Spicy boiled fish

By ClairAltenwerth

Spicy boiled fish
Boiled fish can be said to be one of the representative works of Sichuan cuisine and is a flavor of Chongqing Yubei. What seems to be primitive, but the actual workmanship is exquisite.
Select fresh, raw and fierce live fish, and give full play to the effects of peppers to keep out the cold, replenish qi and nourish blood. The meat will not become tough at all, and the taste will be smooth and tender, oily but not greasy. It not only removes the fishy smell of the fish, but also maintains the freshness of the fish. The red and bright peppers everywhere are eye-catching, spicy but not dry, numbing but not bitter.

Recipe Recommendations

  • mustard 50 grams
  • ginger 5-6 sheet
  • garlic 1 head
  • pepper 15 grams
  • salt 1 teaspoon
  • cooking wine 15ML
  • cornflour 10 grams
  • egg white one
  • salad oil 200 grams

Steps for Spicy boiled fish

  • Make  step 0
    1
    A grass carp of about 3 kilograms, remove the head, viscera, fish bones and fish skin, leaving only the fish;
  • Make  step 1
    2
    The oblique blade forms thin slices;
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Add cooking wine, egg white, corn flour, salt, and mix well;
  • Make  step 3
    4
    Peel the white cucumber seeds, cut them into thick slices, wash the mustard and cut them into large pieces;
  • Make  step 4
    5
    Cut garlic and ginger into large pieces, cut dried peppers into sections, wash pepper pepper for later use;
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Prepare a pack of Dezhuang boiled fish seasoning;
  • Make  step 6
    7
    Pour 100 grams of oil into the pot, heat it to 70% heat, add ginger, garlic, dried pepper, and pepper in turn, saute until fragrant, and refine the spicy oil with low heat;
  • Make  step 7
    8
    Turn to high heat, add cucumber and pickled mustard slices and stir fry;
  • Make  step 8
    9
    Pour the boiled fish seasoning into the pan;
  • Make  step 9
    10
    Add more than half of the pot of water, bring to a boil over high heat, turn to low heat, and cook for another 15-20 minutes;
  • Make  step 10
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    Pick up the cooked cucumber and place it in a large bowl;
  • Make  step 11
    12
    Turn to high heat, boil the soup in the pot until it boils, and add the marinated fish slices;
  • Make  step 12
    13
    Cook until the fish slices are broken, turn off the heat immediately, and pour all the fish slices and soup into a bowl;
  • Make  step 13
    14
    Sprinkle with chopped chives;
  • Make  step 14
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    Place the remaining 100 grams of oil in a spoon and heat until green smoke comes out;
  • Make  step 15
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    Pour hot oil on the surface of the fish.
  • Spicy boiled fish Make Tips

    To make the fish soup stronger, cook the fish bones or fish heads with cucumbers to make the soup stronger. But if you want to eat more fish, you can add radish or tofu to the fish head to make soup, and fry the fish bones and add sweet and sour to make smoked fish.