture onto the fish.
- Wrap the carcasses in several layers of cling film and leave it in a dark place for 2 hours.
- After this time, unwrap the herring, rinse again, and dry with napkins.
- Place the herring in a container.
- Chop the onion into the pan.
- Pour in vegetable oil for 1 hour.
- After this, the fish can be served.
Lightly salted herring with lemon and onion
This recipe is also popular among housewives.
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of herring.
- 1 head of onion.
- 1 piece of lemon.
- 4 tsp sugar.
- 4 tsp sea salt.
- 10 peppercorns.
- 10 bay leaves.
- 1 piece of carrot.
How to cook
First of all, you need to naturally defrost the fish carcasses and cut them up.
Cut the prepared fillet into desired pieces. Cut the onion into half rings and grate the carrots. Do not peel the lemon and cut into slices.
Mix sugar and salt in a plastic container.
Place several layers of fish, lemon, carrots, onions, bay leaves, and pepper in a glass jar. There should be enough layers so that the container is completely filled.
Close the container tightly with a lid and put it in the refrigerator for a couple of days.
Salty in Dutch style
The fish will be salted in a jar, as this container is ideal for a small amount of herring.
Ingredients:
- 2 pieces of fresh frozen herring.
- 1 onion.
- 1 piece of carrot.
- ½ piece lemon.
- 2 tbsp sugar.
- 2 tsp salt.
- 2 bay leaves.
- 4 allspice peas.
- 6 black peppercorns.
Cooking process
Thaw the fish carcass, cut off the head. Also prepare the ingredients for making the brine.
Remove the scales from the herring, remove the bones and cut into small pieces.
Cut the onion, carrots and lemon into small slices. Place onion, bay leaf and pepper in a single layer in a glass jar. The next layer is carrots. Then lemon, and pieces of herring on top. Add sugar and salt.
Add dense layers until the jar is full. Then close it with a lid and put it in the refrigerator for 3 days. It is recommended to shake the container periodically. After three days, the herring can be eaten with your favorite vegetables.
Korean pickled herring
This is a rare recipe for pickling herring, but you should know it.
Ingredients:
- 1 kg of fresh frozen herring.
- 5 pieces of onion.
- 0.5 cups vegetable oil.
- 80 ml table vinegar.
- 2 tsp red pepper.
- 1 tsp allspice.
- 1 tbsp tomato paste.
- 1 tbsp table salt.
Cooking process
Tomato paste needs to be mixed with vegetable oil, put on the stove, bring to a boil, then add vinegar. It is very important to cool the mixture. After this, add salt and both types of peppers.
Thaw the herring fillets, gut them, cut off the tails and fins. Do not remove the skin.
The ingredients call for five onions, but you can use more if you like them. It needs to be cut into rings and added to the prepared marinade. Mix everything thoroughly.
Place the herring pieces in a container and mix with the marinade. Cover with a lid and place a weight on top.
After about 3-4 hours, the fish can be eaten. And if you leave the herring overnight, it will taste even better.
Delicious herring in a jar
There are several recipes for salting herring in a jar, let's look at one of them.
Ingredients:
- 4 kg of herring.
- 7.5 tbsp salt.
- 3.5 tbsp sugar.
- 1.5 liters of water.
- 4 bay leaves.
- 1 tbsp black peppercorns.
- Coriander according to preference.
Cooking method:
While the fish is defrosting, you should prepare the brine. To do this, you need to pour water into the pan, salt it, add spices and sugar, bring to a boil and do not turn off the heat for about 10 minutes. The brine must be cooled.
In the meantime, you need to prepare a glass jar. To make it easier to fill, the neck should be wide. The container should be washed thoroughly
By this time the fish should be completely defrosted. The carcasses need to be washed under running water, all the entrails removed and the head cut off. After this, rinse again and dry with paper towels.
The herring should be placed tightly in a glass jar. Pour the prepared marinade over it. To avoid the formation of air bubbles, you need to push the edges of the herring away with a knife. Add brine up to the neck. Place the herring in the refrigerator for 3 days.
Salted herring at home, it turns out very tasty!
Store-bought fish may not meet consumer requirements. During salting on an industrial scale, too much salt may be added to it or, on the contrary, it may be under-salted. In addition, in the summer, it is quite difficult to find a fresh product. And before the holidays, when the demand for herring increases, sellers may put unsafe and low-quality products on the counter.
First you need to select fresh herring, and then properly cut it. When pickling at home, you can add various spices to enhance the taste.
The advantage of preparing herring at home is that you can add spicy oil to the pickling, thereby achieving a flavor that everyone close to you will enjoy.
