Chaoshan Bamboo Fish

Overview

The bamboo fish is actually a skinned fish. Its scientific name is the green-finned pufferfish, also known as the horse-faced fish. Its common names in Chaoshan are Dizi and skinned fish. It is called rubber fish in Shanghai and Fujian and Zhejiang areas. In the north, it is called lard, cobbler's fish, breaded fish, and roasted horn. Skinned fish is rich in resources, non-toxic, contains nutrients such as protein, vitamins and fats (see Table 1). Its nutritional value is no worse than other fish. It is a cheap and high-quality edible fish. However, due to the ugly appearance of fish, ordinary consumers do not like to eat it. Medicinal value: The peeled cod liver is large and can be used to make cod liver oil. Liver accounts for 3.9-7.4% of the total fish weight, and its oil content is as high as 50-60%. Putty can also replace tung putty. Fish bones can be used to make canned fish steaks, and scalp viscera can be used to make fish meal. Fish skin can be made into soluble edible fish protein. This is a nutritious food rich in protein. It not only contains a variety of amino acids, but is also easily digested and absorbed by the human body. Therefore, it is a good nutritious food for young children and generally weak and sick people. The therapeutic effect of skinned fish: it can treat stomach problems, mastitis, and gastrointestinal bleeding.

Tags

• private kitchen
• dizi fish
• garlic
• puning bean paste
• ginger
• small celery

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 Dizi fish is usually sold by people who sell marine fish in wet markets. The choice is to make the fish have bright eyes and the skin sticks to the meat to make it fresh.

   

2. 2 This is a skinned Dizi fish. Most fish sellers will peel the skin off for you. Remember to rinse the fish belly and head when washing, as there is a lot of sand inside

   

3. 3 This is small celery. People who sell fish usually sell this small celery. If you don’t have it, you can use onions instead

   

4. 4 Shred the ginger, chop the garlic, and cut the coriander into sections. If you don’t have coriander, you can use green onions instead, which will be more fragrant. Stir-fry the green onions before cooking the fish and put them in a bowl for later use

   

5. 5 Put some oil in the pot, add the ginger and garlic and heat it up.

   

6. 6 Then put the Dizi fish into the pot and stir-fry gently, add a spoonful of Puning bean paste (it’s okay not to put Puning bean paste), then pour a bowl of water into the pot, cover the pot and simmer for five minutes

   

7. 7 After five minutes, add the celery or fried onions and stir-fry gently, remember to be gentle. About 40 seconds. Done, done

   

8. 8 Done