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Preparation
10 minutes
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Cooking
30 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
Pickled shallots are a dish that carries the flavor of Tet holidays. Besides being served with traditional sticky rice cakes, pickled shallots can also be paired with many delicious dishes. Let TasteVN cook share with you how to make red tilapia rolled with shallots, which is extremely easy to make and irresistibly delicious to treat the whole family during the Tet celebration!
Ingredients for Red Tilapia Rolled with Shallots (Pickled Shallots) Serves 4 people
Red tilapia fillet 300 gr Bacon 30 gr Ground pork 100 gr Pickled shallots 50 gr Ginger 1 root (50gr) Chopped chili 1 teaspoon Rosemary leaves 1 tablespoon Batter mix 20 gr Chili sauce a little (for serving) Mayonnaise a little (for serving) Cooking oil 200 ml
How to choose good red tilapia
- For the dish to be delicious, you need to choose fresh red tilapia, with clear eyes, a slippery feel when held, pink gills, firm scales, and if it sinks in water, the fish is still fresh.
- If the slime layer on the fish turns sticky, the eyes are sunken and cloudy, the scales easily come off, the gills are white or dark, the flesh is soft and not elastic, floating on the water’s surface. Those are signs of spoiled fish, and you should not buy it.
Information about pickled scallions
You can buy pickled scallions at supermarkets, grocery stores, or you can make them at home using the following method:
- First, buy some scallions, soak them in salt water and alum overnight to reduce their pungency. Then, rinse the scallions several times in water, trim the roots, tops, and the outer skin, and place them on a tray or in a basket to drain well.
- After preparing the scallions, put them in a bowl, add sugar, and mix well. Next, spread the scallions on a tray and let them dry in the shade for about 3 – 4 hours until they become firmer.
- Next, put vinegar and sugar in a pot, bring to a boil, and then let it cool. After that, pack the scallions into a glass jar, pour the vinegar-sugar mixture over them, and let them soak for about 2-3 days before they can be used.
How to make Red Tilapia rolled with pickled scallions (pickled scallions)
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Prepare the ingredients
Fry the bacon for about 10 minutes until cooked and fragrant, then take it out and cut it into small pieces.
Peel and julienne the ginger. For the pickled scallions, cut half into strips and chop the remaining half finely.
Fillet the red tilapia and use a knife to slice thinly to the end of the meat, then stop, and cut one more thin slice, this time cutting all the way through the meat.
Spread it out to get one large slice of meat, use a knife to trim the edges for a better appearance. Chop up any excess meat.
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Mix the fish filling
Add 100g of minced pork, finely chopped fish, smoked pork belly, 1 spoon of finely chopped pickled onions, 1 teaspoon of minced chili, and 1 tablespoon of finely chopped rosemary into a bowl and mix the mixture well.
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Roll the filling with pickled onions
Place a slice of fish on a clean cutting board, then scoop 1 tablespoon of fish filling onto the fish slice and spread it evenly, adding some julienned ginger and julienned pickled onions on top, then slowly use your hands to roll the fish slice up.
Once you have rolled 2 rolls, use skewers to secure the fish rolls. Then, coat both sides of the fish rolls with a layer of crispy frying flour.
Tip: When skewering the fish onto the stick, press the two edges of the fish slice together to prevent the rolls from coming apart.
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Fry the rolls
Put 200ml of cooking oil into the pan, then place the pan on the stove, turn on the medium heat to heat the oil. Once the oil is hot, slowly drop the fish in and fry for about 5 minutes until golden on both sides. Remove the fish and place it on a plate to drain the oil.
Tip: You should not fry the fish too long as it will make the fish dry
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Final Product
A hot and fragrant fried fish roll, with crispy fish on the outside and sweet, fragrant filling inside, dipped in mayonnaise and spicy chili sauce is truly enticing, isn’t it?
The dish fried red snapper roll with pickled shallots is hot, aromatic, and truly enticing. Hurry into the kitchen to showcase your skills for the family to enjoy. Wishing you success with the recipe from TasteVN!
