The benefits of cod and how it works at home
Cod fish or bacalao fish in English is known as “Cod Fish”, and the scientific name is “Gadus morhua”, it is a type of healthy fish, characterized by a high percentage of proteins and a small amount of fat. We will learn about cod fish, its nutritional value, and ways to prepare it at home in the following article.
The nutritional value of cod
Cod fish has a high nutritional value, as every 113 grams of cod fish contains approximately:
As for vitamins and minerals, cod fish contains:
- Vitamin C.
- Vitamin E.
- Vitamin A.
- Vitamin B12, B6 group.
- phosphorous.
- potassium.
- selenium.
- iodine.
Health benefits of cod
Because of the high nutritional value of cod fish, it is considered one of the fish that has many health benefits for the body, and these benefits are:
- Reducing the level of harmful cholesterol because it contains Omega 3.
- Control of high blood pressure.
- Prevention of heart disease.
- Promoting brain health, and preventing Alzheimer’s disease.
- Strengthen the bones.
- Improve kidney function.
- Regulating the heartbeat.
- Boost body energy.
- Prevention of anemia.
- Improve the health of the nervous system.
- Strengthening the immune system.
- Improve thyroid functions.
How to cook cod in a healthy way
Grilling is one of the healthiest cooking methods. You can make grilled cod with the following steps:
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cooking time 35 Accurate
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Grilled cod ingredients
- 1 kilo of cod fish
- Lemon slices
- olive oil
- Fish marinade ingredients:
- 5 minced garlic cloves.
- Two tablespoons of grated ginger.
- 3 tablespoons of lemon juice.
- salt.
- cumin.
- dry coriander.
Steps to make grilled fish in the oven
- Clean the fish from the intestines, and wash it well with vinegar, water and flour.
- Cut the fish into thick slices.
- In a bowl, put all the dressing ingredients and mix them together.
- Put the fish slices in the marinade, and leave it for an hour until it absorbs it.
- In an oven tray, place the marinated fish pieces, and lemon slices on top.
- Brush the surface of the fish with a little olive oil.
- Place the tray in a preheated oven at 200 degrees.
- Leave the tray in the oven for 35 minutes.
- Serve the fish hot with white rice.
How to make fried cod
Eating fried food is not healthy, but moderation in eating it does not harm if you do not suffer from health problems. You can prepare fried cod or bacalao fish with the following steps:
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Ingredients for fried cod
- 1 kilogram of cod fish.
- A cup and a half of flour or flour.
- Vegetable oil.
- (Ingredients for fish marinade):
- 4 cloves of garlic.
- Bunch of fresh coriander.
- A bunch of fresh dill.
- salt.
- black pepper.
- cumin.
- One lemon juice.
Steps to make fried cod fish
- To make the marinade, put the marinade ingredients in a food processor and puree them fine.
- Wash the fish with water, vinegar and flour, and get rid of the entrails.
- Cut the fish into thick slices.
- Put the fish slices in the prepared marinade, and rub the fish meat with the seasoning from all sides.
- Leave the fish fillets with the marinade for an hour in the refrigerator.
- In a frying pan on the fire put an abundant amount of oil, let the oil heat up a little.
- In a separate bowl put the flour.
- Coat the fish fillets in flour.
- Fry the fish in the pan until it turns golden.
- Transfer the fish after frying from the oil to plenty of paper towels to get rid of the remaining oil.
- In a serving dish, place the fried fish pieces with slices of lemon and a little parsley.
- Serve the fish with sayadiyah rice or white rice.
Cod fish damage
There are no recorded harms to humans due to eating cod fish. But like all other fish, it contains an amount of mercury, so it is preferable to eat it in moderation.
