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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
20 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Have you planned any dish to treat your family during today’s meal? If not, let TasteVN suggest you a delicious and enticing tomato sauce carp dish that is sure to pair well with rice. Go to the kitchen and show off your skills with this fried dish right away!
Ingredients for Tomato Sauce Carp For 4 people
Carp 400 gr (or any other fish of your choice) Tomatoes 2 pieces Shallots 2 bulbs Fresh chili 1 piece Spring onions 2 stalks Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Chili sauce 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (salt/ sugar/ seasoning powder/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose good quality carp
- Fresh carp have clear eyes, bright red gills, and tightly attached scales.
- It is advisable to buy carp that, when pressed with your finger, feel firm and have their mouths closed.
- Avoid buying carp that have an unusual fishy smell, soft flesh, open mouths, and swollen bellies as these indicate that the fish has been stored for too long and is no longer fresh.
How to choose fresh, clean, and safe tomatoes
- Fresh, delicious tomatoes will have intact skin, bright red, plump, even color, and no scratches.
- You should choose tomatoes that have a light fragrant smell, with a fresh green stem that is tightly attached to the fruit, and yellow seeds.
- Avoid buying tomatoes with stems that have come off the fruit, green seeds, and no fragrant smell, as these are low-quality tomatoes that will not taste good when cooked.
How to prepare Carp in Tomato Sauce
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Prepare the ingredients
To remove the fishy smell from the carp, soak it in diluted saltwater for about 15 minutes, then rinse it briefly with water and let it drain.
Effective tips to remove the fishy smell from carp:- Method 1: Use a mixture of lemon and salt to rub over the surface of the fish for about 5 – 10 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
- Method 2: Use a mixture of vinegar, white wine, and a little salt to wash the fish, then soak the fish in that mixture for about 5 minutes before rinsing thoroughly with water!
- Method 3: Soak the fish in unsweetened milk for about 10 minutes, then rinse with water and let it drain before cooking.
See details: Effective tips to remove the fishy smell from carp
Tomatoes are washed several times with water, drained, and then diced using a knife. Green onions should have the roots and wilted leaves removed, rinsed briefly in water, and then finely chopped.
Shallots are peeled, rinsed in water, and then minced. Remove the stems from the chili, rinse again with water, and then chop finely.
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Fry the Catfish
Heat a pan on the stove over medium heat, adding 2 tablespoons of cooking oil to the pan. When the oil is hot, add 2 slices of catfish and reduce the heat to low, frying until both sides are golden and crispy, then turn off the heat and transfer the fish to a plate.
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Tomato sauce with fish
Turn on the stove over medium heat and add tomatoes to stir-fry with the remaining oil in the pan, stir-fry for about 3 minutes until the tomatoes are soft.
Add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, and 2 tablespoons of water to the pan, stir well for about 2 minutes over high heat to dissolve the mixtures.
Next, add the fish to the pan and cook for about 2 minutes over medium heat, then flip to the other side and cook for another 3 minutes until the sauce thickens slightly, sprinkle with 1 teaspoon of ground pepper, adjust the seasoning to taste, and then turn off the heat.
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Final product
Place the carp in tomato sauce on a plate, sprinkle with some chopped green onions and chili on top of the fish, and we have a delicious, hot dish.
The crispy and tasty fish combined with the sweet and salty smooth tomato sauce is irresistible, especially when served with white rice. Let’s get into the kitchen and make this dish right away!
Hope that with the recipe for carp with tomato sauce that TasteVN just shared, you will easily make this delicious and appealing dish at home to treat your family. Wishing you success!
