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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Eel has long been known as a rustic but extremely nutritious dish loved by most people. Today, TasteVN will guide you to make eel cooked with turmeric – a braised dish that is especially fragrant and delicious. Let’s get cooking right away!
Ingredients for Eel Cooked with Turmeric For 4 people
Eel 1 kg Fresh turmeric 200 gr Garlic 5 cloves Onion 3 bulbs Fish sauce 1 teaspoon Common spices a little (sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ seasoning powder)
How to choose good eel
- You should prioritize buying river eel with distinctly two-colored skin.
- Choose those of moderate size, avoid buying very small eels because the meat won’t be tasty, and also avoid buying very large eels because they are likely farmed, and the meat will be mushy and not delicious.
- Limit buying farmed eels with black skin because wild eels have firmer, more fragrant, and tastier meat.
See details: How to choose good eel
How to prepare eel with turmeric
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Prepare eel and fresh turmeric
After purchasing the eel, you need to thoroughly clean the slime on its body before processing by placing a little warm water into a basin and soaking the eel for about 15 minutes. The slime will easily disappear.
Once you have cleaned the eel, you cut open the belly and remove all the intestines, then rinse the eel with salt water until it is thoroughly clean.
Next, you cut the eel into bite-sized pieces and place them into a bowl to marinate.
Effective ways to clean eel slime
- Method 1: Place the eel in a plastic bag with a little coarse salt. Seal the bag tightly and shake it vigorously, then rub the eel’s body with your hands for about 2 minutes to remove all the slime.
- Method 2: Use kitchen ash to rub over the eel’s body, then wipe off the slime and rinse with water.
- Method 3: Put the live eel in a plastic bag and place it in the freezer. After 2 hours, take it out, soak it in water, wipe off the slime from the eel’s body, and rinse with water.
See details: Effective ways to clean eel slime
Fresh turmeric should be peeled to remove the dirty outer skin, then cleaned, and divided into two equal parts: one part sliced, and the other part minced.
Shallots and garlic should be peeled, rinsed briefly with water, drained, and chopped finely.
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Marinate eel
You put into the bowl containing the eel 1/2 teaspoon of salt, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate and 1 teaspoon of fish sauce along with the minced turmeric.
Shallots and garlic, after being crushed and minced, you divide into two parts, one part is added to the bowl to marinate the eel and then mix all the ingredients so that the eel is evenly seasoned.
Marinate the eel for about 15 minutes.
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Cook eel with turmeric
First, you put a pan on the stove and then add cooking oil. When the oil is hot, add the remaining shallots and garlic to fry until fragrant.
Next, add the marinated eel and stir well. Add 1 teaspoon of seasoning. Stir-fry for about 1 minute, then pour in the sliced turmeric to stir-fry together with the eel.
When the eel and turmeric are fragrant and cooked evenly, add 1/2 ccup of water and cover the pot to let the eel absorb the flavor evenly.
Continue to cook until the water thickens and nearly evaporates, then turn off the heat.
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Final Product
The dish of braised eel with turmeric has a very fragrant smell and an attractive color. The eel meat is sweet and tender without being mushy, very flavorful. This is a highly nutritious dish, good for health, especially for the stomach.
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With the instructions from TasteVN, you must be able to successfully make this incredibly simple braised eel with turmeric dish. So what are you waiting for? Hurry into the kitchen and try it out with the family!
