Delicious and Unique Sturgeon Stew with Banana and Tofu for Home Meals

How to cook Sturgeon fish with banana and tofu

• 1

  Prepare the sturgeon

  After buying sturgeon, cut it into thick slices about 1 finger width, then continue cutting into square pieces with a thickness of about 1 finger width.

  To clean the fish of slime and eliminate the fishy smell, soak the fish in diluted salt water for about 5 minutes, then gently scrape off the slime with a knife and rinse with clean water several times.

  How to prepare sturgeon cleanly, without fishy smell

  • To prepare sturgeon cleanly without fishy smell, you should thoroughly remove the gills, scales, and internal organs, the blood vessels, and rinse again with clean water.
  • Use salt, ginger, or white alcohol to rub on the fish for about 5 – 10 minutes and then rinse with water.
  • Additionally, you can soak the fish in salt and white alcohol for about 10 minutes. Or pour hot water at around 60 degrees over the fish and use a knife to scrape off the slime.

  See details: 7 ways to prepare clean, non-fishy fish

  Heat the pan and add 300ml of cooking oil, then add the sturgeon to fry until golden brown on all four sides for about 5 – 6 minutes, then remove and drain the oil.

  

  

  
• 2

  Prepare other ingredients

  The pork belly you bought should be rinsed with diluted salt water, then rinsed several times with clean water. Cut the meat into bite-sized pieces, then continue to place it into the pan with oil that was used to fry the catfish to fry the meat for about 4 – 5 minutes until the meat is firm and slightly golden, then remove the meat.

  The tofu should be cut into squares about the thickness of a finger, then placed into the pan with the oil used to fry the pork belly and fry until golden on all four sides.

  The green bananas should be peeled, cut into pieces, and then soaked in diluted salt water for about 1 – 2 hours to become white and not bitter, then removed and boiled for about 20 minutes until the bananas are cooked.

  Note: To make the bananas have an attractive yellow color, add a little fresh turmeric when boiling!

  The perilla leaves and wild betel leaves should be washed clean, then chopped finely.

  

  

  
• 3

  Stewed Banana with Catfish

  Heat the pot, then add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in the pan where you previously fried the ingredients. Next, add 1 tablespoon of minced shallots and 1 tablespoon of minced galangal to sauté until fragrant, then add 2 tablespoons of shrimp paste and stir well.

  Then, pour in 1 liter of bone broth and add 1 tablespoon of seasoning, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, and 2 tablespoons of fermented turmeric, then bring the water to a boil.

  Note:

  • Fermented turmeric will help the dish have a distinctive smell, true to flavor.
  • You can buy ready-made bone broth or simmer it according to the recipe from TasteVN!

  See more: 5 common broth cooking methods

  Continue to add the fried sturgeon, fried pork belly, and boiled bananas to stew for about 10 – 15 minutes. After that, add the fried tofu and stew for another 5 minutes, finally add chopped perilla leaves, wild betel leaves, and 1 teaspoon of pepper, adjust the seasoning to taste, then turn off the heat.

  

  
• 4

  Final Product

  Serve the stewed sturgeon with bananas in a bowl and enjoy immediately.

  The dish has a fragrant smell of fermented turmeric mixed with the aroma of galangal and shrimp paste, with the sturgeon meat being tender and delicious, accompanied by tofu infused with a sour and salty flavor, while the bananas are both nutty and soft.

  The dish will taste better when hot and served with vermicelli; this will be a dish that everyone will praise for its deliciousness!