If you are a fan of slow-cooked dishes, don’t miss out on the peppered goby fish dish. A meal that brings the rural flavor, making family meals more complete, delicious, and easy to prepare. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN right now!
1. Pepper Goby Fish
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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Pepper Goby Fish For 2 people
Goby fish 400 gr Chili powder 2 teaspoons Fish sauce 3 tablespoons Cooking oil 1 tablespoon Fish coloring A little Common spices A little (salt/ sugar/ ground pepper/ monosodium glutamate)
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How to choose fresh and delicious goby fish
- Good goby fish should be of moderate size, with smooth, shiny skin, clear patterns, and a certain level of transparency visible to the naked eye.
- Additionally, when holding the fish, it should feel firm, with elasticity, not mushy or having a foul smell.
- Fish that has been stored for long will have a cloudy color, a foul smell, soft and deformed body. Also, do not choose fish that are too large, as they will not taste good.
How to Prepare Braised Goby Fish with Pepper
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Prepare the Goby Fish
To save preparation time, ask the seller to cut off the head (as the goby fish head has bones and is not tasty), and clean the fish for you.
When you bring it home, just wash it with water, scale it, and rub salt on the fish’s body to remove all the slime, rinse it a few times with water, and let it drain.
Tips to Remove Fishy Smell from Fish- Method 1: Soak the fish in diluted salt water or rice water for about 15 minutes, then rinse it clean and let it drain. For fish with a strong fishy smell, use coarse salt to rub it thoroughly for about 3 minutes, then rinse well; the fishy smell will be significantly reduced.
- Method 2: To eliminate the fishy smell and make the fish cleaner, rub the fish with lemon juice or vinegar and then rinse it clean.
- Method 3: Another way to remove the fishy smell is to soak the cleaned fish in white wine for about 2 minutes, then take it out and dry it with paper towels.
See details: Tips for Cleaning Fish and Effectively Eliminating Fishy Smell
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Marinate the fish
Put the goby fish in a pot, marinate the fish with a mixture of spices including: 2 teaspoons of ground pepper, 2 teaspoons of chili powder, 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1.5 tablespoons of sugar, 3 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of cooking oil, and a little fish coloring (depending on the desired color of the fish sauce) to make the final product more visually appealing.
After adding all the spices to the fish, use chopsticks to gently stir, marinate the fish for about 15 – 20 minutes to allow the fish to absorb the spices.
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Cook the fish
After marinating, place the pot of fish on the stove over medium heat and add a little water just enough to cover the fish.
When it boils, reduce the heat to low, cook for another 5 – 10 minutes, turn the fish over, taste and adjust the seasoning to your liking, and continue to cook until the fish reduces its liquid and thickens to 1/3 of the original amount of water, then turn off the heat.
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Final Product
Braised goby fish with pepper has a characteristic strong aroma, the fish meat is chewy, rich, and has a slight spicy taste on the tip of the tongue that is very appealing, served with hot rice and sipping a bit of wine is “absolutely fantastic.”
2. Braised Goby Fish with Pepper (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Ingredients for Braised Goby Fish with Pepper (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN) Serves 1 – 2 people
Goby fish 500 gr Shallots 4 bulbs Chili 5 pieces Seasoning A little (Sugar/pepper/msg/seasoning sauce/fish sauce/chili sauce)
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How to Prepare Braised Goby Fish with Pepper (Recipe shared from Tiktok Cooking with TasteVN)
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Prepare the Ingredients
You can buy goby fish at the market or supermarkets. After purchasing, clean and wash it with salt, lemon, or vinegar to remove the slime and fishy smell.
To clean the goby fish, you can follow these steps:- Wash the goby fish with cold water to remove any dirt on its surface.
- Use a sharp knife or scissors to cut off the head, fins, tail, and belly of the fish.
- Next, use scissors to cut along the back of the fish to remove the spine, starting from the tail and moving up to the head.
- Use the knife blade to cut the fish into two pieces on each side of the removed spine. Cut this piece of fish away from the spine.
- Rinse the flesh of the fish with cold water and cut it into small pieces for use.
Note: To ensure food safety, always wash your hands thoroughly before handling food and keep your working tools clean.
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Make the Braising Sauce
Prepare a pan on the stove, turn on the heat to low, add a little cooking oil and sugar to stir until it turns color. Then add 300g of sugar, 400ml of fish sauce, 50g of monosodium glutamate, 50g of seasoning powder, and 250g of chili sauce, then stir well and cook until the mixture boils and thickens.
After cooking, let the sauce cool down, you can store it in a glass jar in the refrigerator for storing to braise the fish.
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Braised fish
Prepare a earthen pot, arrange the fish around the pot, then pour the sauce you just cooked into it and add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, marinate for about 15 – 20 minutes, then place it on the stove and cook on low heat for about 30 minutes. When the fish is almost done, add shallots, pepper, and chili to braise together.
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Final product
The fish after braising absorbs the sauce evenly, is soft with the aroma of pepper and shallots, and has a slight spiciness from the chili. You can eat the fish with hot rice and use the sauce to dip boiled vegetables. A simple and familiar dish that is easy to make for family meals.
Tips and notes for successfully making the dish
- Goby fish is quite small, so the meat cooks quickly; therefore, you do not need to use much water when braising. Initially, keep the heat medium, then lower to a simmer to braise the fish for about 30 – 40 minutes.
- The standard way to braise goby fish is to let the braising liquid reduce until it is almost gone, leaving just a little thick sauce at the bottom of the pot, which is delicious.
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