Self-pickled herring has a soft structure, original aroma, and is suitable for consumption with potatoes, mushrooms, and sauerkraut.
In addition, recipes for cooking herring at home are very simple. Therefore, everyone can salt fish according to their wishes. Home-cooked fish turns out much tastier compared to store-bought products.
I think that after reading this article, many users will want to use one of the proposed recipes for making aromatic salted herring to pamper themselves and their loved ones.
Let's start…
How to choose fresh herring for home pickling?
To make the fish tasty and aromatic, you need to know how to choose it correctly.
It is important to understand that stores cannot have fresh herring. It can only be found on the ocean shore. Therefore, in the regions you can only purchase fresh frozen products.
If herring is sold in packaging, then it should not contain air or liquid. When choosing, it is recommended to pay attention to the following indicators of Pacific, Atlantic or North Sea fish:
- The carcass should have a silver color.
- Protruding eyes should not be cloudy.
- The gills are red.
- The fins should be pressed tightly against the carcass.
- If rusty marks appear on the fish, then such a product is not of high quality.
- The skin should not be damaged.
- The carcass must be firm with a white belly.
- Fish with caviar will turn out dry, but with milk it will be meaty and quite fatty.
It is better not to purchase headless herring, since in this case it is impossible to determine the freshness of the fish.
It is better to buy herring that was caught in winter. In this case, it will be fattier and will turn out very tasty.
It is important to know how the product is stored. If it is kept in a tin can at a temperature of -4-8 degrees, then its shelf life cannot exceed 4 months. And in vacuum packaging no more than 2 months.
I tried to select not only the best recipes, but also different variations. Therefore, everyone can choose the best way to pickle herring.
And if you know another recipe that allows you to cook delicious fish, then write about it in the comments. We will be grateful to you. Thank you in advance!
- For pickling at home, chilled Atlantic or Pacific herring is best suited.
- We have a separate section on how to choose fish. Study it carefully and under no circumstances buy herring without a head and fins. They are often cut off to hide the spoilage of the product. It is better to take a whole fish and, if necessary, cut it yourself.
- Frozen fish should not be defrosted in the microwave or placed in warm water. Defrosting should be natural: place the herring on a plate and keep in the refrigerator until thawed.
- Do not use iodized or too fine salt for salting herring. The first distorts the taste, and the second is easy to overdo.
This is the classic way. Ideal for pickling whole herring.
Ingredients
- 2 herrings;
- 1 liter of water;
- 2 tablespoons salt;
- 1 tablespoon sugar;
- 3–4 bay leaves;
- black peppercorns, allspice and cloves - to taste.
Preparation
Remove the gills from the fish: they can add bitterness to the marinade. Gutting and cleaning the herring is not necessary. You can simply rinse and dry with paper towels.
Boil the water. Add salt, sugar and spices. Let simmer for 3-4 minutes. Remove from heat and let cool.
Take a plastic container or enamel pan with a lid. Place the herring there and fill it with cooled brine. If the brine does not completely cover the fish, use pressure. Otherwise, you will have to turn the herring over from time to time.
Let stand for 3 hours at room temperature, then put in the refrigerator. After 48 hours you can try.
bit245/Depositphotos.com Another way to salt the whole herring, but without water.
Ingredients
- 1 herring;
- 1 tablespoon salt;
- 1 teaspoon sugar;
- ½ teaspoon ground black pepper.
Preparation
The fish needs to be washed. If desired, cut off the head and remove the entrails.
Mix salt, sugar and pepper. Rub the mixture onto the fish and wrap it in cling film or seal it in a plastic bag. Place on a plate and store in the refrigerator for two days.
Another way to pickle whole herring. Mustard not only gives the fish a special taste, but also makes it firm and elastic.
Ingredients
- 2 herrings;
- 1 liter of water;
- 3 tablespoons salt;
- 2 tablespoons sugar;
- 1 tablespoon dry mustard;
- 5 bay leaves;
- 10 black peppercorns.
Preparation
Rinse the fish. Sometimes the herring is kept in cold water for 30–40 minutes to make it juicier. If you leave the fish's head, be sure to remove the gills.
Prepare the brine: add salt, sugar, bay leaf and black peppercorns to boiling water. After 3 minutes, remove from heat and cool.
Pour the cooled brine over the herring. Sprinkle with mustard, place under pressure and hold for 2-3 hours at room temperature. Then put it in the refrigerator for another two days.
Lester120/Depositphotos.com For this method, the herring needs to be cut into pieces 2–3 centimeters thick.
