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Preparation
30 minutes
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Cooking
15 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
What’s on your menu today? If you haven’t thought of anything yet, add this delicious and nutritious stir-fried eel with pepper leaf to your list and cook it right away. The recipe we reveal to you is right below, and now let’s go to the kitchen with TasteVN and make this stir-fry right now.
Ingredients for Stir-fried Eel with Pepper Leaf For 4 people
Eel 400 gr Pepper leaf 500 gr Minced shallots 1.5 teaspoons Minced garlic 1.5 teaspoons White wine 2 tablespoons Turmeric powder 1/2 teaspoon Fish sauce 1 teaspoon Salt/ sugar/ monosodium glutamate/ ground pepper A little Cooking oil 1 tablespoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh eel
- You should choose eels that are medium-sized, about the size of your thumb, as they have the best meat.
- You should choose eels with yellow bellies, long tails, and still alive.
- Avoid choosing large black eels as they are usually farmed and their meat will be mushy and not fragrant.
See details: How to choose good, firm eel
How to choose fresh and delicious wild betel leaves
- You should choose wild betel leaves that are dark in color and large in size. Such leaves are easy to wrap and smell fragrant when fried.
- Choose wild betel leaves that are thick and not torn.
How to prepare Stir-fried eel with wild betel leaves
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Prepare the eel meat
After buying the eel, scrape off the slime, remove the head and internal organs. Use a knife to cut away the backbone of the eel to get fillets.
Wash the eel with 1 tablespoon of salt and 2 tablespoons of white wine. Rub the eel meat with the mixture for about 5 minutes, then rinse with clean water.
Cut the eel fillet into bite-sized pieces and marinate them.
How to clean eel meat of slime and fishy smell:
- Method 1: You can use kitchen ash to cover the eel and scrape off the ash to effectively clean the slime.
- Method 2: Use salt to rub the eel, then rinse several times along the backbone with lemon juice, which also helps to clean the slime.
- Method 3: To clean the eel’s intestines, soak the eel in rice water for about half a day; the intestines will be clean and odorless.
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Marinate the eel
The eel meat after being cleaned will be marinated with 1 teaspoon of fish sauce, 1/4 teaspoon of seasoning powder, 1/2 teaspoon of ground pepper, 1/2 teaspoon of sugar, 1/2 teaspoon of minced garlic, 1/2 teaspoon of minced shallot, mixed well.
To make the dish more colorful, add 1/2 teaspoon of turmeric powder, mix it up and marinate for about 15 minutes.
Pick the wild betel leaves clean, discard the damaged and old leaves, wash them, and chop them finely.
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Make the eel stir-fried with wild betel leaves
Put 1 tablespoon of cooking oil in the pan, heat the oil and add 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, 1 teaspoon of minced shallot, sauté until fragrant.
When the garlic and shallot are golden and fragrant, add all the marinated eel, stir-fry evenly over medium heat. Stir-fry until the eel meat is firm, then add 2 tablespoons of water and continue to stir.
When the eel thickens, add all the wild betel leaves, stir-fry until the leaves are cooked, season to taste, turn off the heat, and complete the dish.
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Final Product
With just a few simple steps, you already have a delicious plate of stir-fried eel with betel leaves for today’s meal. Try a piece of eel and feel the sweetness of the meat melting on your tongue combined with the rich marinade and the fragrant betel leaves. This is a rice-consuming dish that you must try.
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Above is a detailed guide on how to make stir-fried eel with wild betel leaves, which is extremely nutritious and simple to make at home. Dien May Xanh hopes that the super simple recipes provided will make your time in the kitchen easier. Wishing you success in your cooking!
*Image references and recipes from the YouTube channel Bee’s Kitchen
