Nanchang Salted Fish Ribs

By JaydenReichert

Nanchang Salted Fish Ribs
This is a unique traditional Nanchang dish. When I was a child, I always ate the pickled fish at home simply steamed or cooked. I didn't like them. I only liked to eat roasted meat or pork ribs. Because the meat and ribs inside absorb the salty taste of salted fish, they are especially delicious! Every time, the meat and ribs are eaten first, and then the salted fish is slowly eliminated. It was not the season to cook this dish, but for my pork ribs column, I couldn't wait for winter to come, so I quickly cooked it. Because the salted fish used today was bought in the supermarket, it didn't taste as good as the salted fish cooked at home. It was a bit like the taste cooked in a restaurant outside. This dish was better cooked home-cooked.

Recipe Recommendations

  • ribs 500 grams
  • salted fish 250 grams
  • Jiang appropriate amount
  • garlic appropriate amount
  • soy sauce 1 tablespoon

Steps for Nanchang Salted Fish Ribs

  • Make  step 0
    1
    Soak the salted fish in warm water for about 1 hour in advance. It would be better if you could use warm rice washing water.
  • Make  step 1
    2
    Wash the soaked salted fish and cut it into pieces the size of mahjong.
  • Make  step 2
    3
    Blanch the ribs with water and wash them.
  • Make  step 3
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    Prepare the ingredients. In fact, traditional practice only puts ginger.
  • Make  step 4
    5
    Put 30 ml of oil in a wok and cook until 50% heat is hot. Stir fry the ribs.
  • Make  step 5
    6
    The ribs were fried for about 2 minutes, and the salted fish pieces were added and fried together.
  • Make  step 6
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    Stir fry the ribs and fish pieces until the surface is browned, add sweet glutinous rice wine and soy sauce, and stir well.
  • Make  step 7
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    Add the ingredients and stir well.
  • Make  step 8
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    Add water to cover the ribs, bring to a boil over high heat and turn to low heat to simmer.
  • Make  step 9
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    The soup begins to thicken and turns to high heat to collect the juice.
  • Make  step 10
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    Remove the water and add a little chicken essence to season.
  • Nanchang Salted Fish Ribs Make Tips

    The seasoning of this dish depends on the salinity of the salted fish. Although the salted fish has been soaked in water in advance, the fish is still very salty. The reason why sweet glutinous rice wine is used is because it can neutralize the salinity of the salted fish and is just right. If you don't have sweet glutinous rice wine, you can replace it with cooking wine and 1 tablespoon of sugar. Traditional practice does not even add chicken essence or monosodium glutamate, which can be decided according to personal preferences.