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Preparation
20 minutes
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Processing
45 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Today, TasteVN will guide you in making delicious and unique sturgeon salad to change the flavor for the whole family. Let’s get cooking with TasteVN and immediately prepare this attractive mixed salad!
Ingredients for Sturgeon Salad For 4 servings
Sturgeon meat 1 kg Pork 300 gr Fresh shrimp 200 gr Pork liver 200 gr Lemon 6 fruits Mango 1 fruit Cucumber 2 fruits Red onion 2 bulbs Ginger 1 bulb (small bulb) Onion 1/2 bulb Kaffir lime leaves 3 pieces Lemon 1 fruit Chili 3 fruits Lemongrass 2 stalks Vietnamese mint 200 gr Lettuce 200 gr Cilantro 200 gr Roasted sesame 2 tablespoons Crushed peanuts 2 tablespoons Shrimp paste 1.5 tablespoons Fish sauce 1.5 tablespoons Cooking oil 5 tablespoons Salt/ sugar A little
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh sturgeon
- You should choose sturgeons that are still alive, swimming vigorously, with clear, bright eyes that are not cloudy, gills that are pink-red in color, tightly connected to the body, and not slimy.
- Additionally, you can observe the mouth and body of the fish. If the fish’s mouth is tightly closed and pressing on the body gives a good bounce, then it is fresh fish.
- Moreover, fresh fish will have firm meat that is tightly connected and not loose.
- Do not buy sturgeons with sunken eyes that have a cloudy film. The cornea should not be wrinkled, shriveled, or torn as this indicates the fish is no longer fresh.
How to choose fresh pig liver
- When buying pig liver, you should choose livers that are bright, red, or rosy in color and evenly colored.
- Additionally, fresh pig liver has a firm texture, high elasticity, and does not leave a dent when pressed by hand.
- Do not buy livers that are dark in color, have signs of yellowing, or uneven color as these livers are no longer fresh, have been stored for too long, or are from sick pigs.
- Moreover, you should not buy livers with lumps or visible fluke cysts on the surface as these indicate the liver is infected, which can cause dangerous poisoning when consumed.
- To ensure safety and peace of mind when preparing, you can buy pig liver from reputable food vendors such as clean food stores and supermarket chains in the market.
- When buying, be sure to check the inspection stamp, expiration date, and production origin to avoid purchasing low-quality, unclear source pig liver!
How to choose fresh and delicious shrimp
- You should choose shrimp that are still alive, swimming vigorously, with a translucent outer shell that still has a slight smell of seawater and whose legs are tightly attached to the body.
- Fresh shrimp usually have their tails curled together. If the shrimp’s tail is spread out, it may have been injected with chemicals or water to make it look plump, and you should avoid buying it!
- Additionally, you should not choose shrimp that are slimy, with a body that has bent into a circular shape instead of being straight as usual. When you lightly press and move your hand over the shrimp’s shell, it should feel gritty as if there are grains in the shell.
- To feel more secure when choosing, you should buy shrimp from reputable seafood stores to avoid accidentally buying shrimp that have been injected with chemicals!
How to choose fresh and delicious pork
- Fresh pork should not be slimy, have an ordinary smell and color, the meat should be firm, with high elasticity; when you press your finger into the meat, it should create an indentation but not leave a mark when you lift your finger. The meat fibers should be even.
- You should avoid buying pieces of meat that look very appealing, dry, with firm fibers that do not stick to your hand, and when cut, they are mushy and have a smell, and when you press your finger into it, it sinks without elasticity.
- Additionally, we should not buy pieces of meat with yellow fat or cuts that are oozing water, as this indicates meat from pigs with pigmentation diseases, parasitic infections, or that have been injected with water.
Tools needed
Meat grinder, handheld grinder, knife, pot, pan,…
How to make Sturgeon Salad
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Prepare the sturgeon
To remove the fishy smell, after washing, cut off the head, scale, remove the tail, guts, and the two gills of the sturgeon, then wash it again with water and take it out to dry thoroughly.
Use a knife to cut into the body near the head of the fish. When the knife touches the fish bone, turn the knife horizontally and move it along the bone to separate the fish meat from the bone.
Next, use the knife to pierce through the fish, and with one hand firmly hold the knife, use the other hand to pull the meat down towards the tail to separate the fish meat from the skin, then cut the fish meat into thin slices.
