Cook the whiting whole for 10 minutes.
How to cook blue whiting
You will need – blue whiting, water, salt, herbs and spices to taste
1. Defrost the fish, gut after removing the black film, wash inside and out.
2. Put the fish in a saucepan, cover with cold water, add salt and seasonings to taste (if the fish has a strong smell, sprinkle with lemon juice and leave for 10 minutes).
3. Put on the fire, after boiling, cook for 10 minutes with quiet boiling under the lid, if the fish is very large – 15.
Fascinating facts about blue whiting
Cook the blue whiting correctly – if you digest it, it will fall apart into small pieces.
When boiling blue whiting can give off a pungent smell – to make the dish fragrant, hold the fish pieces in spices or lemon juice.
Boiled blue whiting tastes very much like hake, has a rather large size – 23-30 centimeters.
Although the fish has high taste, due to the large number of small bones and low nutritional value, it is considered very cheap – from 60 rubles / kilogram (on average in Moscow in July 2019), therefore, blue whiting is often cooked for cat food.