Why add sugar to fish soup: you will be surprised

According to experts, fish is a very important product that should be in everyone's diet at least 2-3 times a week. You can cook a lot of delicious dishes from fish, ranging from simple soups, chowder and fish soup to cutlets, salads, and pies. Fish can also be salted, baked, stuffed, and fried.

Cook Anastasia Solopii shared a recipe for a delicious fish soup with pollock, potatoes, tomatoes and tomato sauce on Instagram.

Sugar will remove excessive bitterness from the fish that may appear during cooking, so be sure to add it!

Ingredients:

• pollock fillet - 300 g

• potatoes - 3 pcs.

• onion - 1 pc.
• carrot - 1 pc.
• sweet pepper - 1/2 pc.
• frozen corn - 100 g
• tomato paste - 80 g

• sugar - 1-2 tsp
• olive oil

• paprika

• salt
• herbs for serving

Method of preparation:

1. Pour a little olive oil into the bottom of the pan, add finely chopped onion and fry over low heat until transparent.

2. Add finely chopped carrots and fry for a few minutes. Then add diced potatoes and pepper, simmer together for 3-5 minutes and cover with water.

3. Season with salt. Add bay leaf and let it simmer for 15 minutes.

4. Add diced fish and corn and cook for another 5-7 minutes.

5. Add tomato paste and paprika. Add sugar if desired.

Let it boil for 2-3 minutes. Chop herbs, cook for another minute and serve!