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Preparation
25 minutes
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Cooking
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Fish cake porridge will be a unique porridge dish that is delicious and attractive for you to treat and change the menu to make your family’s meals more diverse. Let’s cook with TasteVN to see how to make soft and chewy fish cake porridge very simply!
Ingredients for Fish Cake Porridge For 4 people
Grated snakehead fish 500 gr White rice 1 cup Straw mushrooms 500 gr Bitter vegetables 100 gr Green onions 5 stalks Cilantro A little Bean sprouts A little Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 1 teaspoon Common spices A little (salt/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper/ seasoning powder) Filtered water 1 liter
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to buy good, chewy fish cake, ensuring quality
- For unprocessed fish cakes, when choosing, you should select fish cakes that have a bright pinkish-white color, and when touched, you can feel the firmness without being powdery.
- Avoid buying fish cakes that show signs of being slimy, with meat that has an unusual unpleasant odor, as this may indicate that the fish cake is expired and spoiled.
- Additionally, you can buy fresh fish by asking the seller to grate the fish meat to be able to prepare it at home following the extremely simple instructions from TasteVN to ensure you don’t mistakenly buy fish cakes containing harmful borax for health.
How to choose fresh straw mushrooms
- For fresh straw mushrooms, when buying, you should choose those that are still in bud and have not bloomed, with a slightly round or cylindrical shape. Prioritize selecting mushrooms that are of uniform size to help maintain a consistent flavor, making the dish more delicious.
- When selecting mushrooms, you can gently squeeze them; slightly firm mushrooms will be good. Additionally, choosing black or gray straw mushrooms will taste better than white straw mushrooms.
- For dried straw mushrooms, the selection will be simpler. You just need to check if the mushrooms show signs of mold or have an unusual smell.
How to make Fish Cake Porridge
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Prepare ingredients
After purchasing the snakehead fish, place it in a clean bowl, mash it evenly for about 5 minutes, then add 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, a little green onion, and 1/2 teaspoon of pepper.
Mix all the ingredients so that the seasoning penetrates the fish meat, and mix until the mixture is sticky and cohesive.
Soak the straw mushrooms in diluted salt water for about 10 minutes, then rinse with clean water, cut off the excess stem, and cut them in half for easy eating.
Cut the green onions into sections, separating the green part to chop finely for sautéing with the mushrooms.
Tip: To make the snakehead fish more chewy, be careful not to season with salt and sugar, only use fish sauce and monosodium glutamate.
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Stir-fry the mushrooms
Heat the pan on the stove, wait about 5 minutes for the pan to heat up, then add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, once the oil is hot, add the pre-cut green onions and stir-fry until the onions are golden and fragrant, then add 500g of straw mushrooms and stir well.
Add 1 tablespoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of seasoning powder to the pan, stir briefly to absorb the spices, then turn off the heat.
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Forming fish cakes
Shape the marinated fish into small round balls for steaming. Continue doing this until all the fish is used up.
Tip: To prevent the fish cake from sticking to your hands while shaping and not sticking to the steamer, you can apply a layer of cooking oil on the gloves and the steamer surface.
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Steaming fish cakes
Arrange the fish cakes in the steamer, cover it, and steam for 10 – 15 minutes until the fish cakes are fully cooked.
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Cooking porridge
Put 1 cup of fried rice into the pot, then add 1 liter of filtered water, and cook for about 20 – 30 minutes until the rice grains are soft and swollen.
Turn the heat down, then add chopped green onions to the pot, drop in the steamed fish cakes and stir-fried straw mushrooms, and cook together for another 10 minutes.
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Final Product
The fish cake porridge is delicious and rich in flavor, with soft and swollen grains. The fish cakes are chewy and well-seasoned. When served, you can add bean sprouts, bitter vegetables, coriander, and a bit of black pepper to enhance the flavor. A bowl of hot porridge will be a dish that helps the whole family change their taste for the weekend meal.
Through this article, TasteVN hopes that you have learned another way to make fish cake porridge that is simple yet very interesting. Wishing you success in making it and enjoying it deliciously with your family!
