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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
If you’re still unsure about what to eat today, let’s join TasteVN cooking right away to make a delicious, flavorful tomato braised fish dish that will enhance your meal. I’m sure, this braised dish will be a super rice-consuming, super attractive dish that everyone in your family will love!
Ingredients for Tomato Braised Fish For 4 people
Fish 300 gr Tomatoes 4 fruits Red onion 4 bulbs Ginger 1 piece (small piece) Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Turmeric powder 1 teaspoon Vietnamese coriander A little (about a handful) Chili 1 fruit Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Common spices A little (Salt/ sugar/ seasoning/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh fish
- You should choose fish with clear eyes; when you press your finger on it, you can still feel the elasticity of the fish flesh.
- Good fish has silver-white scales, scales sticking tightly to the body, and is large in size; when held, it feels heavy.
- As it is a sea fish, you will smell the fishy scent; if there is no strange smell, the fish is fresh.
- Choose fish with bright red or pink gills and tightly closed mouths, as these are fresh fish.
- Do not choose fish with darkened gills, open mouths, mushy flesh, or a strange smell, as these fish have gone bad.
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How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- You should choose tomatoes with bright red skin, plump and juicy as they are naturally ripe tomatoes.
- When you touch them, you should feel a certain softness, and when you hold them, they should feel firm.
- Avoid buying tomatoes that are dark in color, with hard skin, as they are tomatoes that have been chemically treated or artificially ripened.
- Do not choose tomatoes that feel too soft to the touch, with wrinkled skin that is no longer smooth, as they are old tomatoes that have been stored for a long time.
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Tools needed
Clay pot, knife, cutting board, spoon, bowl,…
How to cook Catfish stew with tomatoes
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Prepare the ingredients
After buying the catfish, clean the scales, remove the internal organs, wash thoroughly, and cut the fish into thick slices about the width of one finger.
Effective methods to eliminate fishy smell:
- After cleaning the scales and removing the internal organs, you can wash the fish with lemon juice or diluted salt water, then rinse with clean water, and cut into bite-sized pieces before cooking.
- To eliminate the fishy smell, you can also wash the fish with alcohol or vinegar, and then rinse with water.
See details: Effective methods to eliminate fishy smell
Wash the tomatoes, then cut them into wedges. Pick the bad leaves off the Vietnamese coriander, wash them, and chop them finely.
Peel the shallots and ginger, then mince the shallots and ginger. Remove the stems from the chili peppers and slice them.
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Marinate the fish
After preparing the fish, marinate it with the minced shallots and ginger, 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 3 teaspoons of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of pepper, 1 teaspoon of turmeric powder, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and chili, mix well.
Add the tomato wedges and marinate the fish for about 10 – 15 minutes.
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Stewed fish
Place the fish pot on the stove, simmer over medium heat until the fish meat firms up on both sides, then add about 1 cup of boiling water (rice bowl), ensuring the water covers the fish.
Stew the fish over medium heat for about 10 minutes, then season with 1/2 teaspoon of salt, and cook for another 5 minutes.
Taste and adjust the seasoning as needed, add chopped Vietnamese coriander and turn off the heat.
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Final Product
The stewed catfish with tomato dish is incredibly delicious and attractive, with the yellow color of turmeric blending with the red of tomatoes, making the dish visually appealing. The meat is firm and sweet, combined with a rich salty, sweet, and sour stew sauce. This stewed dish served with hot rice is unforgettable.
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