Preparation
10 minutes
Cooking
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Tilapia is a very familiar type of fish, loved by many for its firm, fatty, and very fragrant meat. To preserve this fresh and delicious taste, let’s get into the kitchen with TasteVN to make salted fried tilapia, a simple yet delicious fried dish that is equally appealing!
Ingredients for Salted Fried Tilapia For 4 people
Tilapia 2.5 kg Coarse salt 5 kg Lemon juice 1 tablespoon
How to Choose Fresh, Delicious Tilapia
- When buying tilapia, it is best to choose live fish that swim vigorously, have clear eyes, shiny scales, and no unusual colors.
- If you cannot buy live fish, you should choose fish that show the following signs of freshness: Clear, slightly bulging eyes with elasticity; Gills that are bright red, tightly attached to the fish’s body; Scales that are shiny and firmly attached to the fish; The fish’s mouth is tightly closed; Pressing the fish should feel firm and elastic.
- Do not buy if you see sunken, cloudy eyes, smell a rotten odor, feel soft and mushy when pressed, or see loose gills that have turned a pale gray; these are signs that the fish has gone bad.
How to prepare Salted Snakehead Fish
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Prepare the snakehead fish
Wash the snakehead fish thoroughly. To reduce the sliminess and fishy smell, use a little coarse salt and lemon juice to rub all over the fish, then rinse it under cold running water.
How to clean snakehead fish of slime and smell
- Soaking the fish in water mixed with lemon juice or vinegar will help eliminate the fishy smell and reduce the sliminess of the snakehead fish.
- Additionally, soaking the fish in rice water for about 10 minutes will also help clean the fish better.
- Another method is to wash the fish with a mixture of alcohol and crushed ginger to effectively remove the fishy smell.
See details: 7 ways to easily and effectively eliminate fishy smell
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Fry the snakehead fish
Add the remaining coarse salt to a pan, and fry on high heat for about 20 minutes to heat the salt.
Next, use a large pot placed on the stove, turn on high heat, add half of the fried salt, spread it evenly, then place the fish on top, pour the remaining salt over the fish to cover it, cover the pot and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes.
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Final product
The salted fried snakehead fish has a crispy skin when completed. When serving, be careful to remove the salty skin covering the fish. The fish meat will be extremely delicious, sweet, and firm without being salty.
This dish is best enjoyed with white rice. Show off your cooking skills and try it out right away!
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Above, TasteVN guides you on how to make salted fried snakehead fish simply and surprisingly delicious, right? Wish you success!
