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Preparation
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Crispy snakehead fish is one of the delicious and attractive fried dishes, suitable for both drinking parties or family meals. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen and try making this dish!
Ingredients for Crispy Snakehead Fish with Passion Fruit Sauce Serves 4
Snakehead fish 300 gr Horn chili 1 piece Vietnamese coriander 1/2 bunch Passion fruit juice 1 tablespoon Mayonnaise 2 tablespoons Crispy flour 1 packet Cooking oil 50 ml Salt a little Lemon 1 piece
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh and delicious snakehead fish
- Fresh and delicious snakehead fish will have a uniform, large body, with a lot of white color in the belly area.
- It is advisable to buy snakehead fish that are still alive, swimming healthily, and have no scratches on their bodies.
- Do not buy snakehead fish that are dead, have a slimy body, and emit an unpleasant fishy smell.
How to choose fresh and delicious passion fruit
- Select passion fruits that have a wrinkled, slightly dry appearance, rather than those that are plump and smooth-skinned. Heavier passion fruits with smooth skin are usually unripe, thick-skinned, and have less pulp.
- You can check the pulp density of the passion fruit by picking it up and shaking it gently. A juicy passion fruit will feel a bit heavy when shaken, and the inside will appear dense.
- The most important thing is the aroma of the passion fruit. Fruits that have no smell are usually sour or very bland. Those with a fragrant smell are the ones that taste good.
Fried flour can be purchased at grocery stores, supermarkets, or e-commerce sites. Currently, this product is being sold at Bách hóa XANH, you can check it out.
How to prepare Fried Mudfish with Passion Fruit Sauce
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Prepare the mudfish
When you buy mudfish, to clean the slime, rub the fish with a little salt and lime, then rinse several times with water and let it drain.
Use a bamboo skewer to pierce straight from the mouth to the tail of the fish.
Tip: To prevent the fish from falling apart when pulling out the skewer, you should soak the bamboo skewer in cooking oil for about 5 minutes before skewering.
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Prepare other ingredients
Pick the shiso leaves, wash them clean, and chop them finely. Clean the chili peppers, remove the seeds, and chop them finely.
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Season the fish
Put the prepared shiso leaves and chili peppers on a plate and mix them together. Prepare an additional plate of flour for frying.
Take each skewer of mudfish and roll it in the plate of shiso and chili, then in the plate of flour.
Tip:
- To make the seasoning stick to the fish, after coating with flour, you should let the fish rest for a few minutes to allow the flour to expand.
- After seasoning the fish, you should not stack the fish on top of each other because when the flour expands, they will stick together, making it difficult to fry and easily causing the coating to peel off the fish.
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Fry the fish
Place a pan on the stove over medium heat with about 50ml of cooking oil. When the oil is hot, gently drop the fish in to fry until one side is golden and crispy, then flip to the other side. When the fish is golden brown on both sides, remove it and let it drain on a paper towel.
Tips for frying crispy, delicious snakehead fish without breaking:
- When you drop the fish into the pan, do not flip it too many times as it will cause the fish to break apart. Wait until one side is golden before flipping!
- To prevent the oil from losing heat, do not fry all the fish at once. Fry in batches to keep the fish crispy and not greasy.
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Make the sauce
In a bowl, add 2 tablespoons of mayonnaise and 1 tablespoon of passion fruit juice, then stir well to combine the ingredients.
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Final product
After frying, arrange the snakehead fish on a plate and drizzle the passion fruit mayonnaise sauce over it.
The crispy golden snakehead fish with sweet and firm flesh, when eaten with the creamy sauce and a touch of tangy flavor, will be incredibly appealing.
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With the recipe for fried snakehead fish with passion fruit sauce delicious and attractive, hope you have added another delicious dish to treat your family and friends. Wishing you success!
*Refer to the recipe and images from the YouTube channel Mon Ngon Moi Ngay.
