Jiqing Braised Fish

By FavianGottlieb

Jiqing Braised Fish
In the early years, a friend opened a fish restaurant by the river, which specializes in making fresh live fish. The business is very popular. At his kind invitation, I went to his store to eat twice. I was very impressed by the plate of "Jiqing Harvest Fish". It was a taste I liked. Later, I heard him give a general account. He mysteriously said that there was a seasoning he didn't mention, which was a "secret recipe". What I immediately thought of was additives and didn't ask again. I made it twice when I got home and felt that the taste was very good. I don't dare to say it was very similar to what I ate in the store, but it was 80% similar! I dare not use his name, so I will change it to "Jiqing Braised Fish"! Haha... There have also been changes to the materials. He uses herring in his shop, and I use crucian carp. He uses a lot of tempeh. I don't add tempeh in addition to tempeh hot sauce, because Li Zai's father doesn't like tempeh very much. In addition, I use green and red peppers, and he uses dried fish peppers in his shop. Now is not the time to eat residual peppers, so I can only use peppers instead. I only use two colors of peppers to look good. Overall, the characteristics of this dish are maintained.

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Steps for Jiqing Braised Fish

  • Make  step 0
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    Rinse the crucian carp and drain it.
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Chop the ginger and garlic, and take the shallots from the onion.
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Cut the green and red pepper into small pieces.
  • Make  step 3
    4
    Chop the green onion leaves.
  • Make  step 4
    5
    Put 200 ml of oil in a frying pan and cook until 80% heat. Spread a small amount of soy sauce on the surface of the crucian carp, and fry in the pan.
  • Make  step 5
    6
    Pan-fry until golden brown on both sides.
  • Make  step 6
    7
    Leave a little base oil in the wok, add spring onions, ginger and garlic and saute until fragrant.
  • Make  step 7
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    Add green and red pepper.
  • Make  step 8
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    Add tempeh chili sauce, rice wine and soy sauce.
  • Make  step 9
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    Pour in the stock, add salt and chicken essence and stir well. (If you like the strong flavor of tempeh, add another 20 grams of tempeh at this step)
  • Make  step 10
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    Bring to a boil, and then add crucian carp. After boiling, adjust the heat to medium to medium heat, and simmer until the soup is thick.
  • Make  step 11
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    Remove the fish from the pan first, place it on a plate, and sprinkle with chopped green onion.
  • Make  step 12
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    The soup left in the pan is thickened with water starch.
  • Make  step 13
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    Pour the thickened soup on the fish.