Delicious and healthy recipes to prepare smoked herring

Spring starts with Sham El Nessim celebrations where the main dishes are smoked and salted fish, and one of the most famous smoked fishes is smoked herring fish.

provide herring fish many important nutrients, such as omega-3 fatty acids  andVitamin DSmoking gives them flavor and a tasty feel, so in this article we'll check out some healthy and tasty recipes for smoked herring.

Sautéed Smoked Herring

This recipe serves a Caribbean style dish. You can use whole smoked herring or fillet slices. The only difference is fillet slices make prep quicker and have no bones, skin, or spines.

- Ingredients

• 500 grams of whole smoked herring or fillets.

• 3 pieces Tomatoes Fresh medium-sized, cut into small cubes.

•  1 Onion Large finely chopped.

• 2 tablespoons juice Lemon, optional.

• 2 sprigs thyme.

• 4 green onions.

• 2 cloves Garlic chopped.

• 1 sliced hot pepper, optional.

•  3 Bell peppers sliced.

• ¼ cup oil of your choice.

• 1 cup hot water.

- Preparation method

1. If you're using the whole smoked herring, boil it in water for 5-10 minutes, then take it out and let it cool.

2. But if you're using smoked herring fillet slices, no need to boil, just pour boiling water over them and let them cool.

3. The point of the boiling water step is to get rid of excess salt in the herring, which you can adjust later to your taste.

4. Remove the meat from the fish bones as much as you can and cut it into small cubes.

5. In a pan on the stove, heat the oil, then add garlic, onion, hot pepper, and thyme sticks. Stir a bit, then turn off the heat.

6. Add the smoked herring cubes to the pan with the oil.

7. Add the tomato cubes to the mix and add salt and black pepper to your liking.

8. Stir the mixture a bit and leave it for 1-2 minutes so the flavors blend.

9. You can add green onion slices to the mixture.

10. Serve the herring mix at room temperature with some fried baked goods.

11. You can also add slices avocado to make the meal great and healthier.

Smoked herring with tahini

Tahini adds more nutritional value to smoked herring dishes because it is rich inHealthy fats andVitamins and minerals.

No cooking in this recipe, just chopping and putting the ingredients together. You can also use whole smoked herring or smoked herring fillet slices.

- Ingredients

• 500 grams of whole smoked herring or fillet.

• 1 large red onion, chopped.

• 1 tomato, seeded and cut into small cubes.

• ½ cup sliced bell peppers.

• 2 chopped green onions.

• 1-2 hot peppers, as desired.

- Tahini dressing ingredients

• ½ cup tahini.

• ½ cup hot water.

• 2 tablespoons Olive oil.

• 2 big spoons of distilled white vinegar.

• 2 big spoons of lemon juice.

• 2 cloves of crushed garlic.

• ½ teaspoon salt.

• ½ teaspoon ground cumin.

• ½ teaspoon ground coriander.

• ½ teaspoon sweet paprika.

• ½ teaspoon ground black pepper.

- Preparation method

1. In a deep bowl, add all the tahini ingredients together and mix well.

2. Add tomato, pepper, and onion to the tahini bowl.

3. Remove skin and bones from the smoked herring, then cut it into small cubes.

4. Place the herring on a serving plate, then add the tahini with vegetables on top.

5. You can garnish the dish with some pepper and onion slices and drizzle a spoon of olive oil all over.

6. Serve at room temperature. You can enjoy it with warm pita bread or healthy gluten-free crackers. gluten.

You can make the previous recipes hours before eating, keep them in the fridge, and take them out two hours before eating so they reach room temperature.

You can also keep them in a tightly closed container in the fridge for up to three days.

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