Preparation
30 minutes
Cooking
25 minutes
Difficulty
Easy
Delicious and flavorful sour fish stew with the irresistible combination of various sour, spicy, salty, and sweet flavors, especially the fragrant and fatty taste of the striped catfish, perfect for family meals on rainy days. What are you waiting for? get cooking this stew dish right now!
Ingredients for Sour Fish Stew For 3 people
Striped catfish 2 fish (about 500g) Sour vegetable 400 g Tomato 4 fruits Spring onion 3 stalks Cooking oil 2 tablespoons Minced garlic 2 teaspoons Satay 1 tablespoon Chili 1 fruit Young coconut 1 fruit Fried onion 1 tablespoon Oyster sauce 1 tablespoon Fish sauce 1 tablespoon Common spices a little (Salt/ sugar/ MSG)
How to choose fresh ingredients
How to choose fresh striped catfish
- You should choose fish that are still swimming, with bright colors and pink gills. When pressed, the fish should feel firm and have a certain resilience.
- Additionally, fresh fish will have scales that overlap and stick tightly to the body, with large, bright, and clear eyes, and a flat belly.
- Avoid choosing fish with pale gills, dull eyes, an unusual fishy smell, a swollen belly, or protruding intestines.
How to choose and buy crunchy, delicious pickled vegetables
- You should choose pickled vegetables that have a natural yellow color, with intact leaves that are not torn. Additionally, delicious pickled vegetables will have a natural fermentation smell, and the pickling brine should be clear.
- Avoid choosing pickled vegetables with yellowing leaves, small holes on the leaves, soft stems, cloudy brine, and a foul smell.
- If you are not confident about the quality of pickled vegetables purchased from outside, you can refer to the pickling recipe shared by TasteVN, which is both delicious and ensures the safety of your family’s health below.
How to choose and buy fresh tomatoes
- You should buy evenly ripe tomatoes with shiny, eye-catching red skin, and they should have a light, fragrant smell. Choose large, round, and balanced fruits.
- Additionally, fresh, delicious tomatoes will have the stem firmly attached to the top of the fruit and should not be easily pulled off by hand. When touched, the fruit will have a good elasticity.
- Avoid buying tomatoes that are not balanced, have scratched skin, uneven color, and especially, tomatoes that look beautiful but feel hard and do not smell fragrant may have been treated with growth hormones.
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How to prepare Sour Pickled Carp
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Prepare and marinate the fish
After purchasing the fish, clean the intestines, scale the fish, use a little salt to rub on the fish body to limit the fishy smell, then rinse it clean with water and let it drain.
How to clean carp without a fishy smell- Method 1: After cleaning, soak the carp in rice water or diluted salt water for about 10 – 15 minutes, then take the fish out and rinse it again with water.
- Method 2: You can use diluted lemon juice, white wine, or vinegar mixed with cold water to soak the fish for 10 minutes, then rinse it with clean water to eliminate the fishy smell.
- Method 3: Use spices like pepper, onion, chili, ginger, etc. to marinate the fish not only helps limit the fishy smell but also enhances the rich flavor of the dish.
See more: How to clean carp without a fishy smell
After cleaning the carp, marinate it with 1 teaspoon of minced garlic, 1 tablespoon of satay, 1 tablespoon of oyster sauce, 1/3 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1/3 tablespoon of salt, along with a little fried onion.
Use chopsticks to mix well so that the spices are absorbed into the fish and marinate for about 15 minutes.
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Prepare other ingredients
Wash the sour melon several times with water until clean, squeeze out excess water to reduce sourness, then use a knife to cut into pieces about the size of a finger joint.
Wash the chili and slice it thinly. Remove the roots from the scallions, wash them, and chop them into small pieces. Wash the tomatoes and cut them into wedges.
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Braised Fish
Place a pot on the gas stove, add 2 tablespoons of cooking oil and heat until boiling over medium heat. Once the oil is hot, add all the minced garlic along with a bit of chili and green onion, stir-frying until fragrant for about 1 minute.
When the garlic is golden and fragrant, add the pickled vegetables and prepared tomatoes, stir well, then season with 1 tablespoon of sugar, 1/3 tablespoon of monosodium glutamate, and 1 tablespoon of fish sauce, continuing to stir for about 3 minutes for the flavors to blend.
Next, use a ladle to scoop a portion of the mixture onto a plate to place the fish in the center, then layer the mixture back on top of the fish. This way, the fish will be more flavorful when braised.
Finally, add the coconut water along with any remaining fish marinade to the pot, cover and cook over medium heat for about 20 minutes, then add a bit of green onion, a few slices of chili, and turn off the heat. Carefully transfer the fish to the plate and enjoy.
Note: If you do not have coconut water, you can use plain water instead. -
Final Product
The finished sour melon fish stew has a very beautiful color, with a thick fish broth, and the rich, tender, chewy texture of the fish blends with the sour, crunchy taste of the fermented cabbage, along with a slight spiciness of chili on the tip of the tongue. Eating it with hot rice is really tempting!
Above is the detailed recipe for sour melon fish stew that is delicious, flavorful, and extremely appetizing, suitable for family meals without taking too much time. You should try cooking it. TasteVN wishes you success!
