Detailed recipe for 2 ways to make mackerel fried with fish sauce and crispy fried, delicious, rich, and appealing, perfect for a hearty meal. Let’s go to the kitchen to prepare this dish to treat the family!
1. Mackerel fried with fish sauce, garlic, and chili
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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
35 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients for Mackerel fried with fish sauce, garlic, and chili For 2 – 3 people
Mackerel 4 slices Chopped garlic 50 g Chili 3 g Seasoning 10 g (fish sauce/sugar/pepper/soy sauce/…)
How to make Mackerel fried with fish sauce, garlic, and chili
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Prepare the mackerel
Wash the mackerel with diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water, use paper to dry, and let it drain.
Then, marinate the fish with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/4 teaspoon of pepper, 1/3 of chopped chili, and 1/3 of chopped garlic for about 20 minutes to let the fish absorb the seasoning.
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Make chili garlic sauce
Put 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 2 tablespoons of water, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce along with the remaining minced garlic and chili into a bowl and mix the mixture well.
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Make fried mackerel with fish sauce
Put a pan on the stove and heat 3 tablespoons of oil, then add the fish and fry until both sides are golden brown, then remove to a plate and set aside.
Note: You should fry the fish over low heat so that it cooks evenly inside and is crispy outside, avoiding frying over too high heat.Then, pour the prepared sauce mixture into the pan and cook over medium heat until the sauce thickens.
Next, add the mackerel to the pan and simmer over low heat, turning the fish to absorb the sauce evenly. When the sauce gradually reduces, turn off the heat and arrange on a plate to enjoy.
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Finished Product
The aroma of fried garlic, the sweet and salty flavor of fish sauce and sugar permeates each piece of chewy mackerel, creating an attractive taste that you can eat forever without getting bored.
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2. Crispy fried mackerel with passion fruit sauce
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Preparation
5 minutes
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Cooking
35 minutes
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Difficulty
Medium
Ingredients for Crispy fried mackerel with passion fruit sauce Serves 2 – 3 people
Mackerel 300 g (about 3 slices) Passion fruit 2 fruits Onion 1 bulb (small bulb) Tomato 1 fruit Cucumber 1 fruit Chopped onion 1 tablespoon Chopped garlic 1 tablespoon Coriander 5 g Crispy flour 1 packet Seasoning 10 g (salt/sugar/pepper/mustard/fish sauce/MSG/…)
How to choose fresh and delicious passion fruit
- You should buy passion fruits with a dark purple or reddish-brown outer skin; the darker the skin, the sweeter and more fragrant the fruit.
- Good passion fruit will have a wrinkled skin, feel light when held, and have a distinctive fragrant smell.
- Fruits with smooth, shiny skin that feel heavy when held are unripe, sour passion fruits; if you like to eat shrimp with passion fruit sauce that is sour, you can choose this type.
- Avoid buying fruits with wrinkled skin that are leaking juice and feel soft because these are old, spoiled passion fruits.
How to prepare Crispy fried mackerel with passion fruit sauce
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Prepare the mackerel
Wash the mackerel you bought with diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water, use paper towels to dry and let it drain.
Then, marinate the mackerel with yellow mustard for about 15 minutes to remove the fishy smell.
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Prepare other ingredients
You cut the passion fruit in half, use 1.5 fruits to extract the juice, and keep the seeds from the remaining half separately.
The onion should be washed clean and diced. The cucumber and tomato should be washed, the seeds removed, and then diced.
The herbs should be picked to remove any wilted leaves, washed clean, and then chopped.
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Make passion fruit sauce
You place a pan on the stove, add about 3 tablespoons of cooking oil, and heat the oil until hot, then add minced onion and garlic to sauté until golden. Next, you add the onion, cucumber, and tomato and stir-fry evenly.
Then you add the extracted passion fruit juice and 2/3 of the passion fruit seeds along with half a cup of water to the pan, seasoning with 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce.
Be sure to stir evenly so that the vegetables absorb the seasoning!
When the vegetables are cooked, add the chopped herbs, passion fruit seeds, a little pepper, then turn off the heat and put it in a bowl to set aside.
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Fried Mackerel
First, place 1/2 packet of dry batter on a plate and coat both sides of the fish evenly with the batter.
Then, put the fish in a frying pan until it is cooked and golden brown, then transfer the fish to a plate and drizzle the passion fruit sauce on top.
You can also use prepared scallions and passion fruit seeds to garnish for a more appealing presentation.
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Final Product
The mild sourness of passion fruit and the fragrant sauce, combined with the rich mackerel, creates a colorful dish with a sweet and sour flavor that becomes even more appealing.
How to choose delicious mackerel
For fresh mackerel:
- To choose fresh and delicious mackerel, you should observe the eyes of the fish; if the mackerel is still fresh, its eyes will be clear and slightly bulging. In contrast, stale fish will have large eye sockets, sunken eyes, and a cloudy appearance, with the cornea lacking elasticity or discolored.
- Additionally, fresh mackerel has a shiny body, with its skin intact, not peeling or scratched. When you gently press your finger on the fish’s body, it should still feel firm and the flesh should be elastic.
For frozen mackerel:
- You should choose fish with bright, shiny skin that is always slimy when washed and avoid selecting dull-colored fish that do not shimmer when brought to light and have peeling skin, as these are fish that have gone stale or been frozen too long.
- Moreover, when looking at the gills of fresh frozen fish, you will see the gills are a deep pink or bright red (depending on the freshness of the fish). Stale fish, on the other hand, will have pale and dull gills.
Simple tips to remove fishy smell:
- Using salt: You can mix a little salt in water and soak the fish for about 5 – 10 minutes. Alternatively, you can rub salt on the fish’s body, then scale it and clean the fish. Finally, just rinse the fish with water before cooking.
- Using rice water: After cleaning the fish, you can cut it into bite-sized pieces and soak it in rice water for about 15 – 20 minutes. Then, remove it and rinse it clean with water.
- Using alcohol or vinegar: When washing the fish, you can mix a few tablespoons of alcohol or white vinegar into the water, then soak the fish for about 5 minutes and rinse it clean with water.
The above information is about 2 ways to make mackerel fried in fish sauce and crispy fried, delicious and appealing, shared by TasteVN. Wishing you success.
*Refer to images and recipes from the YouTube channel Wife’s Kitchen and the YouTube channel Delicious Dishes Every Day
