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Preparation
20 minutes
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Cooking
35 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Tilapia is a nutritious fish that many people love and is used to make many delicious dishes. Therefore, today TasteVN will bring you a super attractive recipe for grilled tilapia with betel leaves that the whole family will surely love. Get cooking with TasteVN to make this delicious fried dish right away!
Ingredients for Grilled Tilapia with Betel Leaves For 2 people
Tilapia 300 gr Pork 200 gr (minced shoulder meat) Betel leaves 10 gr Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Cooking oil 10 tablespoons Common spices a little (Seasoning/ pepper/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh tilapia
- You should choose tilapia with clear, slightly bulging eyes that are not cloudy white, gills that are pink-red, shiny scales, and tightly layered like roof tiles.
- Fresh tilapia should have an intact body, plump, large, and smooth, with scales tightly adhering to the body; when you press gently, you can feel the fish’s elasticity.
- Avoid selecting fish that show abnormal signs such as bloating, weak swimming, or pale color, as these may indicate that the fish is no longer fresh.
How to choose fresh, safe pork
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You should choose lean pork that has a bright pink color, white, opaque fat that is clear, and dry meat; when pressed, it should feel firm and elastic.
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Good meat will have a distinctive aroma and the fat and meat should be separate but tightly bound together, making it hard to pull apart with your hands.
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Do not buy if the pork appears dull, is leaking, soft, or has a foul smell, as this indicates it has been stored for too long and is not good.
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How to make Grilled Tilapia with Betel Leaves
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Prepare the ingredients
Buy tilapia and clean it, removing the scales. Next, carefully fillet the fish, taking only the fish meat. To reduce the fishy smell of tilapia, we will soak the fish fillets in diluted salt water for about 3 – 5 minutes. After that, wash the tilapia thoroughly and put it in a basket to drain, then cut into small pieces.
Wash the pork, then grind or chop it finely.
Wash the betel leaves, drain them, and then chop them finely.
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Mix minced fish with minced meat
Add the blended tilapia fish mixture, minced meat, and add 1 spoon of seasoning, 1 teaspoon of pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce into the bowl.
Use your hands to mix thoroughly for the mixture to blend together and absorb the spices evenly. Let the mixture rest for about 10 minutes before proceeding to shape into balls.
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Fish Balls
Take a moderate amount of meat from the mixture above, use your hands to roll it into small balls the size of an egg, then flatten them, continuing until all the marinated mixture is used up.
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Fry the Fish Cakes
Place a pan on the stove and add 10 tablespoons of oil, wait for the oil to heat up, then gradually drop each fish cake into the oil to fry. Fry the cakes over medium heat.
Turn both sides until the betel leaf fish cakes turn golden brown, are evenly cooked, and emit a fragrant aroma, then remove to a plate.
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Final Product
So now we have a crispy, delicious, and fragrant dish of tilapia fish cake wrapped in betel leaves. The fish cake is golden yellow, with the chewy, fresh taste of fish that is not dry or crumbly, combined with the sweet meat and the aromatic scent of betel leaves, and the spices are well absorbed, making the dish more flavorful and appealing.
This fish cake is very tasty when eaten hot with rice, making it easy for you to finish a whole pot of rice!
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