On chilly days, sitting together with loved ones and making delicious grilled dishes is simply wonderful. So let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen and immediately make 2 flavorful grilled fish cake recipes!
1. Grilled Turmeric Fish Cake
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Grilled Turmeric Fish Cake Serves 2
Fresh snakehead fish cake 200 gr Ground pork 100 gr Betel leaves 5 gr (about 5 leaves) Fried garlic 1 teaspoon Fried onion 1 teaspoon Chopped chili 1 teaspoon Minced garlic 2 teaspoons Minced shallots 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon Lemon juice 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1/2 teaspoon Fish sauce 4 teaspoons Common spices a little (salt/ seasoning powder/ pepper/ sugar)
How to choose fresh and delicious pork
To ensure quality, you should choose to buy whole cuts of pork instead of pre-ground meat.
After selecting fresh and delicious pork, you can ask the seller to grind the meat for you or grind it yourself at home using a meat grinder!
- You should choose meat that has a bright pink or light red color. When cut, the meat should appear pink with streaks of bright white fat.
- It is advisable to choose pieces of meat that do not leave a dent when pressed with your hand and then released.
- Avoid buying pieces of meat that are pale, not fresh, or have a smell of spoilage, sliminess, or leakage.
How to prepare Turmeric Grilled Fish Cake
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Marinate and shape the fish cake
Wash the wild betel leaves, drain them, and chop them finely.
Add to a bowl 200g of snakehead fish, 100g of minced pork along with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder, finely chopped wild betel leaves, 1 teaspoon of fried garlic, 1 teaspoon of fried onion, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, and 1 teaspoon of minced shallots.
Then mix all the ingredients well and marinate for about 10 – 15 minutes for the mixture to absorb the spices.
Effective methods to eliminate the smell of pork
Method 1: Use salt
- Soak the meat in diluted saltwater for 25 – 30 minutes, then rinse the meat with clean water.
Method 2: Use ginger/vinegar/white wine
- Blanch the meat in a pot with crushed ginger/a few drops of vinegar/a few drops of white wine for 2-3 minutes to effectively remove the smell of the meat.
Method 3: Use straw
- Similar to method 2, you can also drop a few strands of straw into the boiling water and blanch for 2-3 minutes to keep the meat’s flavor and eliminate the smell.
See details: Effective methods to eliminate the smell of pork
Next, take a portion of the fish cake (about 1 tablespoon) and proceed to roll it into a ball and flatten it.
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Fry the fish cake
Place a pan on the stove, add 1/2 teaspoon of cooking oil, and use a paper towel to spread the oil evenly across the surface of the pan.
When the pan is hot, add the shaped fish cakes and grill them over medium heat for about 7 minutes until the fish cakes are golden brown on both sides, then remove.
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Making fish sauce
You add to a bowl 4 teaspoons of fish sauce, 3 teaspoons of sugar, 3 teaspoons of water, 1 teaspoon of minced chili, 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, and then stir well until the sugar dissolves.
After that, add 2 tablespoons of lemon juice to the bowl and stir well one more time to complete.
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Final product
So the attractive grilled turmeric fish cake dish has been completed. The fish cake is beautifully golden, firm, flavorful, and fragrant with turmeric powder and wild betel leaves, which is very stimulating to the taste buds.
Dip a piece of fish cake into fish sauce and wrap it with fresh herbs or eat it with fresh noodles is incredibly delicious!
2. Grilled Fish Cake with Betel Leaves
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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Grilled Fish Cake with Betel Leaves Serves 4
Snakehead fish 500 gr Betel leaves 20 gr (about 20 leaves) Green onions 3 stalks Dill 5 sprigs Chili peppers 3 pieces Garlic 3 cloves Red onion 1 bulb Annatto oil 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (MSG/ seasoning powder/ pepper)
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How to Prepare Grilled Fish Cake Wrapped in Betel Leaves
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Prepare Ingredients
Wash the betel leaves, cut off the stems, and let them dry. Remove the stems from the chili peppers, wash them, and slice them.
Peel and wash the shallots and garlic. Remove the roots from the green onions and dill, wash them, and cut into pieces about 1/2 finger joint length.
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Mix the Fish Cake
Add the snakehead fish meat into a grinder along with 3 cloves of garlic, sliced chili peppers, chopped green onions and dill, shallots, 1 tablespoon of annatto oil, 1/3 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, 1/3 tablespoon of seasoning powder, 1/3 tablespoon of pepper, 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, and 1 tablespoon of cooking oil.
Grind the mixture until smooth for about two minutes.
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Rolling the fish cake
You place the mixture of fish cake that has just been ground onto the betel leaf and roll it from top to bottom along the length of the betel leaf.
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Grilling the fish cake
You brush a little cooking oil on the pan, then add the rolled fish cake wrapped in betel leaf to grill on medium heat.
Brush a little more cooking oil on the surface of the betel leaf and grill the fish cake until both sides are evenly cooked, then remove it.
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Final product
The grilled fish cake in betel leaf is flavorful, aromatic with the smell of betel leaf, onion, garlic, and dill. The fish cake is chewy, delicious, and not crumbly, which is extremely appealing.
You can enjoy the dish with a bowl of spicy garlic chili fish sauce to enhance the flavor of the dish!
Tips for successful execution
Instead of pan-grilling as in the article, you can grill the fish cake using a charcoal stove or oven (at 250 degrees Celsius for about 15 minutes) to make the dish more flavorful!
How to choose quality fish cakes
You can buy pre-grated fish cake or buy whole fish to grate at home.
- Fresh snakehead fish usually has a white color mixed with light pink, occasionally interspersed with red from blood. When grated, the fish should look shiny, not dull or greenish.
- You should choose fish with clear eyes, a large, fat, and firm body.
- Do not buy fish with mushy flesh or slimy discharge as they are spoiled fish.
How to choose fresh betel leaves
- You should choose large betel leaves, dark green, and shiny on the surface.
- It is advisable to select betel leaves with a light pungent taste and a distinctive aroma.
- Do not buy betel leaves that are torn, bruised, or slimy.
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So TasteVN has shared with you how to make grilled turmeric fish with Vietnamese coriander, rich and delicious. Hope the above recipe will help you have more ideas to make your family meals more diverse! Wish you success.
*Refer to the images and recipes from the YouTube channel Feedy Delicious Food and Cooky TV
