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Preparation
15 minutes
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Cooking
25 minutes
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Difficulty
Easy
After a hard day’s work, we all want a hot, delicious meal that takes very little time to prepare. So let’s get cooking with the tomato sauce pomfret dish – a meal that can be prepared in a flash and is tasty for both yourself and your family!
Ingredients for Tomato Sauce Pomfret For 2 people
Pomfret 300 gr (1 medium-sized fish) Tomatoes 2 fruits Red onion 2 bulbs Spring onion a little Chili 1 fruit Cooking oil 4 tablespoons Fish sauce 2 tablespoons Sugar 1 tablespoon Monosodium glutamate 1 teaspoon
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh pomfret
- Choose fish with clear eyes, not cloudy and slightly bulging.
- Observe if the fish has shiny scales and a metallic silver color, not dull. When pressed, the fish should be elastic.
- Avoid buying fish that are scratched or have easily torn skin as they are likely to be spoiled.
- It’s best to choose pomfret with bright red gills, with a characteristic sea fish smell and no strange odor.
How to choose fresh and delicious tomatoes
- Choose tomatoes with a bright red outer skin, evenly colored, without dark spots, and not bruised or damaged.
- Select tomatoes that have a light, characteristic aroma, without any strange smells.
- Pick tomatoes with a green stem that is firmly attached to the top of the fruit.
How to prepare Pomfret fish in tomato sauce
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Prepare the pomfret fish
Clean the pomfret fish by removing the gills, cutting off the fins, and then scraping off the slime with a knife.
Then rinse the fish with diluted salt water, and wash it again with clean water, continuing to cut the fish into bite-sized pieces about the size of a finger joint.
How to eliminate the fishy smell of pomfret: Before cutting the pomfret into pieces, you can soak it in a solution of water and vinegar in a suitable ratio for about 5 – 10 minutes, which will help eliminate quite a bit of the fishy smell and remove the slime, making the dish tastier.See details: How to eliminate the fishy smell of pomfret
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Prepare other ingredients
Tomatoes washed and chopped finely.
Green onions washed and cut into bite-sized pieces. Shallots peeled and sliced thinly.
Chili cut diagonally into thin slices.
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Fry the fish
Place a pan on the stove and heat 4 tablespoons of cooking oil.
When the oil is hot, add the pomelo fish and fry for about 5 – 7 minutes until both sides are golden, then remove the fish to a plate.
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Making Tomato Sauce Fish
Utilizing the oil used for frying the fish, add half of the green onions to sauté until fragrant over medium heat.
Then add the tomatoes and stir-fry until they are soft and start to blend into a sauce.
At this point, add the fried pomelo fish into the tomato sauce, reduce the heat to low, and cook for about 3 – 5 minutes.
Add 2 tablespoons of fish sauce, 1 tablespoon of sugar, and 1 teaspoon of monosodium glutamate into a bowl, mix well with half a cup of cold water until the seasonings dissolve, then pour the mixture into the pot with the tomato fish sauce.
Continue to cook until the fish absorbs the sauce. Remember to frequently use a spoon to drizzle the tomato sauce over the fish so that it evenly absorbs the flavors.
Cook the fish for about 10 – 15 minutes, when the tomato sauce thickens, sprinkle the remaining green onions, sliced onions, and chili on top, then turn off the heat.
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Final Product
Fresh pomelo fish, with the characteristic flavor of the sea, combined with the sweet and sour taste of the tomato sauce, is an extremely delicious and easy-to-make dish for family meals.
Above is the recipe for pomelo fish with tomato sauce that is extremely simple yet delicious. Let’s get started, shall we? TasteVN wishes your home meal to be warmer!
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