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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
What dish are you planning to cook this weekend? If you haven’t thought of anything yet, let TasteVN suggest this delicious and unique grilled mudskipper with chili salt. Now let’s prepare the ingredients and go to the kitchen and make this grilled dish right away!
Ingredients for Grilled Mudskipper with Chili Salt For 4 people
Mudskipper 1 kg Salt 3 tablespoons Chili 3 pieces
What is Mudskipper?
- Mudskipper is a type of fish belonging to the white goby family, caught in river mouths and canals in the Mekong Delta during low tide or sunny days.
- Mudskipper has a shape similar to the starry goby, but is rougher and uglier because it has large bulging eyes on top of its head. This is a specialty fish of the Mekong Delta with sweet, firm, and fragrant meat that makes any dish delicious.
How to choose fresh and delicious mudskipper. Where to buy mudskipper?
- It is best to choose live mudskippers that are swimming actively.
- Fresh mudskippers have a light green scale and a slimy coating on the outside.
- Select larger mudskippers, about the length of a hand, plump, with bulging eyes and clear pupils.
- Avoid buying mudskippers that are dead; if you touch them and feel the flesh is mushy.
- You can buy mudskippers at markets, supermarkets, and order them on major reputable e-commerce sites.
See details: How to choose fresh and delicious mudskipper
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How to make Grilled Mudskipper with Salt and Chili
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Prepare the mudskipper
After purchasing the mudskipper, you do not need to prepare it but use long skewers to pierce from the mouth of the fish straight to the tail.
Then wash off the slime on the outside of the fish, drain the water, and prepare to marinate the fish.
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Marinate the fish
Put 3 tablespoons of salt and 3 chili peppers in a bowl and crush the chili with the salt.
After crushing the salt, evenly spread it on the fish, marinate for about 15 – 20 minutes, then take it to grill.
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Grill the fish
For this grilled fish with salt and chili dish, you should grill it over charcoal for the best flavor.
Place the fish on the grill, grill for about 10 minutes, then flip it to cook evenly. Grill until the fish is golden and fragrant on both sides.
Tip: You can also replace it with an air fryer or a microwave, oven to grill the fish at a temperature of 180 degrees Celsius for about 15 – 20 minutes.
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Final product
Thus, you now have a delicious and unique dish of grilled fish with salt and chili to serve the family. The fish is grilled over charcoal, very fragrant, juicy, sweet, and firm, served with fresh vegetables, wrapped in rice paper or hot rice is very suitable.
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Above is a detailed guide on how to make grilled mudfish with chili salt that is delicious, rich, and unique. TasteVN hopes that with our useful articles, you will have more delicious dining suggestions for your daily menu.
*Image and recipe reference from the YouTube channel Tra Vinh My Hometown – Tam Be
