Fish Baked in Sour Cream and Mushroom Sauce

The fish will turn out to be tender and pleasant to the taste if you bake it in a sour cream-mushroom sauce in the oven. A simple sour cream sauce with mushrooms will accentuate the taste and add juiciness to the fish when baked. This dish goes well with any side dish.

Summary

Ingredients

• Catfish (steak) – 500 g
• Champignons – 200 g (7 pcs.)
• Onions – 60 g (1 pc.)
• Sour cream 20% fat – 150 g
• Flour – 0.5 teaspoon
• Lemon – 1-2 slices
• Salt – 0.25 teaspoon + a pinch (to taste)
• Ground black pepper – on the tip of a knife (to taste)
• Vegetable oil (for lubricating the mold) – 1 teaspoon
• Fresh parsley (for serving) – 2-3 sprigs

Instructions

1. Divide the catfish steak in two and remove the bones. Also, prepare the remaining steaks. Rinse the fish and dry thoroughly.

   

2. Peel the onions, rinse and chop finely. Pour oil into a frying pan, heat up, put prepared onion.
3. Rinse the mushrooms and cut into thin slices, put in a pan with onions.
4. Fry for 5 minutes, stirring occasionally, over low heat.
5. Send sour cream and flour to a bowl, stir until smooth.
6. Add sour cream with flour to the pan and stir everything.
7. Simmer the contents of the skillet over low heat for 2 minutes. Add 1/4 teaspoon salt and remove from heat.
8. Squeeze 1 teaspoon of juice from the lemon. Grease a baking dish with vegetable oil and lay out the pieces of catfish fillet. Season the fillet with the remaining salt, pepper, and drizzle with lemon juice.
9. Pour the sour cream-mushroom sauce over the fish.
10. Place the fish dish in a preheated oven and bake for 25 minutes. Remove the dish from the oven.
11. Arrange the dish on plates, sprinkle with chopped parsley if desired, and serve immediately.

    

Enjoy your meal!