Winter recipes: [4] Private small yellow croaker
Overview
A fragrant plate of privately made yellow croaker can always bring a pleasant atmosphere to the dining table at home. The nutritional value of small yellow croaker is extremely high; it is rich in protein, trace elements, minerals and vitamins, and has a good tonic and therapeutic effect on people with weak constitutions. The trace element selenium contained in small yellow croaker has preventive and therapeutic effects on various cancers, effectively removes free radicals produced by human metabolism, and delays human aging. The most important thing is to bring rich nutrition to the family and ensure the health of the whole family.
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Ingredients
Steps
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First, scrape off the scales of the small yellow croaker, remove the gills (you can also remove the head), then remove the internal organs, wash and set aside. Wash the green onions and cut into sections, wash and cut the ginger into shreds and set aside.
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Small yellow croaker is suitable for a variety of cooking methods, such as: roasting, pan-frying, deep-frying, sweet and sour, etc. Put the small yellow croaker into a bowl, add cooking wine, Sichuan peppercorns, green onions, salt and ginger; after marinating for about 20 minutes, put the drained small yellow croaker into a large plate. Pick up the small yellow croakers one by one and apply dry starch evenly; heat the oil pan, add the small yellow croakers, and fry slowly over low heat.
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You need to add more oil when frying small yellow croaker, because the tender meat of small yellow croaker is actually best suited for steaming fresh. However, you can only buy frozen products in ordinary cities; fresh small yellow croaker is not available unless you live by the sea. Adding more oil is to avoid frying the small yellow croaker meat, so don’t fry it for too long. Fry until brown and remove the oil.
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Leave a little oil in the pot, add shredded ginger and minced garlic into the oil pot and stir-fry until fragrant.
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Add the chopped green chili peppers and red chili peppers.
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Quickly stir-fry green chili shreds and red chili shreds in an oil pan until cooked.
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Add a spoonful of red Chaotian chili sauce [Garlic Chaotian Chili].
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Put a spoonful of cooking wine into the pot. Cooking wine must be added to the braised fish. Cooking wine is a type of seasoning and can be added according to your own taste. The cooking wine should be placed around the edge of the pot, not directly on the small yellow croaker dish, so that the fish meat will be fragrant.
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Then add a spoonful of very fresh flavor or a spoonful of light soy sauce. It is extremely delicious, rich in nutrients and is the best soy sauce. Just put in a small amount of umami to make it stand out.
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Adding an appropriate amount of vinegar can remove the fishy smell and have a sterilizing effect; adding balsamic vinegar will make the fish taste more delicious. The balsamic vinegar is just for decoration. Do not add too much balsamic vinegar to avoid the sourness of the small yellow croakers.
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Add a spoonful of sugar to make the small yellow croaker. Adding sugar can improve the freshness; combined with the fishy smell of the fish, increasing the thickness of the soup will make it easier for the soup to hang onto the small yellow croaker, making the fish meat more tender and taste better.
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Marine fish itself has a salty taste, so don’t add too much salt. Two small yellow croakers and a spoonful of salt are enough.
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Add a cup of water. Cover the pot and cook over medium heat for 2 minutes. (Because the fish does not need to be cooked for too long after being fried) Cook all the seasonings until thick.
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Add the fried small yellow croaker into the sauce. Put the fried yellow croaker into the pot, pour an appropriate amount of cooking wine again, add the braised sauce and bring to a boil over high heat. Use medium heat to cook the seasonings into the soaked fish meat of the small yellow croaker.
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You need to add an appropriate amount of garlic for seasoning a second time. It is also to avoid the fishy smell of sea fish. There are no people who live by the sea; some people have difficulty adapting to the fishy smell of sea fish, so adding more ginger and garlic can help avoid the smell and enhance the freshness.
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Bring the soup to a boil over high heat; then use medium heat to simmer the seasonings into the soaked fish meat of the small yellow croaker.
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Add the chopped green onions to the cooked small yellow croaker and turn off the heat.
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Reduce the heat to low and continue to cook for 2 minutes until the flavor is introduced, then use high heat to reduce the thick sauce and remove from the pot.
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The purpose of cooking my private small yellow croaker is to add a lot of freshness and penetrate into the fish meat, which is completely delicious. How is it? If you don’t want to give it a try, feel free to ask any questions! Just leave it in the comments, I will answer it when I see it~~~