Description
This baked whole Asian carp stuffed with mushrooms is a very affordable dish. It is delicious, simple, quick, and very easy to cook. Serve with lemon slices.
Ingredients
- 1 (2 pound) whole carp
- ¼ cup vinegar
- lemon, juiced
- salt and ground black pepper to taste
- ½ cup bread crumbs
- ½ cup chopped onions
- ½ cup diced mushrooms
- 1 carrot, finely chopped
- 1 tablespoon minced garlic
- 1 cup water
- 1 large egg, beaten
- 2 tablespoons bread crumbs, or as needed
- ½ cup salted butter, cut into bits
Instructions
- Clean fish well
- rinse
- and pat dry with paper towels. Place fish in a shallow bowl and pour vinegar over top. Turn fish to coat and let sit for 20 minutes.
- Preheat the oven to 350 degrees F (175 degrees C). Grease a baking dish.
- Drain and discard vinegar from the fish. Brush fish inside and outside with lemon juice and transfer to the prepared baking dish.
- Combine 1/2 cup bread crumbs
- onions
- mushrooms
- carrot
- and garlic in a bowl; mix in water. Stuff fish with bread crumb mixture. Score the top and brush all over with beaten egg. Cover thickly with remaining bread crumbs and butter.
- Bake in the preheated oven
- basting occasionally
- for 1 hour.
Prep Time: 25 mins
Cook Time: 1 hr
Total Time: 1 hr 45 mins
Servings: 6