【Yantai】Braised Hairtail Fish

Overview

The most popular way to cook hairtail at my house is to coat it in batter and fry it, or deep-fry it. There are very few ways to braise it, because it will be very fishy if not handled well; in addition, the fish meat is easy to break, and the fish bones are everywhere after cooking, making it very difficult to eat. The hairtail I bought this time was larger and easier to handle, so I made braised flavor. The method of frying first and then roasting can effectively remove the fishy smell. Simmering over low heat allows the hairtail to slowly absorb the flavor. Hairtail fish is rich in nutrients and contains a variety of mineral elements and vitamins necessary for the human body. It is an ideal nourishing food for the elderly, children, and pregnant women. Pregnant women eating hairtail is beneficial to the development of fetal brain tissue; children eating more hairtail is beneficial to improving intelligence; the elderly eating more hairtail can delay brain atrophy and prevent Alzheimer's disease; women eating more hairtail can make their skin smooth and moist, and their hair can be long and dark.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• chinese banquet
• winter recipes
• dried chili pepper
• garlic sprouts
• ginger
• hairtail
• light soy sauce
• old soy sauce
• star anise
• sugar
• garlic
• green pepper
• red pepper
• salt

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 After cleaning the hairtail, cut it into sections. After rinsing with water, drain the water.

   

2. 2 Prepare the ingredients: slice the ginger and garlic, cut the garlic sprouts into sections, cut the green and red peppers into cubes, break the dried chili peppers and remove the seeds, and one star anise.

   

3. 3 Use oil-absorbing paper to dry the surface of the hairtail fish.

   

4. 4 Put peanut oil in a non-stick pan and fry the hairtail fish in the pan.

   

5. 5 Fry one side until slightly brown, then flip over and fry for a while.

   

6. 6 Put a little peanut oil in the iron pot, add ginger, garlic, dried chili, and star anise and fry.

   

7. 7 After stir-frying over low heat until fragrant, add appropriate amount of water.

   

8. 8 Add salt, sugar, dark soy sauce, and light soy sauce.

   

9. 9 Put the fried hairtail into the pot. After the fire comes to a boil, turn down the heat and simmer for fifteen minutes.

   

10. 10 After most of the soup has dried up, add green and red peppers and garlic sprouts.

    

11. 11 The green and red peppers can be taken out of the pot after being cut off.

    

12. 12 No fishy smell, very tasty.