Preparation
5 minutes
Cooking
10 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Have you tried dried fish with vinegar and sugar? If not, let’s go to the kitchen and immediately prepare the recipe for dried fish, flavorful, sweet and sour that pairs perfectly with rice and is super quick for busy lunch meals!
Ingredients for Fried Dried Fish with Vinegar and Sugar Serves 5
Dried fish 300 gr Vinegar 80 ml Garlic 6 cloves Chili 1 piece Cooking oil 4 tablespoons Common spices a little (salt/ sugar/ ground pepper/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose good dried fish
- Good dried fish should have bright colors, pinkish-white flesh, and a fragrant or slightly fishy smell typical of dried fish.
- When buying, you should choose fish that still have intact fins, with skin tightly adhering to the flesh.
- Do not choose dried fish that is too white or too yellow, as these may have been bleached or gone rancid, which is not tasty.
- Besides, you can also try making dried fish at home with simple and detailed steps shared by TasteVN.
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How to prepare Fried Dried Lù Đù Fish with Vinegar and Sugar
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Prepare the dried fish
To reduce the saltiness, soak the dried fish in a mixture of diluted salt water for about 30 minutes after rinsing it clean, then rinse it again with clean water and drain.
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Mix vinegar and sugar
First, wash the chili and slice it, peel the garlic, and thinly slice 3 cloves while mincing the remaining 3 cloves.
Next, add 80ml of vinegar, 2 tablespoons of sugar, 1/2 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate along with the sliced garlic and sliced chili into a bowl, then use a spoon to stir well until the ingredients dissolve.
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Dry frying
Place a pan on the stove, add 3 tablespoons of cooking oil into the pan, wait until the oil is hot, then add the dried fish, frying over medium heat for about 3 minutes. Turn the dried fish once and continue doing this about 2 – 4 times until the fish is golden brown on both sides, then turn off the heat and remove the fish.
Tip: To reduce the splatter of oil, make sure the fish is completely dry before frying! -
Frying with vinegar and sugar
Next, you pour out the oil used for frying the dried fish, then place the pan back on the stove and add 1 tablespoon of cooking oil into the pan. Wait for the oil to heat up, then add the minced garlic.
Sauté over high heat until the garlic is fragrant, then add the fried dried fish and the bowl of vinegar and sugar that you just mixed, reduce the heat to low and turn the fish evenly so that it absorbs the mixture.
Then fry and turn the fish for about 7 minutes until the vinegar and sugar mixture thickens and turns a brown color, then add about 1 teaspoon of ground pepper and turn off the heat.
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Final Product
The fried fish with vinegar and sugar will have a very eye-catching golden-brown color with the appealing aroma of fried garlic. When eaten, you will feel the salty flavor of the dried fish mixed with the sweet and sour vinegar sauce layered on top of the fish.
Eating it with hot sticky white rice, along with a few slices of cucumber and tomato, is just perfect, isn’t it?
Hope that through the steps shared above, you can successfully make the dried fish fried with vinegar and sugar that goes well with rice and adds variety to your daily meals!
