On cold days like this, cooking a pot of plain braised fish is simply delicious. To make your family meal cozier and more appealing, let’s join TasteVN and the section Cooking Tips to explore 17 irresistible ways to make fragrant plain braised fish to see which braised dish is your true favorite!
1Plain Braised Linh Fish
Starting the compilation is the dish of plain braised linh fish, with the main ingredient being linh fish – a small, very sweet fish that often appears during the flood season. Linh fish has not only fatty but also sweet meat, seasoned just right, combined with rich and rustic braising sauce.
Eating it with rice and a bowl of fish sauce mixed with chili is truly delicious. You can try the recipe below to enjoy this simple yet incredibly tasty countryside dish!
2Plain Braised Red Snapper
In the second recipe, we immediately encounter a very popular fish in Vietnam, which is red snapper. Red snapper is cleaned and effectively deboned, braised with ripe tomatoes along with some spicy chili peppers.
All these combine to create an extremely attractive pot of plain braised red snapper. Surely at least once in your life, you’ve seen your mother or grandmother prepare this familiar dish, right? Try braising yourself a pot of fish like this and see how it turns out!
3Plain Braised Mudfish
The dish of plain braised mudfish features tender mudfish meat, with a sweet and sour braising sauce complemented by mild spicy chili peppers and delicious tamarind juice. If you feel a bit tired of rice and want to change things up for your meal, refer to the recipe for this dish!
Because you can enjoy this dish with many fresh herbs. Every time you pick up your chopsticks, it will go with a bit of fresh herbs dipped into the hot braising sauce. It’s truly a “refreshing” dish that you should try at least once!
4Braised mullet fish
The mullet fish is firm, with few bones, braised with fresh green onions, blending with the spicy and slightly sweet flavor of pepper and a few slices of chili. With just a few simple, easy-to-find ingredients, you can have a deliciously flavorful braised fish dish!
The recipe is already available, just waiting for you to get started and execute it!
5Braised catfish
It would be a significant omission to exclude the catfish braised dish from this compilation. Because no matter how many times you enjoy this dish, the flavor remains intact as it was the first time.
Catfish, with its sweet and fatty meat, is braised with refreshing coconut water. The braised fish sauce has a beautiful orange-brown color, highlighting the black and white fish meat, adorned with green onions and red chili.
An attractive dish from appearance to flavor. What are you waiting for? Click the guide link below and try it right away!
6Braised mackerel
Garlic and shallots are sautéed until fragrant, the mackerel is fried and then braised with a bit of green pepper, chili, and fresh green onions. The dish has a perfect balance of sweetness and spiciness.
All the flavors are evenly absorbed, making it incredibly appealing. The recipe is right below, just waiting for you to click to view and try it out!
7Braised Catfish
What will we have for a braised dish with a full bowl of white rice today? Why not try the braised catfish? With just a few simple steps, you can have a pot of braised fish with sweet and delicious fish meat combined with nutritious fresh turmeric and rich braising sauce.
On top, sprinkle some beautiful and eye-catching sliced scallions. This dish is not only unique but also promises to pair perfectly with rice!
8Braised Snakehead Fish
Snakehead fish is a freshwater fish that you can only buy when it’s in season. Although the fish is small, its meat is very tender, sweet, and fatty. Each piece of meat is infused with a rich braising sauce that’s just right to eat.
To have a plate of braised snakehead fish, you only need to go through 3 extremely simple steps, and you can enjoy it right away. If it’s snakehead fish season, take the opportunity to buy some and apply the recipe so that the whole family can enjoy it!
9Braised Brown Fish
Brown fish is a type of fish that lives in both saltwater and brackish water. The fish has a slightly round body, but the meat is firm and sweet. Although the main ingredient of this dish is quite unusual, the steps to prepare it are still similar to other simple braised fish dishes.
With just a few steps for preparation and marinating the ingredients with common spices, you can quickly have a fresh and delicious plate of braised brown fish with firm and sweet fish meat, and the braising sauce seasoned just right.
10Stewed white fish
This seems to be the smallest fish among the main ingredients of this compilation. When preparing the dish, instead of using cooking oil, you can use pig fat to make the dish’s flavor more natural and deliciously fatty.
Stewed white fish promises to be a very “rice-catching” dish with tender fish meat, rich and fragrant stew sauce, fresh green onions, and moderately spicy chili. Click on the recipe below to see if this is your true love!
11Stewed mullet
Mullet is also a type of fish that lives near the seashore with meat that contains high nutritional value, very good for human health. Stewed mullet with both sweet and fatty fish meat is stewed with fresh coconut water and a few slices of spicy chili.
All the flavors are evenly absorbed, making it incredibly appealing. Get into the kitchen and try making this nutritious dish right away!
12Stewed catfish (mullet)
Catfish is a species that lives at the bottom of coastal areas and has relatively high economic value. The fish meat is firm and delicious, seasoned just right, stewed with tomatoes that have been sautéed with onions and garlic. The fish stew sauce is sweet and sour, thick and flavorful.
Sometimes investing a little extra for the quality of the dish is good, right? Save the recipe for when you have the chance!
13Braised mudfish
With just 2 simple steps, you can have a delicious and attractive pot of braised mudfish. The soft and sweet mudfish is braised with ripe tomatoes, and the braising sauce is seasoned just right, carrying the characteristic aroma and richness of fish sauce.
Another dish that goes perfectly with rice for the whole family on chilly days is now in this menu. Try the “rice-gobbling” quality right away by following the recipe below!
14Braised barramundi
Barramundi braised in a light sauce with eye-catching colors. The soft and sweet meat of the fish combines with the spicy flavor of horn chilies, the sweet and fatty taste of scallions, and the shiny, thick, rich braising sauce.
An attractive dish from its appearance to its internal flavor, promising to make you fall in love from the very first bite. You must try it at least once!
15Braised carp
Carp has long been famous for its firmness and high nutritional content. Therefore, it would be a shame if this summary did not mention the name of this delicious braised carp dish.
With just a few simple steps, you can have a plate of braised fish with delicious meat, combined with the spicy, fresh taste of scallions and the distinctive braising sauce of the dish. Let’s nourish everyone with this attractive dish right away!
16Braised Snakehead Fish
Snakehead fish, also known as banana fish or basa fish, has become very familiar to the Vietnamese people.
The dish of braised snakehead fish features fish meat that absorbs the rich flavors of the braising sauce, served with fresh tomatoes, chopped green onions, and a bit of chili and pepper.
Just hearing about it is already enticing! This will surely be a dish that frequently appears on your family’s dining table due to its rustic nature and deliciousness!
17Braised Mackerel
The final dish in today’s compilation features soft, sweet, and fragrant mackerel. This dish is a brilliant combination of the colors and flavors of firm, golden, sweet and sour fish, juicy red tomatoes, and fresh green onions.
A bowl of braised mackerel will be a great choice for a cold, rainy day. You can also enjoy this dish with white rice or fresh vermicelli to enhance the flavor of the entire meal!
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Hope that through 17 recipes guiding how to make braised fish with 17 types of fish from different regions, you will find suitable recipes that match your and your family’s taste. Remember to save those recipes that you find impressive or interesting to try cooking for friends and family to enjoy together! Wishing you success!
