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Preparation
40 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Try changing your family’s menu with the fragrant grilled mullet dish, featuring tender and delicious fish meat that is incredibly simple to make. Let’s join TasteVN into the kitchen to immediately prepare this delicious grilled dish to treat the whole family!
Ingredients for Grilled Mullet Serves 4 people
Mullet 6 fish Garlic 3 cloves Bird’s eye chili 2 pieces Lemon 1 fruit Lettuce 50 gr Herbs 100 gr (perilla/basil/ Vietnamese balm/ water spinach/…) Cucumber 3 pieces Sugar 1 tablespoon MSG 1/3 teaspoon Fish sauce 4 tablespoons Salt a little
How to choose good mullet
- To select fresh, delicious fish, you should choose live fish that swim vigorously. Fish with short, round bodies are female mullets with many eggs.
- Good mullet usually has red gills, shiny scales, firm flesh, and clear eyes. When placed in water, the fish sinks, and the flesh has good elasticity.
- Do not choose fish that feel slimy when touched, have an unpleasant smell, dark or pale flesh, as these are fish that have been dead for a long time and may have spoiled.
How to prepare Grilled Fish
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Prepare the fish
After buying the fish, use a knife to remove the intestines, cut off the gills, and gently rub salt or lemon on the fish’s body.
Continue to wash the fish with vinegar, then rinse 1 – 2 times with clean water, and then place it in a basket to drain.
How to clean the fish properly, without a fishy smell
- First, clean the intestines, gills, fins, and tail of the fish, then rinse with water.
- Next, use salt or ginger water to rub all over the fish to remove the fishy smell and sliminess. You can also use lemon juice or vinegar which will have a similar effect.
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Grilling the fish
Place the grill over the charcoal stove, lay the fish on the grill, and grill for about 10 – 15 minutes, then flip it over and continue grilling for another 10 minutes until the fish is evenly cooked.
Tip:
- When grilling the fish, make sure to grill one side completely dry before flipping to avoid the fish meat cracking.
- Depending on the size of the fish, you can adjust the grilling time accordingly.
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Prepare the side vegetables
When buying lettuce, separate the leaves, removing any damaged or wilted leaves (if any), then wash thoroughly with cold water and allow to drain.
For herbs like perilla, basil, and water spinach, pick the young leaves, wash them thoroughly, and let them drain.
Wash the cucumber and cut it into bite-sized pieces.
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Prepare the dipping sauce
Pound garlic and chili in a mortar until fine.
Cut the lemon into quarters, then squeeze the juice into a bowl. Add 1 tablespoon of sugar and 1/3 teaspoon of MSG to the bowl, then stir well to dissolve.
Next, add 2 tablespoons of water, 4 tablespoons of fish sauce, and all the pounded garlic and chili to the bowl, then mix well.
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Final Product
With just a few simple steps, you can enjoy a delicious grilled mullet dish. The mullet is fragrant and sweet, with firm flesh, served with rice or rice paper and fresh herbs, dipped in a sour and spicy fish sauce that makes the dish even more appealing. What are you waiting for? Let’s get into the kitchen and make this dish right away!
Tips for Successful Cooking
When grilling fish, you must completely grill one side until dry before flipping the fish to avoid the fish meat cracking.
You can use an oven, microwave, charcoal grill, electric grill, air fryer to grill fish as well
- Oven: Grill at 200 degrees Celsius for about 20 minutes
- Air fryer: grill at 200 degrees Celsius, for 10 minutes, then flip the fish and grill for another 10 – 15 minutes until the fish is cooked.
- Charcoal grill: Grill for about 20 minutes, frequently turn the fish to prevent it from burning.
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