Dried fish to go with wine

Overview

This small dried fish is sour, sweet and crispy, perfect for drinking or as a snack - so crispy that you don't even need to spit it out, it's delicious and it also supplements calcium! This dried fish has the taste of mother. When I was a child, because my father had been ill for many years, the burden of life fell entirely on my mother's shoulders. My father is on sick leave for a long time, and my mother only has a salary of more than 30 yuan. In addition to treating my father, we also have two sisters to support, so the family's finances are quite difficult. There is a river behind my house. My mother bought a fishing net and took us sisters to catch fish. She lowered the net into the river in the morning or afternoon. In half a day, she would catch a few small fish on the net, which she happily took home. They were crispy and delicious. Now, I am also a mother and fry dried fish for my family.

Tags

• hot dishes
• home cooking
• lunch
• dinner
• balsamic vinegar
• cooking wine
• edible oil
• light soy sauce
• white sugar
• small fish

Ingredients

Steps

1. 1 The fish boss has cut open the belly of the small fish bought in the market, then scrapes the scales, removes the internal organs, and cleans them himself.

   

2. 2 Lay the small fish flat in the basket, cover with gauze to prevent dust and flies, and dry the surface moisture.

   

3. 3 In the drying state, I dried it too much this time, as long as the skin is dry.

   

4. 4 The oil temperature is 70% hot nowadays. Because the skin of small fish is dry, the oil will not explode or stick to each other.

   

5. 5 Use chopsticks to turn the small fish over from time to time and fry for about 2 to 3 minutes. Take it out when both sides of the fish are golden brown. After everything is fried, increase the oil temperature and fry again. My fish was too dry in the sun and became crispy and hard after frying it once, so I didn't fry it again.

   

6. 6 Prepare the sauce: Pour the light soy sauce, balsamic vinegar, cooking wine, and white sugar into the pot. After boiling, you can taste the taste for adjustment.

   

7. 7 Cook the fried dried fish until the sauce is slightly thick, tossing it a few times to coat each dried fish with the sauce.

   

8. 8 Remove from pan and plate. The screen at the back was made by my father himself, and the landscape on it was also his calligraphy.

   

9. 9 One more plate!