Preparation
20 minutes
Cooking
30 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Steamed dishes are always a great choice for a delicious meal while ensuring nutrition and appealing flavor without complicated preparation. Today, let’s join TasteVN in the kitchen to make steamed red tilapia with beer!
Ingredients for Steamed Red Tilapia with Beer Serves 4
Red tilapia 1 fish Beer 1.2 liters (equivalent to 4 cans) Dried wood ear mushrooms 200 gr (moc nhĩ) Enoki mushrooms 200 gr Glass noodles 100 gr Peanuts 50 gr Chili 3 pieces Shallots 3 bulbs Green onions 4 stalks Lemongrass 10 stalks Banana leaves 1 piece Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (salt/ seasoning powder/ pepper)
How to Choose Fresh Ingredients
How to choose fresh red tilapia
- Choose fish that has a bright pink color. The gills should be dark pink, and the gills should be even and uniform in color.
- Avoid buying red tilapia that has a pale color. The gills should be light, without uniformity in color.
How to choose good black mushrooms (wood ear)
- It is advisable to buy black mushrooms that are dark in color. Choose those with large, thick ears.
- Avoid buying moldy wood ear mushrooms that are white, and do not choose those that are rough and black.
How to choose fresh enoki mushrooms
- You should prioritize selecting enoki mushrooms with large, thick caps and stems with few small mushrooms.
- The mushrooms should have a dark amber color, slightly shiny (for the top side of the mushroom) and a coffee milk color (for the underside).
- Avoid choosing enoki mushrooms that look too black, as these may become mushy when soaked in water and are less crispy.
Tools needed
steamer, knife, cutting board, scissors, pot,…
How to make Beer Steamed Red Snapper
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Prepare the red snapper
Buy the red snapper, clean it, remove the fins, gills, and scales.
Cut the fish in half, remove the backbone, and then wash the fish thoroughly with water.
How to eliminate the fishy smell of red snapper
- First, clean the fish by scaling and gutting it thoroughly. Be sure to cut away any clots of blood and the cloudy white patches in the fish’s belly.
- Eliminate the fishy smell by rubbing coarse salt on the fish for about 10 minutes and then rinsing it with water. Additionally, you can dilute some lemon juice with a little salt in water and soak the fish for about 10 minutes, then rinse it clean.
- You can also use vinegar or white wine to wash the fish, which will help effectively eliminate the fishy smell!
See details: How to eliminate the fishy smell of red snapper.
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Marinate the fish
Marinate the red snapper with 2 teaspoons of salt, 1 teaspoon of pepper, 1 teaspoon of seasoning powder, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce.
Let the fish marinate for about 15 minutes to absorb the seasonings.
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Prepare the other ingredients
Soak the black mushrooms in clean water until soft, then wash them again with salt and slice them thinly into strips.
How to properly soak dried black mushrooms
- Absolutely do not soak in hot water as hot water will stimulate the toxins in the mushrooms causing food poisoning.
- Do not soak the mushrooms for too long (maximum soaking time is 2 – 3 hours) as the toxins in the mushrooms will increase, especially the morpholine which appears more over time.
See details: How to properly prepare dried black mushrooms
Shallots are peeled and washed. Then slice them lengthwise into small pieces.
Enoki mushrooms are washed, soaked in water for 10 minutes, then rinsed with clean water.
Glass noodles are cut into bite-sized pieces and soaked in water for about 10 minutes to soften.
Green onions and chili are washed and sliced diagonally into small strips.
Banana leaves are stripped of their leaves, and the stems are cut into pieces about the length of a handspan.
Then arrange the ingredients one by one on top of the marinated fish.
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Steaming Fish
Place the banana leaf stems and lemongrass in the pot one by one. Then add the fish to the steamer and close the lid.
After about 15 minutes of steaming, add 4 cans of beer to the pot. Then steam for another 20 minutes to complete.
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Final Product
The steamed pink tilapia dish is now complete. You should eat it while it’s still hot to fully enjoy the flavors. The fish meat is tender and sweet, not mushy, combined with the chewy and crunchy mushrooms and fragrant ingredients, making it extremely appealing.
This dish can be enjoyed with hot rice or wrapped in rice paper and dipped in sweet and sour fish sauce for a delicious treat!
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Above is the article guiding the preparation of the dish steamed red tilapia, which is flavorful, aromatic, and extremely simple and easy to execute, making it something anyone can do. Wishing you all success with this recipe!
*Images and recipe reference from the YouTube channel Dân Dã Miền Trung
