braised crucian carp
Maybe you will think this dish is so-so when you look at the finished product, but the rice sprouts tell you that this is a home-cooked dish. It looks very simple. Cooking fish with rice wine is also a Nanchang specialty.
Recipe Recommendations
- crucian carp two
- garlic appropriate amount
- green pepper appropriate amount
- red pepper appropriate amount
- Jiang appropriate amount
- rice wine appropriate amount
- soy sauce appropriate amount
- salt appropriate amount
- sugar appropriate amount
- chicken essence appropriate amount
Steps for braised crucian carp
1
Clean up two crucian carp, apply salt on both sides of each fish. The amount applied on each side is about the same as a small spoon in a seasoning jar at home, and marinate for 15 minutes.
2
Heat the oil and fry the fish until golden and crispy.
3
Cut all the spices into diced pieces for later use.
4
Fry the fish and cook in rice wine, about 30ml-50ml.
5
Add garlic and ginger.
6
Add soy sauce, 1 teaspoon salt, 1/2 teaspoon sugar and chicken essence.
7
Add a small amount of water (about half the size of a small bowl), cook until the soup begins to thicken, and add the green and red peppers.
8
Cook for a while more, it begins to gather juice, sprinkle with minced garlic and serve out of the pan.braised crucian carp Make Tips
1. Use rice wine; do not use cooking wine.
2. Do not add too much soy sauce; just enough to color the fish.
3. Sugar is only used to enhance the umami; if it is not too salty, you may omit the sugar.
4. Did everyone notice that I wiped the fish with salt, but will add salt later? Do not worry about it being too salty; the fish really needs salt. If you find it salty, sugar is a good way to balance the taste.
5. Add plenty of ginger.
6. Chili peppers also help remove the fishy smell and enhance aroma; if you do not eat spicy food, you can buy the kind without the spicy flavor.
7. After frying the fish, pour in the rice wine directly. If you feel there is too much oil, you can spoon some out, but be sure to keep the fish with the oil. Immediately cover the pot after pouring in the rice wine and let it steam briefly (just a few seconds); it smells very fragrant!
8. Did everyone notice that I did not score the fish? Many people say scoring makes it easier to absorb flavors, but actually, you don't need to. Since crucian carp is small, if you score it and fry it, there won't be much left; however, for large fish like grass carp, you definitely must...