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Preparation
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
To make the family meal more diverse, crispy fried fish is the perfect choice. Let’s go to the kitchen with TasteVN and make this simple, crispy, delicious fried dish right away!
Ingredients for Crispy Fried Fish For 4 people
Fish 300 gr (small ones) Pineapple 1/4 fruit (peeled) Tomato 2 fruits Minced shallots 1 tablespoon Chili 1 tablespoon Salt 1 teaspoon Sugar 1/2 teaspoon Vinegar 1 tablespoon Chili sauce 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 2 tablespoons
How to choose fresh, delicious fish:
- The fish’s gills are bright red, tightly closed, with no strange smell or slime. If the fish is spoiled, it will have a gray color. Fish with gills that are not tightly closed, have a strange smell, or are slimy.
- To ensure health, avoid fish with cloudy eyes, and even those with bulging eyes, as this is a sign of toxic fish. Spoiled fish will have sunken eyes, cloudy color, wrinkled or torn corneas.
- Scales should be shiny, firmly attached to the body, with no slime, foul smell, or mucus.
- Pressing the fish’s body should show good elasticity, without leaving a dent.
How to Prepare Crispy Fried Fish
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Prepare Ingredients
Buy the fish, remove the head, gut it, and scrape off the scales.
Dissolve 1/2 teaspoon of salt and 1 tablespoon of white wine in water, then soak the fish in this mixture for about 15 – 20 minutes, after that take it out and let it dry.
Once the fish is dry, make a few diagonal cuts along the body to help it cook faster when frying.
How to Clean Fish Thoroughly, Without Fishy Smell
- In addition to the above method, you can heat a little water, then pour it over the fish and use a knife to scrape off the scales on the back and tail; this method helps remove slime and eliminates the fishy smell effectively.
- After cleaning, you can soak the fish in diluted salt water or rice washing water for about 15 minutes or rub salt on the fish, then rinse with clean water.
- You can also dilute lemon juice, soak the fish in it for a few minutes, then clean the fish as usual. This method is very helpful as it also helps remove slime. Note that you shouldn’t soak it too long as it may cook the skin.
Tomatoes should be washed and diced. Cilantro should be chopped.
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Frying fish
Put into a bowl and mix well with dry batter for frying, ensuring the batter coats the fish evenly.
Tip: You should let the fish dry completely before mixing it with the batter, because if the fish is still wet, it will cause the batter to clump and not stick to the fish meat.
Place a pan on the stove, add cooking oil and wait for it to heat up, then add the battered fish and fry in hot oil over medium to high heat for about 5 – 7 minutes until the fish is golden and crispy, then remove to drain the oil.
Tip: Coating the fish with dry batter for frying helps the fish to have a beautiful golden color when fried, crispy and not dry.
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Making salad for serving
In a large bowl, add 1 tablespoon of chopped shallots, 1 tablespoon of bell pepper, 1 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, 1 tablespoon of vinegar, 1 tablespoon of chili sauce, and 2 tablespoons of cooking oil, and mix until the ingredients are combined.
Add pineapple, tomatoes, and cilantro, mix well, then place in the refrigerator refrigerator, and take it out when ready to use.
Tip: Storing the salad in the refrigerator helps the vegetables stay crispy longer.
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Final Product
Arrange the fish on a plate, drizzle the sauce and salad on top, then decorate to make it visually appealing to complete.
The fish is fried to a golden brown, cooked evenly on both sides, with sweet and fatty fish meat blended with the sweet and sour salad, which will satisfy even the most discerning diners. This dish can be served with hot rice along with a little garlic chili fish sauce or ginger fish sauce, both are excellent!
Some information about striped catfish:
- Striped catfish are a type of sea fish, about 10 – 15 cm long with a body size like a thumb, living near the shore.
- They have a layer of scales that shine with an iridescent color and a shape similar to that of freshwater gobies.
- The meat of striped catfish is quite delicious and very nutritious.
- You can easily find this type of fish at fish markets or large supermarkets in the area.
See more:
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Above is how to make crispy fried striped catfish crispy, fatty, delicious, simple, and easy to make. TasteVN wishes you success! Please share the results and this recipe with your family and friends!
*Reference images and recipes from: YouTube channel Mon Ngon Moi Ngay