Ingredients
- 1 herring;
- 1 large onion;
- 6 tablespoons of vegetable oil;
- 3 tablespoons salt.
Preparation
Cut the peeled herring into pieces and the onion into half rings. Layer the fish and onions into a glass jar or clear plastic container. Sprinkle each layer with salt.
At the end, fill everything with odorless vegetable oil. Close the jar with a lid. Keep the herring in the refrigerator for 1.5–2 days.
wawritto/Depositphotos.com According to this recipe, herring is prepared as preserves. Therefore, it is better to immediately get rid of the giblets and fins and cut the fish into thin pieces.
Ingredients
- 1 herring;
- 1 onion;
- 700 ml water;
- 3 tablespoons salt;
- 2 tablespoons vegetable oil;
- 1 tablespoon of 9 percent vinegar;
- 2 bay leaves;
- 8 black peppercorns.
Preparation
Dilute the salt in 500 ml of water. Place the prepared fish in the salt solution and leave for an hour and a half.
Drain the water and transfer the herring mixed with onions and spices into a bowl where the fish will be marinated. Dilute the vinegar in a glass of water and pour it over the herring. Then add vegetable oil.
Close the container with a lid and put it in the refrigerator. After a day, you can take a sample.
This method is better for salting whole or sliced fillets. The herring turns out tender and very aromatic.
Ingredients
- 1 herring;
- 1 lemon;
- 2 tablespoons salt;
- 1 tablespoon sugar;
- 5 bay leaves;
- 15 peas of allspice.
Preparation
Wash and cut the lemon into thin slices. Separate and cut the herring.
Place fish and lemon in layers in a glass jar or plastic container, sprinkling everything with salt and spices. Cover with a plate of smaller diameter and place something heavy on top.
Keep in the refrigerator for 24 hours. Then stir and wait another day. After this, serve.
Mirchella/Depositphotos.com This recipe makes a ready-made snack. It can only be supplemented by a piece of Borodino bread.
Ingredients
- 2 herrings;
- 2 medium onions;
- 1 small carrot;
- 1 lemon;
- 3 tablespoons salt;
- 6 tablespoons sugar;
- 10 bay leaves;
- 10 black peppercorns.
Preparation
Wash the lemon and cut into slices. Peel the carrots and grate on a coarse grater. Peel the onion and cut into rings.
Place herring fillets, onions, carrots, bay leaves, peppercorns and lemon slices in a glass jar in layers. Sprinkle everything with salt and sugar. Alternate layers until you run out of ingredients. Close the jar with a lid and refrigerate for 48 hours.
When serving, you can pour vegetable oil over the herring.
Preparation
Fillet the herring. Dissolve salt and sugar in hot water. Cool. Place the fish in a glass bowl and cover with brine. Add bay leaf and chopped dill.
After an hour and a half, drain the brine, add the onion cut into half rings and pour vinegar and vegetable oil over the herring. After another half hour, the fish can be served.
Do you know other original ways to pickle herring? Share recipes in the comments.
Salted herring has long been considered the best Russian appetizer. Although they figured out how to salt or marinate it far beyond the borders of our country. Each recipe, and believe me, there are a lot of them, has entered our diet as food for a holiday or everyday table.
Of course, someone will say: why waste time, because you can go and buy. But everyone who salts this fish themselves knows its real taste, and not the store-bought kind, where you can’t tell whether it’s not salted enough, which most often happens, or, on the contrary, it’s over-salted. Therefore, we can conclude: it is best to salt the herring yourself at home.
Smaller fish can be salted whole, you don’t even need to cut it up. If the herring is large, it is gutted and, depending on how salted it is, can be cut into pieces.
The main thing: if you salt the whole herring, remove the gills so that it does not taste bitter.
To get to the recipes I want to tell you about, first let's learn how to choose fish. Not everyone will be able to go and catch her. The easiest way is to buy fresh frozen herring in the store and stuff it with all sorts of different spices.
1. Fatty fish (Atlantic or Pacific) are best suited for salting.
2. It should not be shabby, this suggests that it is already old.
3. Herring eyes should be transparent and slightly bulging, not cloudy.
4. Don’t buy it without the head, because you won’t be able to see whether it’s fresh or not.
5. The gills of the fish are red, and the fins are tightly pressed.
6. Lift the gills a little and smell them; fresh fish have no smell.
I think everyone has an idea why herring is salted. Firstly, it goes as an appetizer to a festive or everyday table, and secondly, it is added to many salads, in particular. Well, thirdly, you can have it simple with potatoes and onions.
