Stingray is an extremely familiar and highly attractive ingredient. They are not only favored for their distinctive flavor but also for the variety of dishes that can be made from them. Let’s cook together with TasteVN into the kitchen right now with 2 unique stir-fry recipes using stingray!
1. Stir-fried Stingray
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried Stingray Serves 4
Prepared stingray 500 gr Lemongrass 3 stalks Chili 3 pieces Garlic 6 cloves Curry powder 1 teaspoon Five-spice powder 1 teaspoon Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Vinegar a little Common seasoning a little (salt/sugar/seasoning powder/pepper)
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How to Cook Stir-Fried Stingray
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Prepare the Stingray
First, wash the stingray thoroughly with diluted salt water and a little vinegar. Use nylon gloves to scrub the meat of the stingray vigorously to remove the fishy smell.
If the part you bought has skin, use a knife to scrape the skin clean; doing this will help eliminate all the slime so the fish doesn’t smell fishy.
Rinse again with clean water, then rub salt onto the fish meat once more, continue rinsing with clean water, and set it in a colander to drain. After that, cut the fish into small bite-sized pieces.
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Prepare the Other Ingredients
Remove the root of the lemongrass, then lightly crush it and chop it finely. Clean the chili peppers and cut them into small pieces.
Peel all the garlic you have prepared. Take half of it, crush it and chop it finely, while leaving the other half whole.
Put the curry powder and five-spice powder into a small bowl and mix them well.
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Marinating stingray
Put the curry powder and five-spice powder into the bowl with the stingray. Add 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of MSG, 2 teaspoons of sugar, and 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, then mix everything well.
Let it sit for about 25 – 30 minutes for the fish to absorb the spices!
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Stir-frying fish
Heat a pan on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and add the minced garlic, minced lemongrass, and minced chili that you have prepared, then sauté until fragrant.
When everything is golden and fragrant, add all the marinated stingray and stir-fry well.
When the cooking liquid reduces, add the whole garlic cloves to the pan. Adjust the seasoning one more time and the dish is ready!
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Final Product
With just a few simple steps, you can have an extremely attractive dish. The fish is thoroughly cleaned and has no unpleasant smell, absorbing just the right amount of seasoning and a beautiful golden color. Let’s try making it right away!
2. Stir-fried Skate Fish with Lemongrass and Chili
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Stir-fried Skate Fish with Lemongrass and Chili For 4 people
Prepared skate fish 500 gr Minced lemongrass 2 tablespoons Minced chili 1 teaspoon Lemongrass stalks 2 branches Minced garlic 1 teaspoon Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (salt/sugar/seasoning powder)
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How to prepare Stir-fried Stingray with Lemongrass and Chili
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Prepare the stingray
You can easily buy pre-processed stingray at the market or supermarkets or food stores. What you need to do is prepare a basin of warm water mixed with a little salt or vinegar.
Put the stingray in the basin of water and soak for about 3 – 5 minutes, then gently massage and rinse again with clean water.
Finally, wait for the stingray to drain and you can start cooking.
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Prepare other ingredients
For garlic, lemongrass, and chili, since you have bought pre-chopped ones, just place them in a bowl or plate for easy marinating of the fish.
Cut off the roots of the lemongrass, wash it clean with water, cut it into pieces about 2 – 3 finger lengths, and then crush it.
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Marinate the stingray
Add half of the chopped lemongrass, garlic, and chili to the prepared stingray. Add the turmeric powder that has been prepared.
Continue to add about 1 teaspoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of salt.
Add 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, mix well, and let it sit for about 15 – 20 minutes for the fish to absorb the spices.
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Stir-fry the fish
Place a pan on the stove, add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil and heat it. When the oil is hot, add the remaining chopped garlic, lemongrass, and chili, along with the chopped lemongrass to sauté until fragrant.
When everything is aromatic, add the stingray to stir-fry until it is firm. Add a little water and cook for another 10 – 15 minutes until the fish is cooked.
Finally, adjust the seasoning to complete the dish.
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Finished Dish
Stir-fried stingray with lemongrass and chili promises to be a delicious dish, a great beer snack for the whole family. The stingray meat is tender and fragrant, evenly absorbing the spices, with the mild spiciness of lemongrass and chili helping to eliminate any fishy smell and making the dish more appealing. Let’s make it right away!
How to Choose Fresh and Delicious Stingray
- When buying stingray, pay attention to choose those that are still healthy and able to swim well. Weakly swimming stingrays are old and their meat is not delicious and has a higher chance of converting acids.
- Choose fish meat that has a moderate pink color, not too dark and not too pale.
- Fresh stingray meat should have good elasticity; avoid buying pieces that are slightly soft and flabby.
- Especially, fresh stingrays usually do not have a very strong fishy smell; if the smell is too strong, it means the fish has died.
How to prepare and eliminate the fishy smell of stingray
- When preparing stingray, you must follow the sequence: remove the gills, discard the bruised blood pouch inside, scrape off the slime, and remove the internal organs.
- Use a knife to cut along the backbone of the fish and then remove all the bruised blood and the black membrane. After that, rub salt and wash the belly of the fish to eliminate the fishy smell. You can use white wine or vinegar to wash it clean.
- The skin of the stingray is very slimy, which can make it difficult for you to scrape off the slime. To deal with this, you can rinse the skin with hot water and then use a knife to scrape off the slime from the tail to the head. As you scrape, rub salt.
- Then wash the fish thoroughly with ginger, white wine, or vinegar to completely remove the fishy smell. Finally, rinse the fish again with clean water and let it drain.
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