Catfish is a representative of the order percussion.Fish is impressive in size, reaches a length of 1.5 meters and weighs about 25 kg. It has large teeth, approximately like a dog's. There are five species of catfish. Meanwhile, in domestic stores, there are two of them: spotted and blue.
The catfish meat is juicy and tender, asfish is very oily. The fat content reaches 5.3 g per 100 g of product. In addition, wolffish is a source of valuable vitamins and minerals necessary for the body. To store them in maximum quantity, fish is baked. Let us consider in more detail how it is possible to prepare such a fish as a catfish. The recipes in the oven are just presented in our article. Let's start with the classic cooking option.
Catfish blue (steak): how to cook in an oven with a lemon
For the preparation of catfish according to this recipeyou need two steaks of medium size. By the way, fish can be sold both fresh and frozen. What to do in this case? How to cook frozen catfish steak? In the oven, the fish can be baked only thawed, so the steaks will have to be shifted from the freezer to the lower shelf of the refrigerator beforehand. At room temperature, any fish is definitely not recommended to be thawed.

Delicious fish catfish baked in foil with cheese and vegetables
Before you send the steak into the oven, for himyou need to cook an onion-carrot "blanket." To do this, vegetables (1 onion and 1 carrot) are fried in a frying pan in a small amount of vegetable oil.
According to this recipe, a large catfish steak (300 g)should also salt and pepper. Then, on a foil, oiled, lay out the fish, and on top of it - fry from onions and carrots. Close the catfish tightly with foil and send it to the oven for 30 minutes (180 degrees). After the specified time, get the fish, sprinkle with grated cheese (150 g) and continue baking for another 10 minutes.
This is one of the simplest options for how to cook catfish (steak) in the oven. As a side dish to a dish, rice or vegetables will do.
The recipe for the preparation of catfish in cream
The tender wolf catches just meltingin the mouth, if you cook it in cream. To do this steak must be salt, pepper, sprinkle with lemon juice and pour cream (10%). After that, the shape with the fish can be sent to the oven, heated to 190 degrees.

How to cook a catfish (steak) in an oven with tomatoes and onions?
For the preparation of catfish according to this recipe1 kg of fish steaks is needed. They will need to be washed, dried with a paper towel and rubbed with salt and pepper. Then put the steak in a mold, sprinkle with a juice of one large lemon and send it to the refrigerator for 30-60 minutes.

This is one of the best ways to cookcatfish. The steak in the oven is baked only 30 minutes, with every 10 minutes it should be watered with tomato sauce. The dish goes well with rice, bulgur, couscous and other porridges.
The recipe for catfish in the oven in the garlic-garlic marinade
There are several best recipes for baking this fatty fish. One of them is just telling you how to make deliciously a steak of catfish in the oven.

- Preheat the oven to 200 degrees.
- Combine in one bowl a butter (2 tbsp.spoons), parsley and olive oil (1 tablespoon), grated ginger and lemon zest (½ teaspoon), crushed garlic clove. Stir well, add salt and hot pepper to taste.
- Grate the steak with salt, put it in a roasting dish and spread the marinade over it.
- Send the fish to the fridge for 10 minutes, and then rearrange the form in the oven.
- Bake catfish for 30 minutes.
Ready to serve the dish to a table with spinach or other vegetable garnish.
Catfish with vegetables in soy sauce
From the wolffish steaks you can prepare an interesting dish in soy sauce. Meanwhile, to make the fish really successful, two things should be considered:
- A tray with a catfish should be placed only inheated oven to the desired temperature. Otherwise, the fish will lose its shape and just crawl away. For the same reason, it is not recommended to fry in a pan.
- It is advisable to salt and sprinkle the catfish with lemon at the very beginning of cooking. This will preserve the structure of the fish and provide an attractive appearance of the dish.

To feed the catfish cooked according to this recipe is necessary with rice or Chinese noodles.