Crispy Fried Anchovies with Sweet and Salty Fish Sauce, Perfect with Rice

How to make Fried Anchovies with Fish Sauce

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  Prepare the ingredients

  Wash the anchovies clean and let them drain so that they will be crispier when fried and won’t splatter oil.

  Peel the shallots and garlic, crush them, then finely chop them along with the chili.

  To make the fish sauce dip, combine chopped shallots, garlic, and chili with 2 spoons of fish sauce, 1 spoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 spoon of sugar in a bowl, and stir well until the ingredients are blended.

  

  

  

  
• 2

  Fry the anchovies until crispy

  Put a pan on the stove, add 1 bowl of cooking oil. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add the anchovies and fry over medium heat, turning both sides until the fish is golden, then turn off the heat and transfer to a plate.

  

  

  

  
• 3

  Making fish sauce fried anchovies

  Then, you pour out some of the cooking oil from the pan into a bowl, leaving about 2 tablespoons.

  Next, when the oil is hot, add the fried anchovies back in, stirring well on low heat.

  Finally, slowly pour the bowl of prepared fish sauce in, stir evenly until the seasoning is absorbed and the liquid is dry, then taste again and turn off the stove, and serve on a plate.

  

  

  

  
• 4

  Final Product

  So you have completed the fried anchovies with fish sauce dish. With beautiful golden anchovies that are crispy, combined with fragrant chili garlic fish sauce, this dish promises to be absolutely delicious when enjoyed with hot rice on cold winter days.