Methods to remove the fishy smell from sturgeon
- Method 1: Soak the fish in rice water for about 15 – 20 minutes. Then take it out and wash it again with clean water.
- Method 2: Soak the fish for about 5 – 10 minutes then wash it clean with water before cooking.
- Method 3: Soak the crushed ginger with the fish in water for about 5 minutes, then take it out and wash it again with clean water.
See details: 7 tips to remove the fishy smell from sturgeon
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Soak the fish
Soak the thin slices of fish you just cut in a diluted lime juice mixture for about 5 minutes, then squeeze out all the lime juice.
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Prepare other ingredients
Peel the shallots and chop them finely. Cut ginger into strips, and slice lemongrass thinly. Cut the lime leaves into small strips. Clean the herbs, wash them with water, and chop them finely. Slice the chili and onion.
Wash the mango and cut it into small bite-sized pieces. Clean and wash the culantro, water spinach, and lettuce. Wash the cucumber and cut it into small bite-sized pieces.
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Preliminary processing of meat and shrimp
Fresh shrimp after buying should be rinsed to remove the fishy smell; you need to clean, peel off the shell, tail, head, and devein the shrimp, then soak it in diluted salt water for about 2 – 3 minutes and rinse again with clean water.
Pork bought should be rinsed multiple times with diluted salt water, then rinsed again with clean water and cut into large pieces about the size of one finger length.
To remove the fishy smell from pork liver, you should cut the liver into small pieces and soak them in a bowl of salt water for about 1 – 2 hours. After that, rinse again with clean water.
Quick and simple way to devein shrimp
- Method 1: Use the tip of a knife to make a vertical cut along the shrimp’s back and then pull out the vein.
- Method 2: Count back from the shrimp’s tail to the second groove between the two segments of the shrimp shell, pierce with a toothpick and pull to remove the vein.
- Method 3: Turn the shrimp upside down, hold the body of the shrimp with one hand, use the other hand to peel both sides of the shrimp’s head and hold firmly the connection between the head and body, slowly separate the head from the body. At this time, the vein attached to the shrimp’s head will be pulled out with it.
Proper way to prepare and deodorize pork liver
- Method 1: Soak pork liver in milk for about 30 minutes and then rinse with clean water.
- Method 2: Mix white vinegar with water and soak the pork liver in this diluted white vinegar mixture for about 30 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
- Method 3: Add flour or cornstarch to the pork liver, mix well and let it sit for about 30 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
See details: 5 Tips for properly cleaning pork liver without odor.
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Mix the salad
Add the drained fish with shredded ginger, minced shallots, lemongrass, lime leaves, herbs, crushed peanuts, and toasted sesame seeds into a large bowl.
Season to taste, then mix thoroughly so that all ingredients absorb the seasoning and blend together.
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Fry shrimp, meat, and pork liver
Put 2 tablespoons of cooking oil in a pan, wait until the oil is hot, then add the shrimp and pork, frying over medium heat for about 5 minutes until the meat and shrimp are cooked, then remove them and add the pork liver.
Continue frying over medium heat for about 4 minutes until the liver is evenly cooked on both sides, then remove.
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Making Chẩm Chéo
First, put the liver, pork, and cooked shrimp into the meat grinder, grind until the meat is finely minced, then stop.
Add chopped shallots and 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into the pot, sauté until the shallots are fragrant, then add the lemon juice that has soaked the fish earlier along with 1.5 tablespoons of shrimp paste and the minced meat into the pot. Cook on low heat and stir well for about 2 minutes.
Then add 1.5 teaspoons of sugar, 1.5 tablespoons of fish sauce into the pot, stir well, adjust the seasoning to taste, cook for another 2 minutes and then turn off the heat. Use a handheld meat grinder to grind until the chẻo is smooth and fine to finish.
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Final Product
Finally, use lettuce leaves to wrap the Gỏi Cá Tầm, mango, chili, Vietnamese mint, and herbs and enjoy!
The flavor of Gỏi Cá Tầm is incredibly delicious, with a slightly sour taste that is easy to eat from the fish and mango, while the chẻo is rich and just flavorful. The accompanying herbs are fresh and appealing. This is definitely a dish you must try at least once.
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Finally, we have completed the delicious sturgeon salad. TasteVN wishes you success with this recipe and cook many delicious dishes for your family!
*Refer to the recipe and images from the YouTube channel Toman Vlog