Ingredients:
- Herring – 1 pc.
- Salt – 200 gr.
- Water – 700 gr.
- Bay leaf – 2 pcs.
- Pepper peas – 6 pcs.
- Cloves – 2 pcs.
1. First you need to cut the fish. We cut off the head and rip open the belly.
2. We take out the intestines and clean the inside of the black skin. Remove the tail.
3. When the herring is cleaned, rinse it thoroughly and cut it into portions, put it in a container or enamel bowl.
4. We prepare the solution with which we will pour our pieces.
5. Bring the water to a boil and add salt, pepper, cloves and finely chopped bay leaf. Boil for 5 minutes, turn off the gas and cool to room temperature.
6. Pour the resulting solution over our fish to hide it completely.
7. Close the lid and leave for 2 hours.
8. After the time has passed, we take out the fish and put it on the table.
By the way, if you decide to salt the caviar along with the fish, then you need to take it out after 1 hour, otherwise it will be too salty.
Bon appetit!
How to quickly and tasty pickle herring in 30 minutes:
Ingredients:
- Fresh frozen herring – 2 pcs.
- Salt – 1 tbsp.
- Vegetable oil – 2 tbsp. spoons.
- Onion – 1 pc.
1. First, defrost the fish, remove the head, tail and clean the entrails.
2. We make cuts from head to tail and cover the entire herring with salt (not sparing that the whole herring is covered with it), not forgetting to fill the places where you cut.
3. Place in the refrigerator for 30 minutes. When time has passed, take it out and wash it. Cut into pieces and add butter, chopped onion and eat.
Salt herring quickly at home using a dry method
I offer a good recipe for salting herring in the shortest possible time. Try it, I think you'll like it.
Ingredients:
- Herring – 2 pcs.
- Vegetable oil – 1 cup.
- Salt – 3 tablespoons.
- Onions – 5 pcs.
1. Cut off the head of the herring, open the belly and gut it.
2. Let's do the same with the second fish.
3. Cut along the ridge, pull off the skin, separate the meat from the bone and remove the bones.
If the fish is fresh, the skin pulls off very easily and this herring will be especially tasty.
4. Sprinkle each piece with salt on both sides.
5. Cover with cling film. Leave to salt for 1 hour.
6. Cut the onion into half rings.
7. After the required time, take out the fish, rinse it of salt and let it dry. You can blot it with a paper towel.
8. Cut the fish into portioned pieces and put it in a jar, and put onion between each layer. Fill everything with vegetable oil.
After 2 hours, the herring can be eaten.
A quick recipe for pickling herring in 1 day. How to pickle whole herring?
I think everyone loves herring on the holiday table, and if it also comes with onions, it makes a very good appetizer. I prefer to make this recipe for any holiday. Why is there a holiday, such a herring goes well with potatoes. If you don't believe me, try it yourself.
We will cook the fish in brine, this is a strong brine of salt and water with added spices.
Ingredients:
- Herring – 2 pcs.
- Salt – pour in and check. To check, take an egg.
- Bay leaf – 3 – 4 pcs.
- Allspice – 7 – 8 pcs.
- Cloves – 2 – 3 pcs.
- Water – 800 gr.
1. Slowly adding salt to the water, stir well until it is completely dissolved. We throw a raw egg into the brine and as soon as it floats, the brine has become normal. Add the spices and put it on the fire, then cool it.
2. Remove the gills from the fish; you can cut off the entire head. Pour brine over the herring until it is completely covered. Leave for 1 hour at room temperature. Place in the refrigerator for 24 hours.
Another quick recipe for pickling herring in pieces in 5 hours in the refrigerator
Another quick and tasty option, the name of which speaks for itself.
Ingredients:
- Herring – 1 pc.
- Salt – 1 tbsp. spoon
- Water – 200 gr.
- Black pepper – 11 – 13 pcs.
- Bay leaf – 3–4 pcs.
- Cumin - a little on the tip of the knife.
1. First, wash the fish. Then we cut off the head, tail, and clean out the inside. Cut the herring into pieces, approximately 1 cm in length.
2. Place in a jar, between the layers, put pepper and bay leaf, cumin. Dissolve salt in a glass of warm water and pour in our herring. Place in the refrigerator for 5 hours. After the allotted time, we take out lightly salted fish and cook it at our discretion. You can season with onions with vegetable oil and serve.
Delicious herring, with mashed potatoes this is probably the most delicious dinner. We couldn’t stand it and gobbled up the herring that we didn’t have time to finish filming, so we had to make another one to finish filming the video :)
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