- 0.5 tsp mustard;
- pinch pepper mixtures;
- half bunch dill;
- 15–20 ml. lemon juice;
- 1 head onions;
- 1–2 pieces herring salty;
- 50 grams butter;
- 5–6potatoes medium size;
- salt taste.
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From this delicious lightly salted fish you can prepare a lot of different dishes, including the simplest, so to speak, popular ones. One of these dishes - potatoes with onions and herring - is probably the favorite and most popular dish in the USSR, and then in the post-Soviet space. You can call it both an appetizer and a salad, besides, it is very filling and extremely easy to prepare. And it disappears from the plates instantly, be it a festive or everyday table.
Potatoes with onions and herring: the simplest recipe
So, all we need is: half a kilo of potatoes, a couple of onions and a herring - one large or two small. In addition, you can use fresh dill, parsley, green onions as a decoration for the dish. Also, potatoes with onions and herring will require a drop of vegetable oil (it is better to take not refined, but fragrant). Here, in fact, are all the ingredients for this super-simple dish.
How to cook
Note: if desired, whole tubers can be replaced with mashed potatoes prepared with sour cream. It works great as a side dish.
Herring salad with potatoes and onions
You can also create an original and simple salad with the same ingredients. It is used as a cold snack with strong drinks. To prepare it, we take 4-5 potatoes, a couple of onions, two medium-sized lightly salted herrings (barrel), vegetable oil (the best option would be cold-pressed, market, sunflower or olive), salt and ground black pepper - on the tip of a knife. To decorate the salad we use green onions and dill sprigs. By the way, if you wish, you can add pickled mushrooms - say, honey mushrooms. Delicious!
Let's cook simply!
- We prepare the herring as in the previous recipe, making fillets from it. Cut the fish into medium-sized cubes.
- Wash the potatoes, peel and boil until tender (time depends on the variety). Cool and cut into cubes.
- We clean and cut the onion: either finely or in half rings - as you like.
- If necessary, add a couple of spoons of pickled honey mushrooms.
- In one bowl, mix all the ingredients, adding a little vegetable oil.
- Decorate the salad with fresh chopped herbs and let it sit at the bottom of the refrigerator for a while. After an hour you can serve it. Bon appetit everyone!
Today I have three in one. This note is not for experienced housewives. I’ll tell you a little about how to choose a herring, and I’ll tell you in detail how to clean it. And I’ll give you the simplest recipe for a completely royal dinner - herring in mustard sauce with hot potatoes, aromatic sunflower oil and onions.
How to choose lightly salted herring
I don’t like buying herring fillets in plastic containers or vacuum packaging. I once read that they almost soak it in formaldehyde to get rid of small bones. I prefer herring salted in barrels. In our beautiful country, such herring is sold in fish aisles, the most varied, from Atlantic and Ivasi to Don. You need to take a herring that is straight, plump, without damage to the skin or rusty spots. It should be very elastic and dense. If it has reddish eyes, then it is very lightly salted, very tasty, but I am afraid to buy one. I choose medium-salted herring, with whitish eyes, then soak it until lightly salted, and put the whole herring in cold water for a couple of hours. And look at the back! The wider the back, the fattier and tastier the herring.
Lightly salted barrel herring
And of course, such herring needs to be cleaned.
How to easily peel lightly salted herring from skin and entrails
In the meantime, I set the potatoes to boil. Everything is as usual, peel, if large, cut, put in cold water, bring to a boil and cook until tender (about 20 minutes). I don't add salt. If a knife or fork pierces the potato without effort, drain the water.
Boil potatoes without salt
I cover the entire table with cling film and cut the herring on thick paper. Cut off the head, cut the abdomen with a sharp knife and remove the entrails. Don't cut off the tail! Rinse the inside of the herring under running cold water.
Make an incision along the back of the fish, along the dorsal fin.
Gently pry up the skin at the cut and peel the skin off the herring. Here, in the photo you can see how round and fat she is.
Now take the herring by the tail with both hands and pull it in different directions. The herring will begin to separate into three parts - the lower two, with a cut along the abdomen, and the back.
Split the herring using the tail fin
Here's how it happened. The backbone remains.
Divide the dorsal part along an incision made near the fin, and remove the spine along with large bones. Now cut off the tail fins.
From one herring we got four neat fillets.
How to clean herring
All that remains is to cut each fillet, removing small bones along the way.
How to clean lightly salted herring
How to prepare mustard sauce for herring, sandwiches with herring fillet, Borodino bread and onions and herring with potatoes
The potatoes are boiled, there are green and regular onions, fresh herbs, Borodino bread, mustard and the most aromatic sunflower oil made from fried seeds, bought there, at the Old Bazaar. For herring you can quickly prepare mustard sauce, the mustard you need is spicy, homemade, here’s how to prepare it. And making the sauce couldn’t be easier: mix a tablespoon of ready-made mustard with a level teaspoon of sugar, add a tablespoon of aromatic sunflower oil purchased at the market. Stir everything well until the sugar dissolves and add a couple of tablespoons of water. Place pieces of herring in this sauce for a few minutes, mmmmmm! Yummy... But just spread mustard on fresh black bread, put a piece of herring on top and sprinkle with onions - it won’t be any worse!
Mustard sauce for herring, herring with potatoes
My husband and I are having a royal dinner today! You can’t get this in any restaurant at any price! Hot potatoes, aromatic sunflower oil, mustard, Borodino bread, onions and fresh herbs are the ideal company for lightly salted herring.
Herring with potatoes, mustard sauce, herring fillet sandwiches
Can I not write anything else? I’ll just post the last photo and go... While the potatoes are hot...
Lightly salted herring in ideal company
Bon appetit!